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The Brand: Despite his instructions, nobody called him Ishmael. People had done away with naming one another.
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The Map and the Territory – Michel Houellebecq
The future of post-industrial Europe, the art market and what it says about our cultural situation, the loneliness of modern European societies, and much more.
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The Nigger of the Narcissus – Joseph Conrad
One of the best and most terrifying descriptions of a storm at sea. Incredible metaphors and mastery of the use of language.
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Number Zero – Umberto Eco
Eco's most recent novel tackles on a conspiracy to keep Mussolini alive and what it leads to; the real way in which news is fabricated and journalistic influence used. Very entertaining.
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Baltasar and Blimunda – José Saramago
This is a most beautiful novel, a great love story developed against the background of the construction of the wonderful palace-monastery of Mafra.
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The Poem of the Cid – Anonymous
Wonderful most ancient literary text in Spanish, takes you right into the Middle Ages, when Christians and Muslims were engaged in constant war.
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The Stop Sign: “See this camera?” he yelled, tapping the contraption mounted on his red helmet. The woman
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Welcome to My Contri – A story by Geoffrey Fox
Author Geoffrey Fox reads ‘Welcome to My Contri’ from his book ‘Welcome to My Contri & Other Stories’.
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Edward’s Dilemma: It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents and suppressed London’s
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The Right Angle: I knew she was lurking in there, but whichever way I tilted the mirror, she
