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1961 Books
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Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.99 — 900,349 ratings — published 1961
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.92 — 329,767 ratings — published 1961
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.69 — 63,137 ratings — published 1961
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.98 — 137,994 ratings — published 1961
Revolutionary Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.94 — 95,283 ratings — published 1961
James and the Giant Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.04 — 525,731 ratings — published 1961
The Winter of Our Discontent (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.01 — 55,733 ratings — published 1961
Mother Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.24 — 109,825 ratings — published 1961
The Phantom Tollbooth (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.19 — 312,070 ratings — published 1961
Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.85 — 50,222 ratings — published 1961
Ordinary Grace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.27 — 204,095 ratings — published 2013
Where the Red Fern Grows (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.13 — 448,481 ratings — published 1961
The Moviegoer (Vintage International)
by (shelved 7 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.64 — 31,743 ratings — published 1961
Franny and Zooey (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.95 — 244,682 ratings — published 1957
Harrison Bergeron (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.12 — 23,598 ratings — published 1961
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.80 — 70,752 ratings — published 1961
Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.08 — 111,106 ratings — published 1961
The Sneetches and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.31 — 66,124 ratings — published 1961
A Grief Observed (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.22 — 100,555 ratings — published 1961
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.17 — 39,908 ratings — published 1962
Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.18 — 34,418 ratings — published 1961
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.08 — 14,898 ratings — published 1961
Thunderball (James Bond, #9)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 19,085 ratings — published 1961
Go, Dog. Go! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.16 — 97,259 ratings — published 1961
West Side Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.10 — 19,638 ratings — published 1961
A Severed Head (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.75 — 7,071 ratings — published 1961
The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 34,071 ratings — published 1961
Harpo Speaks! (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.24 — 4,320 ratings — published 1961
The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.43 — 7,183 ratings — published 1961
The Carpetbaggers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,079 ratings — published 1961
Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,516 ratings — published 1961
Kaddish and Other Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,599 ratings — published 1961
Ten Apples Up on Top (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.14 — 39,789 ratings — published 1961
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.09 — 98,927 ratings — published 1961
Hombre (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.01 — 5,647 ratings — published 1961
Mila 18 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.32 — 26,748 ratings — published 1961
Happy Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,620 ratings — published 1961
What Is History? (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,796 ratings — published 1961
The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.35 — 34,369 ratings — published 1961
The Man-Eater of Malgudi (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,478 ratings — published 1961
Nobody Knows My Name (Vintage International)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.36 — 5,061 ratings — published 1961
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,313 ratings — published 1961
Asterix and the Goths (Asterix, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,068 ratings — published 1963
Diary of a Mad Old Man (Vintage International)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.45 — 3,974 ratings — published 1961
Il giorno della civetta (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.72 — 19,329 ratings — published 1961
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,064,490 ratings — published 1960
The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.92 — 16,967 ratings — published 1961
The Bronze Bow (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.03 — 28,877 ratings — published 1961
The Golden Goblet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,240 ratings — published 1961
“Öyle sanıyorum ki, sorular üzerinde düşünebilmem için bana yeterince uzun zaman bıraktınız, karşı çıkıcı bir tavır almama yetecek uzunlukta bir zaman.
"Siz, Sözcükler"i (Ihr Worte) yazdığımda, artık şiir yazmaya cesaret edemeyeli beş yıl olmuştu, artık tek bir şiir bile yazmak istemiyordum, adına şiir denen yaratıdan bir daha kaleme almayı kendime yasaklamıştım. Şiirlere bir düşmanlığım yok elbet, ama şunu düşünmelisiniz ki, insan ansızın her şeye karşı çıkabilir, her metafora, her tınıya, sözcükleri bir araya getirmeye ilişkin her türlü zorlamaya, sözcüklerle görüntülerin bu mutlak anlamda mutlu birlikteliğine karşı çıkabilir. İnsan bunun ne olduğunu, ne olması gerektiğini bir kez daha denetlemek için, bu birlikteliği boğmak isteyebilir.
Şiirler üzerine bildiklerim hâlâ az, ama bildiğim az şeyler arasında kuşku denen şey de var. Kendinden yeterince kuşkulanmalısın, sözcüklerden kuşkulanmalısın, demişimdir kendime sık sık, dilden kuşkulan, bu kuşkuyu derinleştir -derinleştir ki, günün birinde belki yeni bir şey ortaya çıkabilsin- ya da artık hiçbir şey çıkmasın.”
― Bu Tufandan Sonra
"Siz, Sözcükler"i (Ihr Worte) yazdığımda, artık şiir yazmaya cesaret edemeyeli beş yıl olmuştu, artık tek bir şiir bile yazmak istemiyordum, adına şiir denen yaratıdan bir daha kaleme almayı kendime yasaklamıştım. Şiirlere bir düşmanlığım yok elbet, ama şunu düşünmelisiniz ki, insan ansızın her şeye karşı çıkabilir, her metafora, her tınıya, sözcükleri bir araya getirmeye ilişkin her türlü zorlamaya, sözcüklerle görüntülerin bu mutlak anlamda mutlu birlikteliğine karşı çıkabilir. İnsan bunun ne olduğunu, ne olması gerektiğini bir kez daha denetlemek için, bu birlikteliği boğmak isteyebilir.
Şiirler üzerine bildiklerim hâlâ az, ama bildiğim az şeyler arasında kuşku denen şey de var. Kendinden yeterince kuşkulanmalısın, sözcüklerden kuşkulanmalısın, demişimdir kendime sık sık, dilden kuşkulan, bu kuşkuyu derinleştir -derinleştir ki, günün birinde belki yeni bir şey ortaya çıkabilsin- ya da artık hiçbir şey çıkmasın.”
― Bu Tufandan Sonra
“The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings...Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe...no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of "clear and present danger," then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent...For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.”
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