[Vision2020] Summer Reading Was:The little gray cells (are turning to mush)

[Chasuk]

On 5/16/06, DonaldH675 at aol.com <DonaldH675 at aol.com> wrote:

>  I am really eager to read others recommendations!  (I'll add them to my own
> reading list).  For fiction I suggest a long-time favorite of mine  "The
> Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon.   My current
> non-fiction favorite (which Joan picked up during her trip to Portland) is
> "The Life-Giving Sword" - the classic text on Zen and the No-sword by Yagyo
> Munenori trans. by William Scott Wilson.  I think you'll love both of them,
> Chas.

I concur regarding "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," but
I haven't heard of the book by Yagyo Munenori.  I'll add it to my
reading list.  Thank you for the recommendation!

Chas

P.S. Did you know that "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"
is being turned into a film, directed by Stephen Daldry, who also
directed Billy Elliot?

Chabon is also writing a screenplay for a movie with this plot outline
(from imdb.com):

***
A retelling of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" set in British
colonial China, where Shaolin monks take in a refuge girl.
***