[weeksie]

Spoken like somebody who's never read Journey to The End of The Night. In my opinion (and many others') it's one of the best novels ever written.

Tastes may vary but to dismiss foreign literature outright betrays a lack of experience as a reader. This is where I complain, as an old guy, about the poor state of liberal arts education.

Do yourself a favor and pick up some Dostoevsky. Or Gunter Grass. Or Murakami. Or Knut Hamsen. Or oh hell, there are far too many to list, those just come to the forefront in my head.

[gglitch]

Here's a few more: Or Homer, or Sophocles, or Ovid, or Rumi, or Rilke, or Proust, or Cicero, or Molière, ...