tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post3056322503307888463..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Books Which Change Your LifeThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-25335233890137109732010-04-17T22:45:22.926+01:002010-04-17T22:45:22.926+01:00George - I don't know Miller's non-fiction...George - I don't know Miller's non-fiction as well as the fiction. (Though I don't really think of his 'notorious' 'Tropic Of Cancer', 'Nexus' etc as fiction, more like embellished autobiography!) I remember reading 'The Air-conditioned Nightmare' and 'The Books In My Life' a long time ago - the latter so exuberant and enthusuastic in its praise of his favourite literature (Dostoyevsky was high up there, I recall). Thanks for your recommendations. They're now on my list.<br /><br />Thanks for the link, Timecheck.<br /><br />Grace and Litehiker - Hesse seems to have been a youthful guide to many. (However, revisting him not long ago, I was slightly let down.) I've never managed to read 'The Glass Bead Game', too.<br />'Patrick Leigh Fermor' is just amazing. When on earth is that 3rd volume about his walk to Constantinople going to appear?The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-65165765193654211512010-04-17T09:50:40.135+01:002010-04-17T09:50:40.135+01:00Hermann Hesse's Siddharta and Steppenwolf. I g...Hermann Hesse's Siddharta and Steppenwolf. I gave up on the Glasperlenspiel - maybe I should go back to it thirty years on. Thomas Merton. Patrick Leigh-Fermor's A Time of Gifts is one I keep going back to.Litehikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138956571978400444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-6616490849844196312010-04-16T19:20:32.574+01:002010-04-16T19:20:32.574+01:00"Wherever You Go, There You Are" has bee..."Wherever You Go, There You Are" has been one of those books for me as well. Also books by Herman Hesse and Alice Walker. In high school I read the novel "Ishmael" and Klein's "No Logo" which definitely influence me to this day. <br /><br />I have yet to read Henry Miller's work.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696349282379608085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-43627355680153388332010-04-16T17:25:37.448+01:002010-04-16T17:25:37.448+01:00Apropos the sentiment of your blog, I stumbled acr...Apropos the sentiment of your blog, I stumbled across another with threads of common thought, though not at first glance. <a href="http://www.coldsplinters.com/" rel="nofollow">coldspliters.com </a>Timecheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655966328174898998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-91702341462419548822010-04-16T13:28:56.684+01:002010-04-16T13:28:56.684+01:00A great little posting, Solitary Walker. Without ...A great little posting, Solitary Walker. Without the books of the authors you mention, my life, too, would far less rich. I read Henry Miller continuously, especially his essays and other non-fiction. If you haven't already read them, check out "The Wisdom of the Heart," "Reflections," "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird," and "Big Sur and the Oranges of Heironymus Bosch."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.com