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Originally Posted by John Cole
Zeno,
I will admit I may miss a work or two, but will my life--or my understanding of the human condition--be better if I reread King Lear or wallow in the Paolo Coelho universe of crapola? Answer truthfully. Anyone who would blurb Walden as "life-changing" should appear before the firing squad, and no one should get the empty rifle.
A book will never change your life although a lifetime of books may.
I missed your response John, probably because of all the christmas propaganda and hoopla. Anyway belated as is, you hit the mark.
"......or wallow in the Paolo Coelho universe of crapola? Answer truthfully."
Paolo Coelho's drivel should not be mentioned in the same room as
King Lear or
Hamlet or
Walden or that classic of classics,
The Analects of Confucius. Apparently I agree with you. It boggles my mind but there it is, it must be a New Year.
-Zeno