i have not read the kite runner (although i think it might be on my bookshelf). my mom really liked it and i know she recommended it to me. foucault's pendulum is the first eco i've ever read and i'm beginning to see what all the fuss is about. he has a brilliant way of dropping compelling philosophy and ideas into his work in such a way that it is part of the story and the thoughts of the characters and he does it so frequently that you wind up putting the book down a lot just to sit and think about those ideas. very stimulating. i've never read much about the templars before and it is interesting to get a history on them. i feel compelled to find out if the history he tells is fiction or historical. part of what makes this book so compelling to me is that i get the references in a lot of the name-dropping he does. gotta love my great books school education.
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Date: 2007-03-21 10:04 pm (UTC)foucault's pendulum is the first eco i've ever read and i'm beginning to see what all the fuss is about. he has a brilliant way of dropping compelling philosophy and ideas into his work in such a way that it is part of the story and the thoughts of the characters and he does it so frequently that you wind up putting the book down a lot just to sit and think about those ideas. very stimulating. i've never read much about the templars before and it is interesting to get a history on them. i feel compelled to find out if the history he tells is fiction or historical.
part of what makes this book so compelling to me is that i get the references in a lot of the name-dropping he does. gotta love my great books school education.