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Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood – 1996 Reviewed by: Steven Katona Date: 12 February 2005 At my community college, my master’s degree instructor picked this one for our 1st half of the Canadian Literature...
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The Robber Bride – Margaret Atwood
The Robber Bride – Margaret Atwood – 1993 Reviewed by: D.W. Cymbalisty Date: 10 July 2001 I recently finished this book… in fact, Zenia’s ashes are probably still hovering over the water… Ro...
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The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood – 1985 Reviewed by: Stefan Bruda Date: 30 June 2003 Doubleplus ungood. I really admire Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. That’s one reason for not liking ...
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Bodily Harm – Margaret Atwood
Bodily Harm – Margaret Atwood – 1981 Reviewed by: Dave Date: 1 March 2003 I enjoyed this novel on many levels. It is a great story, skilfully woven, laced with trademark Atwood satiric wit and all of t...
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Surfacing – Margaret Atwood
Surfacing – Margaret Atwood – 1972 Reviewed by: Dave Date: 25 January 2002 Surfacing? Sinking? Or sunk? On the exterior many lives are impetuously lived, in constant motion, constant flux, demanding change&#...
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Whispering in Shadows – Jeannette Armstrong
Whispering in Shadows – Jeannette Armstrong – 2000 Reviewed by: Dr.N.S.Dharan Date: 19 January 2004 I read the book first for my doctoral thesis. That reading, needless to say was merely utilitarian. When I got...
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Next Episode – Hubert Aquin
Next Episode – Hubert Aquin – 1965 Reviewed by: Daniel Dufort Date: 9 March 2005 “Cuba coule en flammes au milieu du lac Léman pendant que je descends au fond des choses.” This is the first sentence...
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Chekhov: Four Plays (The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard) – Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Chekhov: Four Plays (The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard) – Anton Pavlovich Chekhov – 1896-1904 Reviewed by: Matthew Cheney (CHEKHOV: FOUR PLAYS, translated by Carol Rocamora, Great Translati...
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Heart of a Dog – Mikhail Bulgakov
Heart of a Dog – Mikhail Bulgakov – 1968 Reviewed by: Bill Stratton Date: 1 September 2002 Bulgakov’s long suppressed novel Heart of a Dog deserves to be ranked among the greatest works of satire in th...
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Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift
Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift – 1726 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 26 September 2001 Giants, midgets, cobwebs and the moons of Mars. Allow me to quote: “There are unquestionably people who w...
