A classic that, on rereading, disappointed: George Orwell’s “1984.” Why I would believe it would be interesting beyond the date, I don’t know. In the 1970s it was scary. By the 1990s it was quaint. You almost can’t blame it.
A Certified Important Book you haven’t read: “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy. For not having read it, I feel I may be a little undereducated. I could be missing some insight into the human condition, because after all, what is life but the interplay between war and peace?
