The most difficult book you've ever read?

[Lithium]

All proto-bulgarian(?) books for school.

[Autobahn]

I was unfortunate enough to have to read "Death of a Salesmen" by Arthur Miller in High School. Not so much that the book was difficult, but it was extremely boring, in my opinion.

[lei.talk]

thus do we reach the stars

[Ivanushka-supertzar]

Gustav Meyrink - Der Golem.

I absolutely got lost in this book (not in the good sense of the word). Maybe I should try it again some time later.

[mymy]

The Name of Rose written by Eco... I definitely need to read it again. That book confused me few times and I was reading it quite long

[Svipdag]

Most difficult to understand : Indian Philosophy by Radhakrishnan

Most difficult to read: The Qur'an

[Lábaru]

[Gaztelu]

I read the original version that was written in Old Castilian, which was a pain in the ass because I had to consult the glossary every two seconds to find the meanings of obsolete words.

[Don]

I read the original version that was written in Old Castilian, which was a pain in the ass because I had to consult the glossary every two seconds to find the meanings of obsolete words.

This book is only difficult to those who are not used to read old castilian or interested in old words now cultismos.

The essence of these are their complexity and intelligence in the message, jugglers of the language, something in extinction in our times.

If you read pieces from El Siglo de Oro, you are reading the same words and language that is not other than a true and rich castilian keeping old words, treasures awaiting to be recovered and used by the modern dignifiers of this noble language.

Spoiler!

QUEVEDO about the bakers he found in his travel to the hells. The first time I readed these words, I felt into an attack of laugh. 400 years after they were written.

"-¡Ladrones! ¿Quién merece el infierno mejor que vosotros, pues habéis hecho comer a los hombres caspa y os han servido de pañizuelos los de a real sonándoos en ellos, donde muchas veces pasó por caña el tuétano de las narices? ¡Qué de estómagos pudieran ladrar si resucitaran los perros que les hicistes comer! ¡Cuántas veces pasó por pasa la mosca golosa, y muchas fue el mayor bocado de carne que comió el dueño del pastel! ¡Qué de dientes habéis hecho jinetes y qué de estómagos habéis traído a caballo dándoles a comer rocines enteros! ¿Y os quejáis, siendo gente antes condenada que nacida los que hacéis así vuestro oficio? ¿Pues qué pudiera decir de vuestros caldos? Mas no soy amigo de revolver caldos. Padeced y callad enhoramala, que más hacemos nosotros en atormentaros que vosotros en sufrirlo. Y vos andad adelante, me dijo a mí, que tenemos que hacer estos y yo."

[Svanhild]