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Old Man and the Read
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez books I've read
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez books I've read
Nikolai Gogol & Ivan Bunin books I've read
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Nikolai Gogol & Ivan Bunin books I've read
A few of the Great Russian writers I've read
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A few of the Great Russian writers I've read
The beginning of human culture books I've read
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The beginning of human culture books I've read
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books I've read
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books I've read
True stories so unbelievable they seem fictional
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True stories so unbelievable they seem fictional
Carlo Rovelli theoretical physics books I've read
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Carlo Rovelli theoretical physics books I've read
Books about disastrous Spanish expeditions
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Books about disastrous Spanish expeditions
I live in Ecuador and I've been to the mystery spot in Santa Cruz.
Great video! Some very interesting reads this month
Thanks. I agree, it was an excellent selection of books this month. That doesn't always happen.
Hello uncle , i really enjoyed the video , I love your taste in books 💙💙
Thank you, I really appreciate your comment.
Keep it up
I will also do a video of all the hamsun's books I've read thus far. The list is as follows: Hunger (Sult) Mysteries (Mysterier) Editor Lynge (Redaktør Lynge) Shallow soil (Ny jord) Pan Victoria Mothwise (Svermere) Benoni Growth of the soil (Markens Grøde)
Nice video! Waiting for next :)
KLT. I suggest that if you want to do reviews, create outlines on each subject so that you can be succinct and still include what you want to say. It will streamline your work. I was in a classroom teacher. Outlines help cover everything to said without reading from a script.
I appreciate your advice but I'm very aware of my inability to speak extemporaneously. Public speaking has never been something that I have had any ability to do. Unfortunately, I have read an enormous amount of books in my lifetime and wanted to share it with others but I have only myself to do the speaking. Believe me, if I could think of a way to have someone else speak for me I would have. So I do the best I can and any viewers who don't like my presentation are certainly welcome to not watch.
Love Mahvuz, and I'm not connected with Arabs in any way. Children of our Alley is phenomenal. I found it as an example for life to be a source of religion, not other way around. It also goes this way for mythology. Don't get me wrong, I am not too rational. Love also some books wrote by Rushdie.
He's a great writer. I like what you said about life as a source of religion and agree with you. My intention is to do a video of the books I've read by Rushdie sometime in the future. I've read quite a number of his books and I think most of what he wrote was phenomenal.
Pushkin is the most important Russian poet. He wrote a phenomenal fairytales in verses. There are also significant dramas, mostly historical, also in verses. One of them is Mozart and Salieri, but that is more like a metaphor than history. One short story you probably know is Queen of Spades, not in verses.
So far I've only read the one book by Pushkin. However, I did buy a book with 5 short stories by Pushkin recently that I intend to read in the near future.
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I have to admit I didn't know what video SEO was and had to look it up. However, I'm not really concerned about it. I'm just a 77 year old man who wanted to try to talk about the books I've read in my lifetime and post them on You Tube. I really have no desire to become popular and am perfectly happy to just take anyone who happens to see them. I'm sure most You Tubers would want and benefit from your services but I'm really not a candidate. Thank you for your interest though.
@@oldmanandtheread oh ok
great video
Love your videos and coming here to get recommendations for books to read! I'm having trouble reading these days though. Any tips on how to read more?
Thanks for your comment. I don't know if I have any tips that would help you read more. Reading is just something I enjoy doing and so there really isn't any extra effort involved. All of my kids are readers but they are more "normal" in their reading habits and aren't as obsessed as me about it. I think that you should read only as much as you enjoy reading and don't worry about the amount you read.
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Thank you for the information. But, to be honest, I have no desire to become a professional TH-camr. I'm an old man who is simply wanting to show and talk about the books I've read in my lifetime.
@@oldmanandtheread can i get your email?
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Great writer. Enjoyed seeing your various editions. Mothwise is also known as Dreamers.
love this
Very interesting, sir.
Very interesting, sir. I've added that author to my list and I'll get to know his work soon. Thank you for sharing your passion and knowledge of literature. ❤
Thank you for your comment. Hopefully after you read his books you will agree with me, that Laxness is a wonderful writer.
Thanks for the review . . . I had recently bought Davita's Harp at a sale at my local library and am reading it now; it is an excellent portrait of how a young person growing up in a leftist, secular family is drawn to the practice of Judaism, which her Jewish mother had mostly abandoned, he is absolutely brilliant in portraying a child's perspective on life, faith, politics and parents, and issues of Jewish identity in the U.S. I had read the Chosen and the Promise years ago, as a youth, but find this book truly insightful as to how a child will desire to have some spiritual practice in his/her life and will take the initiative to seek it out. These are ultimately existential questions: Why is such important in life and why do we both "thirst" for such and also question certain elements of the traditions and practices?
It's pronounced guttural "H,"(Hi eem), meaning life in Hebrew. I haven't finished listening to your reviews on the substance but thanks for offering them.
Absolutely lovely collection! I pride myself on having read most of Faulkner's work but you have like all of the ones I haven't read lol. I would love to hear more about your opinions on his works (especially his earlier stuff since those are very rarely talked about) and also some of the stories behind those editions! Insight from someone with many more years of reading under their belt is something I would love to hear!
Thanks for your comments. I just went to your channel and watched your ranking of Faulkner books you've read and enjoyed it very much. I really like your enthusiasm for Faulkner. It reminds me of how I felt back when I was reading most of his work. You also have a great personality for making videos. One of the comments I often get from my videos is that they would like to see more expressions of my feelings about the book. Unfortunately, I just don't have the personality for that and have a difficult time knowing what to say. I've read thousands of books over the past sixty years and rarely talked about any of them. It was only if one of my kids asked me about them or one of my friends would ask. Actually, the only reason I have a You Tube channel is because my daughter-in-law talked me into it but, I have to admit, I've enjoyed revisiting many of the books I hadn't seen in years.
Man, you sure know your anthropological material! Good for you😎👍
Thanks, I appreciate the comment but to tell you the truth I've read a lot of books on all kinds of science over the past sixty plus years and know a little bit about each but not enough to say I'm knowledgeable.
@@oldmanandtheread That's the Socrates in you. My man! 🙏
You say you don't 'get' quantum physics, but your description of superposition and the collapse of the wave function shows you do.
I suppose you're correct up to a point but I think I, sometimes, can get the gist of what the books are saying but I really don't understand it. Especially some of the paradoxes they talk about.
Most books that try to link quantum physics to metaphysics are just nonsense.
These are great reviews; you're shaping my TBR! Thank you Old Man and the Read!
I appreciate the story recommendation. Great line in that one: "old people must pay for their joys"
Reading some Russian writers this year. So far A hero of our time by Lermontov and Some Turgenev, Rudin, and Fathers and Sons. If you have not read it I would thoroughly recommend the book of short stories by Turgenev, Sketches from a Hunter's Album. Beautifully written. Best wishes.
Thanks for the great suggestion. I'm definitely going to look for it.
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It would be nice to hear your opinion or takeaways from each one, instead of synopses.
An instance is a masterpiece. Loved it and will definitely read it again.
Great to see People that don’t speak Arabic read some of Naguib Mahfouz’s works , one of my favorite writers of all time although I’m not sure how well the translations hold up to his original work . Great to see nonetheless and hope you enjoy more of his works. FYI in case you’re interested his name is pronounced Na-geeb Mah-fooz
Thanks. I read a lot of books that have been translated from different languages and I always wonder how accurate they are to the original. There have been a couple of books I've read by different translators that have had some subtle differences but, mostly, agreed. I do plan on reading more of Mahfouz in the future, The funny thing is that before I did the video I asked a friend if he knew the correct pronunciation of Naguib Mahfouz and I think I had been saying it fairly accurately but he thought it was Na-gube so I went with that.
@@oldmanandtheread well I will definitely have to check out more of your videos about Literature from other languages, keep killing it !
Read Oblomov back when you recommended it. Am lazy so I loved it.
Glad you enjoyed it. You say you're lazy but I'll bet Oblomov has you beat.
Thank you. I am an Arab. I follow you to learn the English language by listening to you. I was surprised today by your presentation of Arabic novels by Naguib Mahfouz. Your pronunciation of Arabic names is good. Thank you. I follow you every day. Your presentation is wonderful. I used the translator to
Thank you very much for your kind words. I appreciate your comment on my pronunciation, I never know if I'm saying the names correctly.
Great list! I read Fathers and Sons this year and to this day it is my favourite read of 2024 so far. Incredible good I even cry reading it.
Thanks! Turgenev is such a great writer. I keep intending to read more from him but haven't yet. I don't know why.
This is the most fascinating list of books! My TBR grows longer...
Great Great Topic, Great Great Video👍🏼
Thanks. There are several topics in science that fascinate me and this is one of them.
Enjoyed this video. All books with the same title and (fascinating) topic. Have to get a couple of them Thx.
Thanks. I hope you do try any of them because they are all fascinating.
I believe his first book was “la cuidad y los perros”. In the English translation, it was titled “the time of the hero”.
Spoiler alert ⚠️ !!!!
Loved So Much Blue, Erasure and I Am Not Sidney Poitier Liked American Desert Very nice video.
Question for old man. I read a Stegner short story, I am partial to short stories. It was about a boy whose parents die when they take a ride in a bi-plane and he is left an orphan. Are you familiar with the story? Also another story about a boy growing up in Salt Lake City, I believe his father was a bootlegger. The character describes holding two buckets of water in his hands,and the temperature was freezing. Do you happen to know the names of these short stories?
I'm afraid I don't know either of the short stories. There are several short story collections by Stegner that I haven't read yet, so those are probably in one of them. Big Rock Candy Mountain is about a young boy whose father was a bootlegger and they moved to several places as he was growing including Salt Lake City but I don't recall the incident you're describing in the book. Your question does make me want to start reading some of his short story collections, though.
I am unduly honored by your kind words! 🙏 And happy you enjoyed "African in Greenland."
It was a great book and I've got several of the others you've talked about on my TBR.
In Dubious Battle is my favourite Steinbeck.
I've read most of his other books but this is one I hadn't yet.
Thank you for the video on Issac singer.What a find.
Consider doing a long, slow, and loving pan of your bookshelves. I'm always intrigued by the shelves of others.
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I just discovered your channel and liking and learning watching your videos. Very interesting structure and you get a lot info over in a very short time. Have a great day.
I met Wallace Stegner and was his bank teller in Los Altos. He was a very gracious and warm man. Respect.
Thanks for making the video. :)
Wow, totally overlooked this author. Adding this one to my list for Poland, thanks.
That's hilarious, Mike. You come up with all these unknown obscure authors from around the world but didn't know about Singer. He's definitely a must read.
@@oldmanandtheread welll it was one of those where I already had a book ready to go and so for Poland I just didn't ever do much research. Better late than never
Poland has a lot of great writers to pick from so it would be easy to overlook some. Two of my all-time favorite poets are Polish, Czeslaw Milosz and Wislawa Symborska and one of my favorite sci-fi writers Stanislaw Lem.