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Some notables in my book collection: Night - Elie Wiesel: Maybe the best book I've ever read. At 109 pages it is an extremely quick read. When Wiesel left the Nazi Death Camps still a teenager, he imposed a ten-year silence upon himself before describing his tragic experiences. It seemed strange to me at first that such a tale would be described so briefly. You will not feel that way after reading it though. Siddhartha - Herman Hesse: This is the only book that has rivaled "Night" for number one in my heart. Perhaps it's unfair to even talk about in the same breath though, they are so different. I read this book at a poignant time in my life and I couldn't have read it at a better time. Siddhartha is on a life long journey to finding some semblance of real meaning. He is constantly testing the philosophical waters. What does he discover? Read the book and find out. Another quick read. Animal Farm - George Orwell: A book about revolution, smart and comically written from an animals perspective. Personally I love it, not for what it says about the Russian Revolution, but what it says about power politics, about not losing sight of ones good intentions Yet another quick read. I do seem to like books that get to the point. Watership Down - Richard Adams: Another great book from the perspective of animals. Adams manages to spin a beautiful tales of an outcast band of rabbits that leave for a better life in a complexity that we can identify with at the same time remaining true to their animal behaviours. The richness in the the story is partly relayed in the size of the novel.
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