Pam’s Comments (group member since Jul 12, 2018)

Pam’s comments from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.

I love this list! I’m doing a Translated Lit (with different languages) challenge in 2019 so these books are perfect! For South American, I prefer Dom Casmurro because I haven’t read it BUT does anyone else have a preference?? I could do a reread of Dona Barbara.

For South America, how about Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis (Portugese)? Written in 1899.

One I can recommend, that I read this year, is Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos. I thought it was fabulous! It's considered a classic in Venezuela and is required reading for students.

I finished The Illustrated Man (collection of sci-fi short stories) by Ray Bradbury. Trying to finish Grapes of Wrath by the end of the year.

A few more suggestions:
- Penguin Island by Anatole France
- Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada
- Confusion or The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig. I've only read his novella Chess Story and really liked it.

The Grapes of Wrath

I’m hoping to start it soon and join in on the discussion! I have a copy of the trilogy that I bought at my library this summer. I’m trying to finish Don Quixote first, which is going rather sloooowly. I read The Hobbit this summer for the first time.