Comments on "Hawaii"

from Brasil

Michener's best book
I have read various books from J. A. Michener, but Hawaii has the union of adventure, romance, history, and evrything more that makes a book unforgatable.

 

from Arizona

Hawaii was my introduction To Michener.
WOW! What a great book! Although the characters are fictional, I now feel that I know stuff about the Islands that I never would have known had I not read the book! After reading Hawaii I have since bought several of Michener's novels. I really like the fact that I am learning about a culture and place while being entertained at the same time. Michener entertains you then you realize you are much more knowledgable about the subject. The movie does not give the bok its dues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments on "The Plague"

from tuncgoo@yahoo.com from Istanbul, Turkey

Human
Camus lets us see, through the mist of allegory and fiction, the condition of humanity.

 

from sauvage@sauvage.com from Los Angeles

The Perfect Novel
Rarely in the history of literature has a work of art risen beyond its time period, beyond its own
temporal moral lessons. Camus writes of the "rats," the metaphorical Nazis, that infect an empty city,
rip it apart, plop it on its head, expose it nude. And he shows us those who fight back ("two plus two
equals four") and those who wimp away. Camus wrote the novel in a small town called Le Chambon in
1944, where 5,000 Christian saved 5,000 Jews. And today, do we not witness those who slink from
confrontation? those who carry forth Cicero's duties? those who profit? those who die? And is it not
best to ask, in the end, where is the meaning? Camus answers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments on "To Kill a Mockingbird"

from Birmingham, Alabama USA

BITTERSWEET MEMORIES
I was born the year this book was published (1960), in Monroeville, Alabama - Harper Lee's hometown, and the model for the fictional town of Maycomb - so this book has been a part of my life since the beginning. I have always been proud of my Southern heritage and I have Miss Lee to thank for that. When I was a kid, a special friend and I would go down to the courthouse and pretend we were Jem and Scout - the balcony is there and the jail's across the street - and there was an big, old abandoned house that we would say was the Radley place. Occasionally, we would see Miss Lee at her daddy's store - but were always too much in awe of her to venture anything more than "hey!". She's still there part of the year - though she's not seen much anymore. If I could speak with her, I'd thank her for writing the book which redeemed the South, which I love, to the world

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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