Strange pilgrims.  GG Marquez

an entertaining collection of short stories. Good characters. 

Seeing. Jose Saramago.

political satire, aiming at the dirty deeds of govt. 

East of Eden. Steinbeck

simple elegant compassionate.
very good.

 

The sun also rises. Ernest Hemingway.

Hard boiled Hemingway. Great dialogue. Always lovely crossing the bridges of Paris.

God help the child.  Toni Morrison

found it unsatisfying as it lacked the depth of other novels. Then I found out it was her first. 
Good story ,beautifully written , perfectly constructed.
 

Pincher Martin. William Golding.
'there is nothing here but torture.'
interesting analysis of self.
 Visceral writing.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6464937-too-much-happiness

too much happiness  Alice Munro 
 9 superb short stories. The quality never drops. The sense of foreboding is balanced by the easy style as we are taken through death , loss and abandonment.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/18/death-by-water-kenzaburo-oe-review

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/12/gabriel-garcia-marquez-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-history

My name is red. Orphan Pamuk 
Constantinople 1680 , the view of an artist, with a murder mystery thrown in. Very good 

 haresfur wrote: 
Parts of the movie are very scary ...

There's a house in my neighborhood I call the Boo Radley house.

 Antigone wrote: 
I watched it when I was home alone at about 9 or so years old. It made a huge impression not just about the plot itself but because it opened up a whole world of serious themes. My parents came home near the end and were pissed because they thought I was too young. Heck, so was Scout.

 meower wrote: 
thanks!

 lily34 wrote: 

Carson McCullers for both

 Antigone wrote: 
who is the author? i guess i could google

 Antigone wrote: 

LOVED IT
and my all time favorite, albeit very sad is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.   

 lily34 wrote: 
Another really great read (in terms of Southern lit) is The Member of the Wedding. Highly recommended.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
yeah, i'm going to do that this weekend, i think!

 lily34 wrote: 

This is a must see for you then.  This movie is Peck's Opus and nearest representation of his essence as an actor and a person to be sure.

 Antigone wrote: 
you know, i need to see the movie. i never have. and i love gregory peck.