time's list
Thanks Jim for that link to Time’s 100 greatest books.
Browsing the list brought back some memories- some good, some bad.
It was nice to see some of the books that we teach to the kids made the cut. Since that is the topic that this journal should focus on, let’s start…
Can kids these days handle Vonnegut? I didn’t discover him until college, but man that is one serious writer that can’t be missed.
posted by M. Donlevy @ 5:32 PM
5 Comments:
At 8:34 PM,
Jim said…
In today's BushWorld, Vonnegut comes across a really cantankerous old ranter. I happen to agree with much that he complains about, but he is far, far to the left of the aisle.
At 8:39 PM,
Jim said…
Regarding the Time list, what novel(s) do you think they left out ?
At 8:46 PM,
Jim said…
Or perhaps you might choose a different novel by an author than the one that Time's critics chose... I think their choices are not really quite global enough; there are, I think, novels from other parts of the world that are equally as good (although done in translation) as the rather expected list of Americans and Englishmen. By the way, are there enough women on the list ?
At 8:49 PM,
Jim said…
Looking again at the list, it appears that they actually limited themselves to works that were not in translation. OK.
At 3:09 PM,
Anonymous said…
I have taught "Slaughterhouse Five" in my AP class. The kids enjoyed it and found it challenging. They appreciated that it was a 'modern' novel. I will be putting it on my reading list again for next year.
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