Three Books

Today I begin to read Revelations, some 22 chapters away from my third complete Genesis to Revelation reading of the Holy Bible, AV1611. After consideration, I'll take a pause before I begin a fourth reading. And that gives me options. I was looking at Moby Dick as a good contender, it has a high page count, it's a classic work that has stood the test of time and is obviously richly symbolic. As a conscious effort I would have more; forces have to be balanced and consolidated. Don Quixote is a mysterious inspired work, again part of the Western canon, and a high word count. Multi-layered, dealing with inconsistency, chaos, disarray, unnatural phenomena, a baroque love affair - airy qualities for sure. The obvious return to earth has to be War and Peace, another classic, a work that looks at history whilst recognizing the inner events of individual lives as being the real events of history. And of course Tolstoy writes in such a grounded manner, his style is in some ways flawless.

That's a proper trilogy! No timescales for any of this yet, although a minimum daily page count will be required. I may, or I may not make notes - but I'll post them here if I do. The only outstanding matter of any significance is that of translation, although I have looked into enough to know who I'll not be approaching, I've still to make a decision.

Moby Dick - Herman Melville
Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
War & Peace - Leo Tolstoy