Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: leggere inglese "moderno"

Ciao a tutti
vorrei riprendere dimistichezza con l'inglese ("una volta" lo
sapevo!!), mi consigliate qualche libro recente da leggere? Dico
recente per trovare una lingua viva, moderna. Adoro Joye o la Woolf,
ma, forse, sono un po' datati.
Grazie mille

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Un saggio:
"Collapse" di Jared Diamond
Un romanzo:
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", Mark Haddon

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I libri di Tony Parsons, per esempio.

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Obviously , we could name thousands , but here's one or two quite random 
suggestions . From your love of Joyce and Woolf , I suppose you want 
something with a bit of substance , and are up for a challenge.
An author I came across only recently is Lawrence Norfolk - I'm currently 
reading 'Lempriere's Dictionary' , but the first of his I read was 'In the 
Shape of a Boar' (published 2000) - original ,sometimes frustrating and 
irritating , but it leaves a powerful impression (on me , anyway) ; if you 
try it , let us know what you think !
Another author you might try , whose first novel came out in 1960 and the 
most recent (of many) in 2004 , is David Lodge - more mainstream , but 
entertaining and worth reading .
Less mainstream , and until last month the author's only novel , is the 2003 
Booker Prize winner 'Vernon God Little' , by DBC Pierre . Unlike some Booker 
winners (worthy but dull) , this is a terrific book and an exhilarating read 
. The author is British , but he was born in Australia and brought up in 
Mexico , before living in London and the West Indies , and settling in 
Ireland . The book is set in the USA , so if you want an American flavour to 
your English , that's another reason for reading it ; if you don't , read it 
all the same - I've not met anyone who's read it and not enjoyed it .
If none of our suggestions appeal , let us know - and we'll make some more !
Mike 

 entertaining and worth reading .
Have only read his "British Museum Is Falling Down". Entertaining, 
occasionally very funny. Probably not really a must-read, but agreeable. 
I might read his trilogy of the professor soon, but Philip Roth and his 
trilogy come first. Have you given Stephen Fry's literary production a 
try? Anyway, it'd come after Evelyn Waugh, Maugham and Wodehouse.
Bye, FB

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Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" is fairly modern (1945).
The BBC-TV version of Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" was a great
success here in the States when it was shown on the PBS network in
1982. William F. Buckley, the American columnist/author/political
commentator and host of his own TV series (Firing Line), introduced
each of the eleven episodes of the series. Jeremy Irons' performance
made him a star. I believe the series is available on DVD.
Joe from Massachusetts

 made him a star. I believe the series is available on DVD.
The cast includes John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier. I definitely want 
to see it, but after reading the book. I also want to read "Vile Bodies" 
in order to see "Bright Young Things", directed by... Stephen Fry, whose 
cast includes Peter O'Toole, by the way.
Bye, FB

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On a visit to Hollywood to discuss a possible film version of his
serious novel, "Brideshead Revisited", Waugh was inspired to write the
hilarious novel "The Loved One", a story about the Hollywood funeral
industry. Who could forget Mr. Joyboy the mortician, carefully
arranging smiles on the faces of corpses and delivering them to the
mortuary's cosmetician Aimée Thanatogenos, in an attempt to win her
affection.
Joe from Massachusetts