Author Archive
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Infinite Jest- David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace – 1996 Reviewed by: Shorty Date: 29 December 2004 A truly amazing read. Get yourself to look past the length and just flow with the words as you read. The footnotes ar...
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The Color Purple- David Foster Wallace
The Color Purple- David Foster Wallace – 1982 Reviewed by: Annie A Alice Walker’s beautiful epistolary novel is a collection of letters, most of which are written by the protagonist, Celie, first to God and later to...
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God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian – Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – 1999 Reviewed by: Lale Date: 5 October 2001 If you like satire then you will love this book; it is very intelligently funny. With the help of Dr. Ke...
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Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – 1963 Reviewed by: Lale Date: 16 July 2001 Cat’s Cradle is one of the rare books I have allowed myself the luxury of reading more than once. It is a brillian...
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Player Piano- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Player Piano – Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – 1952 Reviewed by: David Carpenter Date: 20 June 2004 For anyone who is into those books that take a grim look into the future, you are in for a real treat. This book st...
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Wallace Stevens – Collected Poems
Wallace Stevens – Collected Poems – 1954 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 9 October 2001 A shepherd of the language. He will never be a popular poet in his nation. His beginnings did show more expertise tha...
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The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov – 1966 Posted by LadyPurple on 5/1/2005, 20:00:41 * the cat has a penchant for cheese and vodka… * the cat talks and gets offended if you refer to him as “Puss...
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Harmonium – Wallace Stevens
Harmonium – Wallace Stevens – 1923 Reviewed by: Bill Date: 30 December 2001 Can poetry replace religion as an object of personal “faith”? Wallace Stevens thought so, and in this collection of exquisi...
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Snow- Orhan Pamuk
Posted by Steven on 17/5/2005, 13:26:03 I finished Snow last night. I’ll withhold comment until others are ready to discuss, but I do have some non-spoiler questions for those who are more familiar with the author and the...
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East of Eden-John Steinbeck
East of Eden – John Steinbeck – 1952 Reviewed by: Alex This man knows nothing about women. I love his descriptions- he can make the landscapes and towns come alive. But I can almost not bear to read any part of th...
