Foe by J.M. Coetzee - Robinson Crusoe told from the POV of Friday.
I love this idea.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 3:05:45 pm PDT #20944 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2013 3:06:27 pm PDT #20945 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
When You Reach Me features A Wrinkle in Time very heavily.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 3:08:05 pm PDT #20946 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Tep, I thought it was "just" vaginal rape, not anal. FWIW. It did really piss me off that the transforming event in her life had to be a rape.
I have mixed feelings about both books.
bennett - Jun 24, 2013 3:09:46 pm PDT #20947 of 28370
There's also lots of stuff re-writing the Bible. My fav is Mark Twain's "Diary of Adam and Eve".
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 3:18:10 pm PDT #20948 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
When You Reach Me features A Wrinkle in Time very heavily.
Oooh, that's right. See, I think there's probably plenty, I'll just have to look into it more.
Ideally, the list would just have books that are about classics and not retellings, but I'd need two dozen for that. I think I only have about 5 or 6 now.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 3:28:43 pm PDT #20949 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
You need a TV club. I'm much better at TV.
Dana - Jun 24, 2013 3:31:14 pm PDT #20950 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, what about Northanger Abbey? Isn't the heroine captivated by a Gothic novel?
megan walker - Jun 24, 2013 3:38:38 pm PDT #20951 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Okay, here's what I have so far for books where one specific book is a plot point.
Flaubert’s Parrot
(Julian Barnes) [Madame Bovary]
Little Women
(Louisa May Alcott) [Pilgrim’s Progress]
Mister Pip
(Lloyd Jones) [Great Expectations]
Treasure Island!!!
(Sara Levine) [Treasure Island]
When You Reach Me
(Rebecca Stead) [A Wrinkle in Time]
Strega - Jun 24, 2013 4:26:08 pm PDT #20952 of 28370
The Club Dumas, by Arturo Pérez-Reverte) [The Three Musketeers]
Lots of other books (real and fictional) come up in it as well, but Three Musketeers drives the action on several levels.
WindSparrow - Jun 24, 2013 6:55:46 pm PDT #20953 of 28370
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Does John Gardner's Grendel count, cf, Beowulf ?