Reading Levi's Se questo è un uomo/If this is a man

D.M. Procida

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Apr 7, 2010, 8:44:19 AM4/7/10

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I'm going to be reading If this is a man uomo shortly - would anyone
like to read it alongside me (do people still do this? It used to be
very popular to read books like this)?

I'll be reading it in Italian (as well as the book itself, I am also
interested in translation, so it would be nice to have someone who reads
it in English) but don't be put off by that.

I'm not proposing some laborious scholarly exercise. I won't be reading
very fast either, just a few pages each evening before I go to sleep.

It might not turn out to be a very satisfactory way of reading and
discussing a book, but I'd like to try it.

Daniele

D.M. Procida

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Apr 13, 2010, 2:04:53 PM4/13/10

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D.M. Procida <real-not-anti...@apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:

> I'm going to be reading _If this is a man_ shortly - would anyone

> like to read it alongside me (do people still do this? It used to be
> very popular to read books like this)?

Nobody?

How many people are actively reading this newsgroup?

Daniele

Graham.

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Apr 13, 2010, 4:38:39 PM4/13/10

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I'm not a great reader, but at least your post caused me to read a synopsis.
My Mother knew Leo Rawlings so perhaps I shall read his book
"And The Dawn Came Up Like Thunder" sometime.

--
Graham.

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lee

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Apr 13, 2010, 5:02:45 PM4/13/10

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On Apr 13, 7:04 pm, real-not-anti-spam-addr...@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M.
Procida) wrote:

I did actually read this a while ago, as well as "If not now when?" &
would be interested in reading more by Primo Levi. Not entirely sure
of what you mean by reading together. I usually read on the tram on
the way to & from work, usually I must confess with some punk or
similar music on my walkman.

D.M. Procida

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Apr 13, 2010, 5:29:58 PM4/13/10

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lee <scho...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Apr 13, 7:04 pm, real-not-anti-spam-addr...@apple-juice.co.uk (D.M.
> Procida) wrote:
> > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-addr...@apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I'm going to be reading _If this is a man_ shortly - would anyone
> > > like to read it alongside me (do people still do this? It used to be
> > > very popular to read books like this)?

> I did actually read this a while ago, as well as "If not now when?" &

> would be interested in reading more by Primo Levi. Not entirely sure
> of what you mean by reading together. I usually read on the tram on
> the way to & from work, usually I must confess with some punk or
> similar music on my walkman.

I meant 'together' in an Internet sense, i.e. not really together at
all.

I see fewer references to the practice these days. The idea is that the
people reading will try to do so at roughly at the same pace as each
other, so that they can discuss it or share thoughts as they go along.

I've always thought it sounded like a nice idea, but never actually
managed to do it.

Obviously it will work better with some texts than others. I don't
imagine anyone has had a go with a Jeffrey Archer novel, for example.

Daniele

lee

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Apr 13, 2010, 6:27:48 PM4/13/10

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On Apr 13, 10:29 pm, real-not-anti-spam-addr...@apple-juice.co.uk
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

Dunno if I could bear reading a Jeffrey Archer novel.