Thread: A book that has changed your life

No, Sarab, I haven`t read it... but sounds really interesting.

I particularly liked "Small Miracles" by Yitta Halberstam y Judith Leventhal. It's a collection of over sixty stories about remarkable coincidences from everyday life. (This book made me more aware of those coincidences and helped me understand some things about my life)

I also enjoyed Tolkien's books very much, especially the beautiful stories from "The Sylmarillion" and "100 years of solitude" by Gabriel García Marquez. (but they didn't change my life at all. I just liked them)

I agree with you Gabriel... it depends on each other's particular moment. Exactly the same happened to me with Herman Hesse!!!

Regards,

Juan Salvador Gaviota......changed my life forever

Harry Potter... nooo, just kidding!!! HAHAHAHA!!!

When I was a kid my mum read Maria Elena Walsh's stories to me before bedtime. Cuentopos de Gulubú, Dailan Kifki, I just loved them and I still do. I don't have kids but if I ever do, I'll read these books to them because they are so amazing. That's how my love for reading started.

A book I recommend though it's not easy to find is "Una historia de crecimiento espiritual". It's a sort of biography from a girl in Corrientes, Argentina. Excellent book!

George Orwell's 1984. Profound and scary book indeed. I totally recommed it, specially for those who have problems to see life 'beyond the evident'. Warning: No suitable for PARANOICS...ha, ha!!!

Did I mention this funny book before?

I don´t remember if I told you...but it´s really a great book...

it´s about human life from a dog´s perspective... Great!

Originally Posted by mem286

I also enjoyed Tolkien's books very much, especially the beautiful stories from "The Sylmarillion" and "100 years of solitude" by Gabriel García Marquez. (but they didn't change my life at all. I just liked them)

I also enjoyed Tolkien's books, but not Sylmarillion (sorry ). They didn't change my life, but now, with the movies I think I'll remember 2000-2010 as the decade of The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter (no mariacecilia, I'm not kidding ). That's because I met my wife, then I got married and my children were born this decade, and I have enjoyed both books and movies with my family. They are not so philosophical, but they are... exactly, enjoyable.

Originally Posted by jpablos80

George Orwell's 1984. Profound and scary book indeed. I totally recommed it, specially for those who have problems to see life 'beyond the evident'. Warning: No suitable for PARANOICS...ha, ha!!!

"Animal Farm" also by Orwell, is a book you can read in one day and it's a real gem. I read it when I was 18 and it was truly an eye opener for my non-political standpoint at the time...

Somebody mentioned "the catcher in the Rye", I loved the book when I first read it, and I would probably have read it again, but after spending a whole semester at school analyzing each and every word, I simply got tired of it and shelved it forever.

Oh! One novel by JD Salinger I did like was Franny and Zoey. I think he had only a few novels published and this one is even more interesting that Catcher in the Rye!