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Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

Great Expectations – Charles Dickens – 1860 Posted by guillermo maynez on 5/1/2015, 12:47:58 For the past Christmas and New Year season, I decided to read the major Dickens novel that I hadn’t yet read, Great ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Gospel According to Jesus Christ – José Saramago

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ – José Saramago – 1991 Posted by Lale on 23/8/2013, 10:14:49 I finished reading this a couple of weeks ago and absolutely loved. It would pair very well with my other source of h...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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The Good Soldier – Ford Madox Ford

The Good Soldier – Ford Madox Ford – 1915 JBHandelsman – The New Yorker – 28th of June, 1983   Posted by Sterling on 15/2/2015, 13:53:51 To be honest, I thought my days of really being excited by something I...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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...