At the end of last year I found myself travelling all around Finland, not having a home and sometimes spending time in places that didn’t have any internet connection. So I decided to take up reading again more seriously than I’ve done lately (I’ve read mostly Terry Pratchett).
Since I was visiting my place of birth, Imatra, too, I took with me some books that were in my room there. I had last read these when I was in the gymnasium (fall 1993- spring 1996):
- Stephen King: Lohikäärmeen silmät (Engl. “The Eyes of the Dragon”).
- George Orwell: Eläinten vallankumous (Engl. “Animal Farm”).
- Anatole France: Kuningatar Hanhenjalan ravintola (Fr. “La Rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque”) & Paistinkääntäjän pakinoita (Fr. “Les contes de Jacques Tournebroche”).
I’ve read only two books by Stephen King, but have liked them both. And it was interesting to see that I still liked “The Eyes of the Dragon”. Many people give King’s books very little recognition, so I had thought that maybe I was too young at the time of the first reading to realize how much the book sucked. But I still really liked it. A nice fantasy book over all.
When I read “Animal Farm” in 1994 it was a bit different experience from what it was now. I remember realizing what the message in the book was even in the gymnasium, but I guess I take the themes in the book much more seriously nowadays. So when I read the book a couple of month ago, it was really an agonizing experience. Still, a good book, but not very light reading.
Anatole France’s books were luckily much lighter. They were interesting to read, because they are written in the late 19th century and the use of logic and argumentation are quite different from our own. The book is kinda intellectual but in strange ways. Nice stories.
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