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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and litteture suck?
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2014, 12:22:08 AM »
Most of his stuff are boring and should be summarized in a 300 page book about. You know he wrote continuations to those books but they didn't really make it.

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and litteture suck?
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2014, 12:31:39 AM »
Most of his stuff are boring and should be summarized in a 300 page book about. You know he wrote continuations to those books but they didn't really make it.

I tried Victor Hugo Unabridged les misrables, been stuck at page 200 for the last 5 years.

Reading this currently www.amazon.com/Josephus-Norman-Bentwich/dp/1406940887/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1394083340&sr=8-6&






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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2014, 12:35:51 AM »

I tried Victor Hugo Unabridged les misrables, been stuck at page 200 for the last 5 years.

I tried in high school and also got stuck. Then a few years ago I tried again and devoured it in two nights.

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2014, 12:44:34 AM »
I tried in high school and also got stuck. Then a few years ago I tried again and devoured it in two nights.

No way... signet classic 1400 page one ?! I liked the movie but its too sad..

Man, lets not start with the jewish books I discovered as a kid, Gershon Winkler.. do people still read him? he is responsible for all the nightmares of my childhood.. and this book called "outlaw"

The Ruach Ami series was AWESOME but the newly renewed series was a let down

this guy is nuts but some of it is good http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Stern/e/B000APFWAS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1394084405&sr=8-1

Micheal Chabon's Yidish policeman's union EPIC CLASSIC

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2014, 12:46:37 AM »
If you frequent Sefer Va Sefel in jerusalem, you'll get introduced to the good stuff. Sadly I keep forgetting to visit and it's been years.

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #28 on: March 06, 2014, 12:52:58 AM »
If you were a boy in yeshiva and read Sotah at age 9... oy.. that was pre internet days when we were not polluted

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #29 on: March 06, 2014, 12:55:55 AM »

I heard of it, but the reviews basically deflate it
Yeah I know, but that title is epic.
It sounds like some of his other books are really great.

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #30 on: March 06, 2014, 12:58:04 AM »
Yeah I know, but that title is epic.
It sounds like some of his other books are really great.

likewise www.amazon.com/Jewish-Pirates-Caribbean-Swashbuckling-Freedom--/dp/0767919521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394085407&sr=8-1

I found it less exciting than it's title suggests, i'm dying to visit the ABC islands!

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #31 on: March 06, 2014, 01:01:12 AM »
likewise www.amazon.com/Jewish-Pirates-Caribbean-Swashbuckling-Freedom--/dp/0767919521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394085407&sr=8-1

I found it less exciting than it's title suggests, i'm dying to visit the ABC islands!
I actually found it extremely interesting, (at least the beginning, I never got around to finishing it,) though probably not as exciting as the title sounds.
But that's the type of book I like, I was never into fiction.

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #32 on: March 06, 2014, 01:07:58 AM »
I actually found it extremely interesting, (at least the beginning, I never got around to finishing it,) though probably not as exciting as the title sounds.
But that's the type of book I like, I was never into fiction.

I would LOVE to read a biography on Rabbi Carigal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Hayyim_Isaac_Carregal

His journeys are fascinating and of course he is a chevron native, his relationship with Ezra Styles is fascinating

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #33 on: March 06, 2014, 01:08:52 AM »
We have a great literature.
It's called sefarim. Nothing to be proud of novels.

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #34 on: March 06, 2014, 01:10:40 AM »
Maybe we don't do fiction but that's because we've got real stories that are way more epic. Like these:

http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Silence-Shlomo-Z-Sonnenfeld/dp/0873066251/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394086056&sr=1-1&keywords=voices+in+the+silence

http://www.amazon.com/Go-My-Son-Refugees-Survival/dp/087306500X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394086137&sr=1-1&keywords=go+my+son

With stories like these (and really well written) who needs fiction?

If you haven't read those, do yourself a favor and do it now! Pfff Les' Miserables.
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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #35 on: March 06, 2014, 01:12:44 AM »
Maybe we don't do fiction but that's because we've got real stories that are way more epic. Like these:

http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Silence-Shlomo-Z-Sonnenfeld/dp/0873066251/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394086056&sr=1-1&keywords=voices+in+the+silence

http://www.amazon.com/Go-My-Son-Refugees-Survival/dp/087306500X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394086137&sr=1-1&keywords=go+my+son


Bro, No disrespect, but I read those and hundreds more.. heck the only thing readable left I could find as a kid was all the holecaust stories..
With stories like these (and really well written) who needs fiction?

If you haven't read those, do yourself a favor and do it now! Pfff Les' Miserables.

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #36 on: March 06, 2014, 01:14:45 AM »
We have a great literature.
It's called sefarim. Nothing to be proud of novels.

With that mentality, you chase people away from judaism..

http://www.amazon.com/Gershon-Kranzler/e/B001KCIRHA

I always enjoyed these book's, I regret that they were so short

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #37 on: March 06, 2014, 01:17:24 AM »
With that mentality, you chase people away from judaism..

http://www.amazon.com/Gershon-Kranzler/e/B001KCIRHA

I always enjoyed these book's, I regret that they were so short

Ah, the mizrachist mindset...
It chases away people from frum Judaism and causes them to stay single and mess around.
Yeah, I loved his books.

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #38 on: March 06, 2014, 01:22:41 AM »
Ah, the mizrachist mindset...
It chases away people from frum Judaism and causes them to stay single and mess around.
Yeah, I loved his books.

What ?!? maybe if there was more kosher stuff I wouldent have ended in the public library rotting my brains away..

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Re: Why does jewish entertainment and literature suck? (fixed title)
« Reply #39 on: March 06, 2014, 01:30:53 AM »
What ?!? maybe if there was more kosher stuff I wouldent have ended in the public library rotting my brains away..
So you're blaming all the non-existent good Jewish authors for your own bad decisions?