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Naked Lunch – William S.Burroughs
The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the US to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone.
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The Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck
Tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family.
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Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Set in the 24th century, Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of the protagonist, Guy Montag. At first, Montag takes pleasure in his profession as a fireman, burning illegally owned books and the homes of their owners. However, Monta...
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Henderson the Rain King – Saul Bellow
Henderson visits Africa on a spiritual safari. His strength, his passion for life, and his inadvertent success in bringing rain have made him a god-like figure among the tribes.
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Winesburg, Ohio – Sherwood Anderson
Set in the fictional town of Winesburg, the story follows the life of a protagonist from the time he was a child to his growing independence and ultimate abandonment of Winesburg as a young man.
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz – Mordecai Richler
There's no doubt Duddy was destined to make it in life, since he got the will and the drive to work hard, and he's smart as hell. But he misses every chance to be happy and by the end the result is a disaster.
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The Hidden Force – Louis Couperus
The Hidden Force is a 1900 novel by the Dutch writer Louis Couperus. The narrative is set on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies.
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The War of the End of the World – Mario Vargas Llosa
Most of the people in Canudos are either outcasts or extremely poor. They have nothing to lose. The Counselor for the first time in their lives gives them the feeling that they are human, that they matter, that their lives can ...
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Black Dogs – Ian McEwan
Black Dogs is a 1992 novel by the British author Ian McEwan. It concerns the aftermath of the Nazi era in Europe, and how the fall of the Berlin Wall in the late 1980s affected those who once saw Communism as a way forward for ...
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A House for Mr. Biswas – V.S. Naipaul
The futility of Mr. Biswas to find even the most humble home of his own renders him intensely human and endearing. It is easy to identify with him and laugh at him and understand that one has so much in common with him. But Mr....
