Journal d'Adam et journal d'Eve
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782913661110 (2913661114)
Publisher: L'Oeil d'Or
Edition language: French
Short and entertaining book that can be read very quickly. The first half is much funnier than the second one, but the book as a whole is ok.
Kindred's Reading Challenge #1: A novel by Mark Twain
Laugh-out-loud funny, sweet, clever, and of course, insightful. The Diaries of Adam and Eve captures the can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em dichotomy that is the male-female relationship. This book spoke to me, and I enjoyed the idea that husbands and wives have had the same relationship...
I'm going to cheat a bit here because this isn't the edition I'm reading. I'm reading the free ebooks (linked below), but there isn't an easy way of noting "hey, I'm reading both of these." Both are actually short stories rather than what we'd consider books, and my argument is that if you want to r...
As the introduction states, Mark Twain wrote this at the height of his "gloominess, pessimism, and contempt for organized religion" and it shows. It still has his wit and humor, but it is darker and more sad than his earlier, more jovial works. It was a bit of a slog to get through.
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