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What are a few of the most inspirational novels you've read?

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lechuck
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lechuck said:

All writers have creative influences. Name a few novels you’ve read in the past that inspired you both in your creative writing and life.

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nelliemuller
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There were many books that inspired me but the one that recently inspired me was Coming to Our Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn. The author added the following quote to his doctoral dissertation: “He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies” (Kabat-Zinn, 2005, p. 486).

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2005). Coming to our senses: Healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. London: Piatkus Books Ltd.

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There were many books that inspired me but the one that recently inspired me was Coming to Our Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn. The author added the following quote to his doctoral dissertation: “He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies” (Kabat-Zinn, 2005, p. 486).

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2005). Coming to our senses: Healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. London: Piatkus Books Ltd.

Envy the well grounded depiction! I have to wait a little more to get myself grounded online.

Just one representative book: Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha ( original in German, I read its English translation). Hesse was inspired by his mother’s land, India where she lived 20 years. I admire the theme and its treatment.

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amarjeet
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amarjeet said:

Mitch albom’s “tuesdays with moorie” and of paulo coelho’s “An Alchemist” made me felt like the most inspirational book among the books i have read till date

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Rashmi
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Rashmi said:

My last book was paulo coelho’s “The Alchemist” and before that “The monk who sold his ferrari ” by Robin Sharma…..but I have not insipired by them but learned….....

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geekgirl said:

“The Zahir” by Coelho and “Veronica decides to die” by the same author as well as Tehmina Durrani’s “Blasphemy” were amazingly inspiring.

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chandra_avinash
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chandra_avinash said:

don’t you feel that his novels draw too rosy a picture at times?

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