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Blindness – José Saramago
The horrors are described very vividly and sometimes make you positively sick. But what Saramago shows us is not only the black, egoistic and violent side of people that shows up the moment you remove the thin layer of cultural...
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A Very Long Engagement – Sébastien Japrisot
A very Long Engagement is a mystery and a moving portrait of life in France during and after the First World War, and a love story of transforming power and beauty.
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Straight Man – Richard Russo
Straight Man is a novel by Richard Russo set at the fictional West Central Pennsylvania University in Railton, Pennsylvania. It is a mid-life crisis tale told in the first person by William Henry Devereaux, Jr., the unlikely i...
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The Vivisector – Patrick White
The Vivisector is the eighth published novel by Patrick White that details the lifelong creative journey of fictional artist/painter Hurtle Duffield.
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The Sheltering Sky – Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel of post-colonial alienation and existential despair by American writer and composer Paul Bowles.
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Austerlitz W.G. – Sebald
Discussion of Austerlitz (finally) Posted by Anna van Gelderen on 12/12/2002, 12:11:19 Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long. I am swamped with work (the usual End-of-Year-Rush has struck again) and when I get home in the e...
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In Dubious Battle – John Steinbeck
In Dubious Battle – John Steinbeck – 1936 Posted by Dave on 3/1/2003, 7:08:42 This evening I sit here by candlelight and think about the book. I will kick off this discussion now, and if any have not yet finished th...
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The Golem – Gustav Meyrink
The Golem – Gustav Meyrink – 1913 Posted by Guillermo Maynez on 7/3/2003, 11:24:59 Of all the books we have read so far (the ones I have read, at least), this has been the most difficult to categorize or to comment ...
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Shipwrecks – Akira Yoshimura
Shipwrecks – Akira Yoshimura – 2000 Posted by Hanh on 21/3/2003, 21:50:57 I don’t know much about Japanese literature, having only read a few Mishima books (Andrew’s timely joining of our club is Fate s...
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The Beggar – Naguib Mahfouz
The Beggar – Naguib Mahfouz – 1965 Posted by moana on 1/7/2003, 7:25:58 As promised, a post from a state of not-quite-complete lucidity ;). So, The Beggar! by Naguib Mahfouz. I picked this book out because of a rec...
