Recommend me a very small book...

[theclaud]

Ooh just thought,

You could always get come Tenessee Williams. If you don't mind plays, they are always very short! "The night of the iguana" is a fantastic play by him.

They are good, but I don't think I want to be stuck with TW in a refugio dorm on a humid Galician night. I'd have to get out the hip flask and wait for that click in my head.

 

[Fnaar]

As I walked out one midsummer morning... Laurie Lee... it's a very easy read, and gives fascinating view of what Spain was like back in them there far off days. He starts off at Vigo and walks through Galicia (which of course is where santiago is). It moves to other bits of Spain, but it's a great read, not too big, and has a Sapnish flavour to it (especially if you pur olive oil on it).

 

[theclaud]

Speaking of very small books...Don't forget your passport.

Thanks Maz. I didn't really like it the first time, but a lot opens up on the fourth or fifth reading.

 

[theclaud]

As I walked out one midsummer morning... Laurie Lee... it's a very easy read, and gives fascinating view of what Spain was like back in them there far off days. He starts off at Vigo and walks through Galicia (which of course is where santiago is). It moves to other bits of Spain, but it's a great read, not too big, and has a Sapnish flavour to it (especially if you pur olive oil on it).

Ah, yes - I read it years ago, but have forgotten enough of it to give it another go. Not sure it passes my rigorous smallness test though - I will have to check.

 

[PaulB]

Great French war heroes.

 

[allen-uk]

'What Margaret Thatcher did for Britain'. A very small book of mainly blank pages.

A.

 

[theclaud]

'What Margaret Thatcher did for Britain'. A very small book of mainly blank pages.

A.

I've got one already which is called something like "What MT did to Britain". It's quite long, actually, but two words would have sufficed.

 

[PaulB]

I've got one already which is called something like "What MT did to Britain". It's quite long, actually, but two words would have sufficed.

And the first one's "****".

 

[theclaud]

And the first one's "****".

No flies on PaulB.

 

[red_tom]

The Rider is excellent and pretty tiny but you'd probably finish it on the 1st evening.

Hmmm, how about something from this list at Amazon? The 'very short introduction' series seem well received.

 

[very-near]

Try this one.

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=5671724

 

[rich p]

How about some short stories. If the book's too big just tear it in half.

 

[Maz]

Thanks Maz. I didn't really like it the first time, but a lot opens up on the fourth or fifth reading.

No, I meant the passport you need for El Camino de Santiago. It gets stamped to prove you've done different stages of the pilgrimage.

 

[mangaman]

Two of my favourite books ever are

"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" which weighs in at 122 pages

(in fact all Muriel Spark novels are short and very readable but clever enough to make you want to reread them - "The girls of slender means" is great too)

"Heart of Darkness" by Conrad - my copy's 86 pages and I could read it again and again

 

[redcogs]

Can i thoroughly recommend Voltaire's Candide theclaud.

Short, sharp, compelling, brilliant - hillarious.