▲ 55 ▼ What book would you recommend to a person in their final days? (literature.cafe) submitted 3 months ago by Karl@literature.cafe to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments I want to keep a book aside as the last book I'm going to read when I'm very, very old.
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 child) You want to save a book you want to read till you're super old? Accidents happen... If you want to read a book, read the book. Don't plan to read it in 20-60 years permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Karl@literature.cafe [S] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children) Probably. But idk... Reading a book that you planned to read like 60 years ago when you were much different seems cool to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago Reading a book at 20, then again at 50, then again at 80 will hit very differently. I'm not yet 50 but I'm rereading books that already feel like an entirely new experience. The Hitchhiker trilogy is one example. I'm more ready to sympathize with Arthur than I was the first time around. permalink fedilink source parent [–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago I reread Pratchett's Night Watch every couple of years and it's different every time. Ditto Nation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Katrisia@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago I have something like this. Nothing Was the Same by K. R. Jamison is about grief and about her experience of losing a loved one. I'm saving it for the moment I lose my parents. I know I'll need her to bring some consolation and perspective because it's going to hurt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Karl@literature.cafe [S] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children) Probably. But idk... Reading a book that you planned to read like 60 years ago when you were much different seems cool to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago Reading a book at 20, then again at 50, then again at 80 will hit very differently. I'm not yet 50 but I'm rereading books that already feel like an entirely new experience. The Hitchhiker trilogy is one example. I'm more ready to sympathize with Arthur than I was the first time around. permalink fedilink source parent [–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago I reread Pratchett's Night Watch every couple of years and it's different every time. Ditto Nation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Katrisia@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago I have something like this. Nothing Was the Same by K. R. Jamison is about grief and about her experience of losing a loved one. I'm saving it for the moment I lose my parents. I know I'll need her to bring some consolation and perspective because it's going to hurt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago Reading a book at 20, then again at 50, then again at 80 will hit very differently. I'm not yet 50 but I'm rereading books that already feel like an entirely new experience. The Hitchhiker trilogy is one example. I'm more ready to sympathize with Arthur than I was the first time around. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago I reread Pratchett's Night Watch every couple of years and it's different every time. Ditto Nation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Katrisia@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago I have something like this. Nothing Was the Same by K. R. Jamison is about grief and about her experience of losing a loved one. I'm saving it for the moment I lose my parents. I know I'll need her to bring some consolation and perspective because it's going to hurt. permalink fedilink source parent