{"id":101,"date":"2009-10-27T23:23:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T03:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/?p=101"},"modified":"2009-10-27T23:23:31","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T03:23:31","slug":"looking-for-a-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/looking-for-a-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for a read?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Esperanto strikes me as an inherently literary language. I find that I learn the most about it by reading. Of course, I am a student of literature, so forgive me if this clouds my judgment! In any case, since your local library probably lacks solid Esperanto reads, you might need to drop a few <strong>dolaroj<\/strong> in order to procure yourself a book. Once again, the Internet comes to our aid!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had the most luck with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\">Amazon.com<\/a> in my online shopping experiences. Since they purvey goods from all over the world, the website is a good repository for Esperanto books, especially since you can buy them used. I recommend searching for &#8220;Esperanto books&#8221; in the little search bar at the top. However, if you&#8217;re feeling less adventurous, two conscientious users have assembled lists of worthwhile books. One is by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Best-books-in-Esperanto\/lm\/5YV5W7POQ58R\">someone named akompano<\/a>. While I haven&#8217;t heard of him or her, that person has heard of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halld%C3%B3r_Laxness\">Halldor Laxness<\/a>, so I&#8217;m a fan! The other list is compiled by the talented <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Esperanto-Fiction-Books-Amazon-com\/lm\/R1VSYILCXXVNZ4\">Tim Westover<\/a>, author of the short story collection <em>Marvirinstrato<\/em>. The man knows his stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonan sxancon<\/strong>, and happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esperanto strikes me as an inherently literary language. I find that I learn the most about it by reading. Of course, I am a student of literature, so forgive me if this clouds my judgment! 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