People have read books many times as a source of entertainment. However, only those publications with stories that transcend time, human experiences and culture can stand out as true classics. Another great quality about such work is their plot, emotional connection, character and conflict. Authors just know how to come up with great setting for their work to outdo others in the market. Even old good reads can fit the new classic books category due to their timelessness.
Any enthusiastic reader would want to learn about several of these classic reads. The list is long, with some published many years in the past. An adult will find various interesting reads in the book stores today.
Set in Belgian Congo, 1959, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover is a great novel fitting this category. In this story, Nathan Price, who is a fiery Baptist missionary chooses Congo as his home and mission ground. With him are his wife and four young daughters. His ambition is to snatch the not so civilized souls in this place from eternal fire. Despite his determination, a revolution by Congo against Belgium undermines his efforts as the country undergoes the worst political event of the twentieth century. Price and his family are trapped in this bloody fallout.
Other of the acclaimed classic reads, are three collections of short stories. Birds of America, written by Lorrie Moore, Interpreter of Maladies, authored by Jhumpa Lahiri and Selected Stories by Alice Munro. These are great classics that would not miss in any discussion touching on high quality reads of all times.
An interesting read is the novel Life of Pi written by Yann Martel. In this book, Pi Patel, a sixteen-year-old boy, and his family board a Japanese cargo ship to leave behind their old lives in India and begin new ones in North America. His father, a zookeeper, brings aboard his zoo animals. Pi possesses a vast knowledge of animal behavior and a voracious appetite for stories. When tragedy strikes and the ship sinks, Pi ends up in a lifeboat accompanied by wild animals only. Among them is an injured zebra, 450-pound Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger, an orangutan, and a hyena.
Having wide knowledge on animal behaviour, Pi uses this to escape death from Parker. For about 230 days, he is to co-exist with tiger at the sea. Parker disappears to the jungle once they reach the coast of Mexico. What follows is an interrogation by Japanese authorities to find out how Pi survived, but they hardly believe his story. This makes him come up with another believable story, which readers are left to determine whether it is real or not.
Young adults have numerous choices too. Good examples are The Chronicles of Narnia, The Giver, A wrinkle in Time and To Kill a Mockingbird among others. Some of these are long-time classics but can qualify as new because of their timelessness. Recent releases like The Book Thief, Harry Potter and The Hunger Games series make this list.
Since there are various classics one can explore, it is impossible to lack entertaining reads, whether you are young or old. You could begin by checking local book stores to find out what they have. At the same time, the internet provides a great shopping option with possibility of finding both hard and soft copy forms of such good reads.
Any enthusiastic reader would want to learn about several of these classic reads. The list is long, with some published many years in the past. An adult will find various interesting reads in the book stores today.
Set in Belgian Congo, 1959, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover is a great novel fitting this category. In this story, Nathan Price, who is a fiery Baptist missionary chooses Congo as his home and mission ground. With him are his wife and four young daughters. His ambition is to snatch the not so civilized souls in this place from eternal fire. Despite his determination, a revolution by Congo against Belgium undermines his efforts as the country undergoes the worst political event of the twentieth century. Price and his family are trapped in this bloody fallout.
Other of the acclaimed classic reads, are three collections of short stories. Birds of America, written by Lorrie Moore, Interpreter of Maladies, authored by Jhumpa Lahiri and Selected Stories by Alice Munro. These are great classics that would not miss in any discussion touching on high quality reads of all times.
An interesting read is the novel Life of Pi written by Yann Martel. In this book, Pi Patel, a sixteen-year-old boy, and his family board a Japanese cargo ship to leave behind their old lives in India and begin new ones in North America. His father, a zookeeper, brings aboard his zoo animals. Pi possesses a vast knowledge of animal behavior and a voracious appetite for stories. When tragedy strikes and the ship sinks, Pi ends up in a lifeboat accompanied by wild animals only. Among them is an injured zebra, 450-pound Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger, an orangutan, and a hyena.
Having wide knowledge on animal behaviour, Pi uses this to escape death from Parker. For about 230 days, he is to co-exist with tiger at the sea. Parker disappears to the jungle once they reach the coast of Mexico. What follows is an interrogation by Japanese authorities to find out how Pi survived, but they hardly believe his story. This makes him come up with another believable story, which readers are left to determine whether it is real or not.
Young adults have numerous choices too. Good examples are The Chronicles of Narnia, The Giver, A wrinkle in Time and To Kill a Mockingbird among others. Some of these are long-time classics but can qualify as new because of their timelessness. Recent releases like The Book Thief, Harry Potter and The Hunger Games series make this list.
Since there are various classics one can explore, it is impossible to lack entertaining reads, whether you are young or old. You could begin by checking local book stores to find out what they have. At the same time, the internet provides a great shopping option with possibility of finding both hard and soft copy forms of such good reads.
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