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The Golden Bowl – Henry James
The Golden Bowl – Henry James – 1904 Posted by Sterling on 23/9/2014, 23:29:54 After six weeks or so, I’ve finally finished The Golden Bowl. It was, I regret to say, quite a disappointment. I found James’...
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Giving away the end of the novel at the beginning
Giving away the end of the novel at the beginning Posted by Lale on 16/4/2015, 14:49:20 Vladimir Nabokov’s Laughter in the Dark opens with these words: “Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He ...
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Freedom – Jonathan Franzen
Freedom – Jonathan Franzen – 2010 Posted by Sterling on 6/7/2013, 19:21:33 I’ve recently finished Freedom. This novel offers a great deal of potentially interesting discussion material. I hope we can discuss i...
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Books Related to the First World War
Books Related to the First World War Posted by guillermo maynez on 18/2/2014, 13:32:38 During the last couple of months I have been engaged in heavy reading about WWI, of which the first centenary will be commemorated around th...
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The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson
The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson – 2010 Posted by Lale on 28/12/2013, 11:04:41 The Finkler Question won the 2010 Booker Prize and we had considered reading it here at the book club. I read it in Cuba and I lov...
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Father and Son – Edmund Gosse
Father and Son – Edmund Gosse – 1907 Posted by guillermo maynez on 8/9/2014, 13:24:38 “Father and Son”, by Edmund Gosse, has been the great discovery of this year. I understand that it is little remember...
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Farewell, My Lovely – Raymond Chandler
Farewell, My Lovely – Raymond Chandler – 1940 Posted by Steven on 10/7/2012, 14:03:47 A great story told with a lot of clever, dry wit. I was struck by the contrast with Red Harvest, both in the way society is pictu...
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The Empty Book – Josefina Vicens
The Empty Book – Josefina Vicens – 1992 Posted by Steven on 22/9/2012, 19:30:56 At this time last year Guillermo proposed a list of works by female Mexican authors. We eventually narrowed it to one: Recollections of...
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Emma – Jane Austen
Emma – Jane Austen – 1815 Reviewed by: Gretchen Date: 6 January 2005 As with all of Jane Austen’s books, here are some lessons we could certainly learn even today. Despite its romantic overtones, it te...
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Dubliners – James Joyce
Dubliners – James Joyce – 1914 Posted by guillermo maynez on 24/7/2012, 18:23:03 I recently finished reading “Dubliners”, by James Joyce. I was taken aback when, after the fourth or fifth story, I realiz...
