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Oct 26 2018, 07:38 AM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Oct 26 2018, 12:05 AM) Really, "Nabokov's Lolita (1955), his most noted novel in English, was ranked fourth in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels;Pale Fire (1962) was ranked 53rd on the same list, and his memoir, Speak, Memory (1951), was listed eighth on the publisher's list of the 20th century's greatest nonfiction. He was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction seven times." Doesn't sound, "not first rank" to me.
Sontag, 1978: National Book Critics Circle Award for On Photography 1990: MacArthur Fellowship 1992: Malaparte Prize, Italy 1999: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, France 2000: National Book Award for In America 2001: Jerusalem Prize, awarded every two years to a writer whose work explores the freedom of the individual in society. 2002: George Polk Award, for Cultural Criticism for "Looking at War," in The New Yorker 2003: Honorary Doctorate of Tübingen University 2003: Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels) during the Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse). 2003: Prince of Asturias Award on Literature. 2004: Two days after her death, Muhidin Hamamdzic, the mayor of Sarajevo announced the city would name a street after her, calling her an "author and a humanist who actively participated in the creation of the history of Sarajevo and Bosnia." Theatre Square outside the National Theatre was promptly proposed to be renamed Susan Sontag Theatre Square. It took 5 years, however, for that tribute to become official.On January 13, 2010, the city of Sarajevo posted a plate with a new street name for Theater Square: Theater Square of Susan Sontag.
Also rated by the Guardian as #16 in their best 100 non fiction list, Not too shabby. Highly regarded as one of the great essayists of modern times.
And as for Art Of War, its nice your colleague could confirm that overnight. However its not on the mandatory list, rather it's on the recommended list, a shortened list of recommended as below;
The Art of War by Sun Tzu Attacks! By E. Rommel
Clausewitz, Carl von. On War. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984. This is a war classic that sets the standard for books on the art of war. Hart, B.H. Liddell. Strategy. Plume; 2 revised edition, 1991. This book is a classic work on strategy that rivals Clausewitz. Sumida, Jon Tetsuro. Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command. The John Hopkins University Press, 1999. Sorry, but commercial lists don't do it! In a hundred years hence, those authors won't even rate space on an Oxfam remainders shelf. As for 'my colleague', he's a relative and staying with us at present - we actually talk to each other rather than sitting is solitary isolation looking up lists on Google. Nonetheless, I can only applaud your quest for knowledge. If you are ever in the vicinity, most Universities offer free lectures and even reasonably priced introductory courses which might well help interpret what you find on Google, hope that helps.
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Oct 26 2018, 02:11 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Oct 26 2018, 02:34 PM) Yes old son, I suspect you are well used to the smell. No point in me trying to prove anything. I'll leave that to Dorothy Parker. We can agree good literature stands the test of time - hence declining popularity.
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Oct 26 2018, 06:26 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Oct 26 2018, 03:11 PM) Yes old son, I suspect you are well used to the smell. No point in me trying to prove anything. I'll leave that to Dorothy Parker. We can agree good literature stands the test of time - hence declining popularity. So, to recap. No evidence or facts from you, just the good old OTE sneer when someone at least try's. And an attempted argument based on little more that opinion, lies and bull****. Way to go, no wonder this countries in trouble.
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Oct 27 2018, 01:49 AM
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Back on track. A few facts from the man himself. In particular, I love his assessment of the MP who hid behind parliamentary privilege. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4zsyk-Wp4
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Oct 27 2018, 08:40 AM
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QUOTE (newres @ Oct 27 2018, 05:28 AM) Ah Tommeh! Politician, leader, fraudster and wife beater. Ideal attributes for any budding public servant.
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Oct 27 2018, 07:29 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Oct 27 2018, 05:16 PM) Interesting and rather disturbing. The case in discussion does pose some very hard questions in several other areas; social services policy, education policy, parenting, consent for starters. Valid or not, focus primarily on the religious issue has had the effect of hiding these other issues almost entirely; yet as the statistics show, the problem is far more widespread.
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Oct 28 2018, 04:17 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Oct 28 2018, 01:27 AM) Gammon scum. Is this a mixed metaphor or a reflection of last weeks pork pie?
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Oct 28 2018, 06:00 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Oct 28 2018, 04:21 PM) Here’s a bit more for you chaps. Proper data. https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/756/511The Pakistani contribution to grooming crime is about consistent with their percentage of the population. You’ve been manipulated and radicalised by lies. Quelle surprise. That's not what the left wing Independent reports. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-...e-a8101941.htmlFake news newres... that will be your new name. Walter "fake news" newres Mitty.
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Oct 28 2018, 06:02 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Oct 27 2018, 05:16 PM) Not in the least.
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Oct 29 2018, 06:28 AM
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QUOTE (x2lls @ Oct 28 2018, 06:02 PM) Not in the least. Well obviously. The facts don’t support your distorted view of the world. You prefer alternative ones.
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