Posts Tagged ‘Featured’
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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 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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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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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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Cousin Bazilio – José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
Cousin Bazilio – José Maria de Eça de Queiroz – 1878 Posted by guillermo maynez on 25/5/2015, 13:55:48 Has any of you read “Cousin Bazilio”, by Eca de Queiros? This Portuguese novel, set in Lisbon in the...
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Clarissa – Samuel Richardson
Clarissa – Samuel Richardson – 1748 Posted by Joffre on 6/8/2014, 11:41:31, in reply to “Clarissa” Harold Bloom has said he finds Clarissa second only to Don Quixote in aesthetic eminence. I don’t ...
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Bring Up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel – 2012 Posted by Steven on 24/6/2012, 9:07:46, Bring Up the Bodies I finished the sequel to Wolf Hall yesterday, reading half of it in one day which should tell you how engrossing...
