Favorite book ( English or Spanish)

Question

Hi everybody. By the books we travel through the world.. Please feel free to share your favorite book (novel) with us. Mine is ' The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck . Thanks.

Please use correct English . No text speak at all . Please amend your message , we have members learning English . - ray76, Jan 28, 2015

It was one of my favourites also as a young guy, it was also made into a fabulous movie. - ray76, Jan 28, 2015

I see that you have done so , thank you so much , you deserve another vote. - ray76, Jan 28, 2015

vote from me. :) - ian-hill, Jan 28, 2015

thanks - caballer0, Jan 28, 2015

Answer 1

Para mi (y no leo bastante) diría que mi libro favorito es ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (Matar un Ruiseñor), que leí en escuela. Recuenta la historia de un abogado pobre pero honrado y de sus niños mientras que están creciendo en la sur de los Estados Unidos entre las guerras. Trata del prejuicio racisto que existía allí entonces, especialmente cuando el abogado, quién se llama ‘Atticus Finch’ se pone a defender un hombre negro quién está acusado de la violación de una chica blanca. Su decisión lleva consecuencias para él y para sus niños. La película es también muy buena y el actor quién hizo el papel de Atticus fue Gregory Peck, quién fue asombroso. Tengo un cuadro en mi oficina que representa Atticus en la sala de tribunal y a veces mis clients me preguntan ‘¿ Quién es eso ?’. Siempre digo que es mi abuelo.

I agree with you, it is a good book and a good film and Gregory Peck is my love , especially in the film Vacation in Rome - porcupine7, Jan 28, 2015

Yes, it is very good, and so is the film. - annierats, Jan 28, 2015

Answer 2

Thanks for the reminder mate , a fantastic chronicle of the times.

I agree. - ian-hill, Jan 28, 2015

Answer 3

I agree "The Grapes of Wrath" is a truely great book.

My favourite book remains "The History of Danish Dreams" by Peter Hoeg.

It is also a "social comment" book about how Denmark became the liberal democracy that it is today.

You can read the first few pages for free here - click on the book cover.

Answer 4

My favorite book in English would have to be "Pride and Prejudice", and in Spanish (where my experience is much more limited) it's "El País de las Mujeres" by Giaconda Belli.

One of my favorite books is also the Pride and Prejudice and I like the BBC film version too - porcupine7, Jan 28, 2015

i have seen the movie, but on the whole I prefer the books rather than movies - caballer0, Jan 28, 2015

Answer 5

Por desgracia no puedo compartir con ustedes mis libros favoritos , porque ellos son sobre todo de la literatura húngara y por eso no mucho conocidos en extranjero. Pero de la literatura del mundo mi favorito es Anna Karenina de Tolstoi . Por eso estoy muy contra el premio Nobel de la literatura porque habrían podido premiar Tolstoi en su tiempo y ellos daban el premio a un poeta quien después hubo olvidado completamente.

Unfortunately I cannot share with you my favorite books, because they are mostly of Hungarian literature and therefore not much known abroad. But of the literature of the world, my favorite is Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. That's why I am very much against the prize Nobel of literature, because they would have been able to reward Tolstoy in his time, and they gave the prize to a poet who was since than completely forgotten.