“To learn a language besides one’s native idiom, to penetrate its syntax, is to open for oneself a second window on the landscape of being.” Steiner, G. (1971)
I haven´t read many books in English so far. Anyway, one of the most interesting was "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time". At first it was a bit of a mess, but it became better step by step. Overall I enjoyed a lot due to I have to teach two Asperger Boys at school. The more I read the more I understood my pupils' behaviour. So it helped me being a better teacher.
Manolo 5º Maybe the best book written in English I´ve ever read was "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. I had read it before translated into Spanish and I enjoyed it very much. So I decided that it was going to be the first book I was going to read in English. It´s a nice and hard story at the same time. Steinbeck wrote about problems that we still have nowadays as immigration and poverty. Perhaps stereotyped characters, but a good book anyway.
My all-time favorite book is by an English author called John Fowles. He's written many interesting novels but his masterpiece is "The Magus". Anyone interested in philosophy, literature, art and open-ended fiction should spend a few afternoons of their life reading it. You won't be able to put it down...
Every classmates can know more about J.D. Salinger in this article published when the writter died last January: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Muere/J/D/Salinger/autor/guardian/centeno/elpepucul/20100128elpepucul_5/Tes
One of my favorite book is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. I first saw the 2005 movie when I travelled to Dallas, but I didn't understand it very well because of my poor listening skills... A few years after, I got a teaching position in Garden City, Kansas, which is very close to Holcomb, the place where the murders took place in 1959. I also lived near the Garden City cemetery, where the Clutter family was buried. So I decided to read the book, and I really loved it. Based on a true story, it is written in a unusual way: that's not a novel, nor a newspaper article, it's something in between... Anyway, I just recommend it to anyone interested in 20th-century literature!
I have only read recomended books at English class. I wish I could read all English books..... When we went to Dublin two years ago, I bought two books, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and The Strange case of Dr.Jekill and Mr. Hide by Robert Louis Stevenson, in the shop of Chester Beaty Library. But, I haven't try to read yet.... Maybe, I will do it soon.
I haven´t read many books in English so far. Anyway, one of the most interesting was "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time". At first it was a bit of a mess, but it became better step by step. Overall I enjoyed a lot due to I have to teach two Asperger Boys at school. The more I read the more I understood my pupils' behaviour. So it helped me being a better teacher.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe the best book written in English I´ve ever read was "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. I had read it before translated into Spanish and I enjoyed it very much. So I decided that it was going to be the first book I was going to read in English. It´s a nice and hard story at the same time. Steinbeck wrote about problems that we still have nowadays as immigration and poverty. Perhaps stereotyped characters, but a good book anyway.
My all-time favorite book is by an English author called John Fowles. He's written many interesting novels but his masterpiece is "The Magus". Anyone interested in philosophy, literature, art and open-ended fiction should spend a few afternoons of their life reading it. You won't be able to put it down...
ReplyDeleteEvery classmates can know more about J.D. Salinger in this article published when the writter died last January:
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Mercedes Pardo 5º AIN
One of my favorite book is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. I first saw the 2005 movie when I travelled to Dallas, but I didn't understand it very well because of my poor listening skills... A few years after, I got a teaching position in Garden City, Kansas, which is very close to Holcomb, the place where the murders took place in 1959. I also lived near the Garden City cemetery, where the Clutter family was buried. So I decided to read the book, and I really loved it. Based on a true story, it is written in a unusual way: that's not a novel, nor a newspaper article, it's something in between... Anyway, I just recommend it to anyone interested in 20th-century literature!
ReplyDeleteI have only read recomended books at English class. I wish I could read all English books.....
ReplyDeleteWhen we went to Dublin two years ago, I bought two books, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and The Strange case of Dr.Jekill and Mr. Hide by Robert Louis Stevenson, in the shop of Chester Beaty Library. But, I haven't try to read yet....
Maybe, I will do it soon.