... Hi Renee: I do know that the movie made a lot of people powerfully curious to read the Histories, sales leapt up, there are probably millions of copies of...
since it's july 1st, i'm going to ask: does anyone know what the term "sapper" means? i'm guessing from the context that it is a soldier who sweeps for mines...
Frank, Why don't you set up a "Classics Reading Group, 2nd Edition"? You could be owner, with all the managemant abilities of editing Description & Appearance,...
count me in. i just got here & don't want to lose you guys now! if frank needs help with maintainance, surely some of you computer savvy individuals could...
Welcome Miss Dashwood. So very pleased to make your aquaintance. We are in a holding pattern until Tuesday when the discussion of The English Patient...
I hope I've spelled the fellows name correctly. Herodotus was the first historian. He travelled about and wrote about differnet peoples and lands. As you...
I think that you are partly correct in that Herodotus himself may not be of extreme importance. However he represents Western Civilization. s p o i l e r The...
I have been putting of reading Ondaatje for the past year. IM not certain why! Thanks for the push. I will dust off the pages and start this weekend. ~W...
Hi everybody, I'm new to the list and I'm just wondering, do you read and discuss books on a chapter-by-chapter basis or just talk about the book as a whole?...
Hi, we do not generally discuss the book on a chapter by chapter basis. However that does not mean we do not discuss chapters from the book. We also discuss...
Hi all, noticed that the Homepage was updated - congratulations to whoever did it a great job. I am glad we did not have to change our identity! ... someone ...
I was the same way with this book. I "knew" I had a copy of it around here somewhere because I had intended to read it. Lo, when I went to look for the book...
i'm about halfway through the book, and enjoying the poetry of the text. however, when i read miss dashwood's comments (btw, i think your name is absolutely...
B A C K G R O U N D INFORMATION Miss Dashwood, are you referring to the "quote" at the beginning of the book, supposedly from "...the Geographical Society...
Sometime ago, when the group was flagging down, I emailed janillabean to ask her how she was, that we missed her in the group, and if there was a problem at...
Ursula, it appears as though we won't need to ditch the current group. Frank (or someone) figured out how to update the homepage. All's well that ends well. ...
Renee, you say you think you are missing the main thrust of the book. If you had to say so at this point in your reading, what would you say the book is...
Hi Renee, Ondaatje writing is certainly like poetry. At times you feel like you are in a dream with the characters and at times you do have to change where...
Hi Brenan, don't worry I did the same thing with The Great Gatsby - I ended up two copies. Too many books in too many places to remember where I put them. Meg...
I don't think discussing the book's structure will spoil it too much. If you've read the first 5 pages then the structure and tone should be set. I think...
S p o i l e r About halfway through the book, I realized that the three main men in this book, Carravagio, the English patient and Kip, were the way women...
Hi Jim, some very interesting thoughts you presented. I haved answered hurriedly and will discuss more in detail later on - but I thought I would give you...
First, I would like to thank the mysterious person who fixed the group's home page. I do not have either the priviliges or the know how to do so. It was a...
Hi all, I've finished TEP. Here's an observation / question. In the beginning of the novel, I thought that the identity of the English patient would be "the...
