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The newest Penguin edition, translated by Lydia Davis, is the one I'm currently reading. There are many discussions concerning the different editions and translations of the book, and the Modern Library translation also seems to be very popular, but the Penguin edition is a complete reworking...

I'm currently reading Swann's Way and I'm maybe 115 pages in. It's truly beautiful and unique. I've also read Bunin in Russian, but I find him somewhat forced while Proust remains elegant even in translation (although I can read the French somewhat).

I have a similar problem. I'm the oldest in my family and although I occasionally can get my 17 year old brother to read, he doesn't put it anywhere near top priority. My 19 year old sister doesn't read, except rarely a new best-seller crap novel. My dad used to read all the time... probably...

Atlast Shrugged was 1000 pages of the same idea over and over. Rand did not know how to develop heir philosophies in a story setting. She understood how to make characters that fit her philosophy and she understood how to explain her philosophy in the context of a plot and the characters she...

I also bought this book (I usually get books from the library) and I'm glad I did because I can see myself reading it again. The absurdity reach levels that amazed me and near the end of the novel when Yossarian was trapsing through Rome and then found the dead girl who Aarfy had killed, I...

I think my biggest problem with Rand is that politically and economically she is at extremes. This can occassionaly look good on paper, but as many have pointed out... this doesn't work in the real world. Her novels are a nice way to think up all the situations where her theories would prove...

Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy. Its pretty long and very rewarding.