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Recommend something for a long winter! - Epictetus - 11-06-2008 As I’m sure you can imagine, Finnish winters are long, dark and rather unpleasant (especially for someone like me who doesn’t deal well with cold). So in the winter I like to really delve into some massive book that can consume my attention for a month or more. In the past I’ve read things such as Gibbon or Mommsen over the winter. Nice, large, “difficult†Re: Recommend something for a long winter! - Tarbicus - 11-06-2008 You know, if you're looking for a big novel that's absolutely superb, you can do far worse than 'The Terror' by Dan Simmons. Everyone I know who's read it thought it was one of the best novels they've ever read (including me). As it'll be very cold where you are, probably very apt as well :wink: Superbly researched and written, and a real page-turner. http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/terror/review/ http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Novel-Dan- ... 0316017442 Re: Recommend something for a long winter! - caiusbeerquitius - 11-06-2008 Lost Girls is really nice. It was just recently recommended on German public television by a literature critic, to my surprise, I must admit. Do you read German? Re: Recommend something for a long winter! - Epictetus - 11-06-2008 Thanks! Both of those look really interesting. I don't read German, unfortunately. I had kind of expected something Roman related, but both of these look fascinating. I don't read a lot of fiction normally, so they would be a nice change. Re: Recommend something for a long winter! - Medicus matt - 11-06-2008 I ploughed my way through Ovid's "Metamorphosis" last year and can recommend it as an absorbing read. That or The Illiad and The Odyssey . |