Tucker TeagueI find myself these days, 35+ years after college, rereading books I read back then (e.g. For Whom the Bell Tolls, On the Road, The Sheltering Sky, Tropic of Cancer, etc.), and finding that I not only still enjoy them, I’m finding them even better more interesting and deeper than I was probably capable of realizing as a young college student. #literature #books #reading
GeePawHill@tuckerteague It's weird, tho, cuz tho there are certainly winners, there are also ones that, on second elder reading, just don't feel worth the paper.
Sarah W@GeePawHill @tuckerteague
I agree. It's funny how perspective changes as we get older. A book i thought wonderful and slightly mysterious when i first read it was John Fowles' The Magus. A huge disappointment when i reread it in my forties, in fact i found it crude and obvious.
I won't be rereading A French Lieutenants Woman.
I agree. It's funny how perspective changes as we get older. A book i thought wonderful and slightly mysterious when i first read it was John Fowles' The Magus. A huge disappointment when i reread it in my forties, in fact i found it crude and obvious.
I won't be rereading A French Lieutenants Woman.
John Harden@tuckerteague it works with films, too. I rewatched Fellini’s 8-1/2 recently, and only the second time after about 40 years, and it was a revelation
incredible film