Besides focusing on the importance of randomness, Nassim Taleb in Black Swan says humans are made to love stories and not so much facts. Our last three books, Dreams of My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Descartes Bones and The Johnstown Flood have been factual recounts which don't really rise to the level of novel in so many ways. So now I've been really wanting to read a good story.
If you know of a good story, respond to this post. If you want to make a suggestion for a novel to read for next year please make a note of that too.
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OK, I did read Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum recently as well and I really like Dorothy's voice.
How about the novel Walden by Michael Dolan? A good read, especially relevent for college folks - students and teachers alike.
How about Miral by Rula Jebreal now a motion picture released in March 2011. It is a story of a family and political struggles in Palestine. It reminds of the book "In the time of the Butterflies". Miral is only about 300 pages.
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