ariadnem | And they say I have to read...

I love to read, seriously; but I haven't got any time to do that

In English
→ "The Vampires in Europe - Tales of the Undead" by Montagne Summers
→ "Dubliners" by James Joyce
→ "Ullyses" By James Joyce

En Español
→ "Crónicas de Mistmantle Libro 1 - Urchin de las Estrellas Fugaces" por M.I. McAllister
→ "Cuentos Inolvidables" por Julio Cortázar
→ "La Ilíada" por Homero
→ "17 Narradoras Lationoamericanas"
→ "El Decamerón" Por Bocaccio
→ "Rayuela" por Julio Cortázar
→ "El Naranjo" por Carlos Fuentes
→ "Antología de la Literatura Fantástica" por Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bijoy Casares y Silvina Ocampo
→ "La Virgen Luna, los 7 de Urantia y el Dragón Laser" por José Gabriel Baena

Almost all of the above list are homework *plop*

To begin

Inglés
→ "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
→ "Selected Tales" By Edgar Allan Poe
→ "Ghosts and Stories" by M.R. James
→ "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis
→ "The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Girban

Español
→ "El Aleph" por Jorge Luis Borges
→ "Gracias por el Fuego" por Mario Benedetti
→ "La Odisea" por Homero

*faints*

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We don't censor books in Colombia, though during "La Época de la Violencia" which happened btw the 30s and the 40's in my country there were two forbidden books, I remember one of them "La Raza deín" which told about the atrocities one of the sides was doing against the other. All those books were picked up, but hey! my grandma managed to hide one, which we read after she passed away. I just read a couple of pieces, the book was too much for me, specially because what was being told actually happened. *sigh*

Also the Bible was forbidden for women until the 70's or 80's I think. Thank God I was born in a time it wasn't forbidden anymore. I loved to read the Bible not in the religious sense of the book, but as if they all were stories. That I loved ^^ Plus, my grabdma used to make me read it for her.

I gotta find the time to read al those books *faints* I'll manage, you know me :P

I went to a religious school, and one of the teachers got arrested in 1973 at the Albanian border for having a copy of the bible on him.

Bible forbidden for women? That's pretty strange. Ah, yes, the stories were interesting. David and Goliath was my favoruite.

Yes, I know you'll read them all. Let's hope the world doesn't take up too much of your time.

Hope what I sent is useful to you.

In Colombia at least (I don't know about the rest of latinamerica) reading the Bible was forbidden for women 'till the 70's or the 80's, I really don't know the date. When I was teaching the Catesism, there was this other woman, she was an "old woman" meaning she was over her fifties, and she always asked not to read the passages that we were going to work on, and even in her classes, it was her students who read them, for she still felt awkward because she pretty much lived more than half of her life, afraid of the punishment for reading the bible, she being a woman.

My favourite was the exodus. Moses and all his court and of corse, Joshep and his eleven brothers ^^

It was very useful ^^ Thank you *smooches*

I was thinking about what you wrote about the bible, and women not being allowed to read it, and I thought I'd look into that, and here's something I found.

http://www.spamula.net/col/archives/2005/07/the_bible_prohibited_and_impro.html

Nowadays there are bibles everywhere. I wonder what things which are restricted today will be commonplace in the future? Or vice versa.

You've taught cathecism? You really are a true teacher, my friend. That reminds me of Carmen, who was the coordinator of the camp where I worked last month, and representative of the Junta de Castilla La Mancha, and hence my other boss. She teaches at a school in a Spanish village, and she's the only teacher, with kids of all ages, teaching all subjects.

As to the bible stories. I remember when I was 10 years old, Joseph and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat was all the rage. Here's part of the lyrics.

I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain
To see for certain what I thought I knew
Far far away, someone was weeping
But the world was sleeping
Any dream will do.

I sang in the chorus of a school production, and I had to sing ah-oh-ah from time to time. I also had to sing it at family occasions. Such memories.

Glad you found what I sent useful.

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