Good books can shape our view of the world and point us in a new direction. And between the ages of 20 and 30, we need this much more than at any time before or since. Which 6 books should be read before we turn 30?
Which ones are books, which you should read before we turn 30?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
The most famous work of the French writer and pilot is here to open our eyes to the beauty around us! Too often we are blinded by our passions and mistakes. The book contains a whole series of mysteries and thoughts, both about love for one's neighbor and for all living beings.
Thomas Hardy, Far from a Mad World
Bathsheba Everdene is a beautiful, independent and determined woman who does not submit to the strict principles of a man's world in Victorian England. When she unexpectedly inherits her uncle's farm, three very different suitors warm to her: shepherd Gabriel, sergeant in the royal army Frank, and wealthy landowner William. Bathsheba tries to maintain her independence despite her passions and is a great proof that she can overcome life's greatest trials with perseverance and steadfastness.
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Rises and Sets
The novel The Sun Rises and Sets was written by Hemingway based on the real personalities of the country life of the time in decadent, bohemian Paris, which chases sensual pleasures without real meaning and purpose. Nevertheless, there is a hidden longing for a deeper experience of life. Especially with Jak and Lady Ashen, who feel love for each other, but it will never be able to come true. Lady is a nymphomaniac, and Jake is impotent. All these "losers" find strength in the Basque and Spanish lands, where they go to fiestas and bullfights. In the latter, man comes closest to his reality in the struggle for life and death.
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never leave me
In the book, we learn about the fate of Kathy, Tommy and Ruth, who meet at Hailsham School. It is a closed-type boarding school, where exits are prohibited, children do not have parents or visitors. It soon becomes clear that these are clones intended for organ donation. A friendship is formed between the trio, a love is born, which will never be fulfilled due to the cruel reality. With this novel, the author opens up the ethical question of reckless scientific development in the modern world and paints a terrifying picture of a world that may not even be so far away.
Jack Kerouac, On the Road
According to legend, Jack Kerouac wrote the controversial novel more than 60 years ago in one go and on one roll of paper and under the influence of illegal substances. His partner Joyce Johnson, who published the book The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac, dispelled this myth, because she remembers things differently. Kerouac is said to have reviewed his work for several years and refined each paragraph. The book tells the story of the drug-addicted writer Sal Paradis (Kerouac's alterego), who, in the company of his friend Dean Moriarty (Neal Cassady's alterego) and other artists, hunts for inspiration on American highways. A novel about eternal rebellion and maladjustment.
Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank
The book shows an intimate experience of the Second World War. Between 1942 and 1944, the 14-year-old Jewish woman Ana wrote a diary (Kitty, as she called it herself), where she collected her thoughts and experiences about the Nazis, her roommates, love and even sexuality, while she and her family hid in the attic. The Frank family was then betrayed, arrested and sent to concentration camps. Ana did not survive.
