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Aleksandra P.:
In my school times I read "Last lovers", "Dad", "Birdy" and "Midnight clear". I considered the latter to be the best of them, but I liked "Dad" very much, too. However, my literature taste has changed over the years and I am not sure if I would now find Wharton's books valuable.Aleksandra P. edytował(a) ten post dnia 30.10.08 o godzinie 20:15

I would give the same answer except I also read 'Scumbler' and considered 'Birdy' the best. :-)
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/04/william-wh...

"However, his status in Poland was such that between 1998 and 2003 he published a number of works in Polish, some written in English for translation."

But why in Poland?

As for Sting - how is he popular anywhere? :-)
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I've always been ashamed for my compatriots. Wharton, Carroll, Coehlo, you name them. Poles - especially teenage Poles - may read junk, but after all we've produced Joseph Conrad, haven't we...
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Adam L.:
Poles - especially teenage Poles - may read junk, but after all we've produced Joseph Conrad, haven't we...
what's the point of reading something you find extremely boring (See mandatory reading assignments for Polish lessons)
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Lidia K.:
Adam L.:
Poles - especially teenage Poles - may read junk, but after all we've produced Joseph Conrad, haven't we...
what's the point of reading something you find extremely boring (See mandatory reading assignments for Polish lessons)

What's the point of going to the opera? Booooring, there are musicals for "normal" people.

Classical music? Boooring. There's disco instead.

Poetry? Boooring. We have hip-hip or rock anthems.

Russian novels? Boooring, there are films based on them.

Economic analysis? Boooring, let's read a tabloid.

That's a lame excuse of those too lazy to make the effort.

Though I understand that forcing a teenager to read "Lord Jim", a sprawling narrative originally published in instalments, is not a good idea. One cannot expect him to focus on the imagery while interpreting Freudian symbols and looking for references to French literature. If I could, I would replace this item with "The Secret Agent" or "Victory". Or ask the kids to read "Heart of Darkness" and watch "Apocalypse Now".
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