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Inspirations: Selections From Classic Literature (2010)

by Paulo Coelho(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0141442492 (ISBN13: 9780141442495)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Penguin Books

review 1: I've recently started really enjoying to read anthology collections. I think that it gives me the opportunity to get a taste of different styles of writing without getting myself into a book that I might not enjoy. This collection was about classic works of writing, the majority which I have read before. It surprised me how many I had already read and loved. Really, that was back when writing was GOOD and intense. An interesting collection of writing.
review 2: Bold experimentation or phoning it in?Some of Coelho's own work is brilliant in its wise simplicity, so I had high hopes that his personal favorites from the world literature would be particularly meaningful. This selection of classic excerpts is disappointing. In part because it is already familiar ma... moreterial, but also because without some kind of more detailed commentary, it feels like a rip-off where old Paulo just dumped together some random stuff from his library shelves: the Ugly Duckling, Machiavelli, Lady Chatterly's Lover, whatever. I am a big fan and was expecting something more like his monthly blog where he ties together a few traditional stories. I guess the point here is for the reader to see the Moon and not the finger and generate inspiration from the readings themselves, and that with such a hugely varied selection, something in there will be inspirational to somebody. Also, the excerpts are taken from great stuff and maybe some readers will be tempted to dive into those books further. less

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