Book Reviews
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The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi) – Herman Hesse
The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi) – Herman Hesse – 1943 Reviewed by: William Daniel Basinger Date: 25 October 2004 Dieser Roman ist bestimmt ein ausgezeichnetes Beispiel des Wissenschaftliches-P...
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Steppenwolf – Herman Hesse
Steppenwolf – Herman Hesse – 1927 Reviewed by: Pete C. Date: 20 June 2003 I read this book a while ago, so my memory of it isn’t that great, but there are a few things I can still remember. I rem...
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm – 1812~ Reviewed by: Trisha Date: 22 October 2001 I am a literature major and Grimms’ fairy tales are the best ever! They are...
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The Tin Drum – Günter Grass
The Tin Drum – Günter Grass – 1959 Reviewed by: Chris Green Date: 25 May 2002 A boy who is perpetually three years old, who is of questionable paternity, who commits patricide against both of his fathers, w...
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The Three-Penny Opera – Bertolt Brecht
The Three-Penny Opera – Bertolt Brecht – 1928 Reviewed by: Steven Katona Date: 9 February 2005 Here’s alienation and defamiliarization taking place in literature. The questions society should ask ...
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum – Heinrich Böll
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum – Heinrich Böll – 1974 Reviewed by: Linda Date: 5 May 2002 Katharina Blum is a hard working, honest housekeeper with a small car, her own house and, after her divorce fro...
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Primal Vision – Gottfried Benn
Primal Vision – Gottfried Benn – 1971 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 2 September 2001 At present I am translating for an English publisher a collection of poetry and prose by Gottfried Benn. So I am...
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The Guinea Pigs – Ludvík Vaculík
The Guinea Pigs – Ludvík Vaculík – 1977 Reviewed by: J. Kotrie Date: 21 May 2004 Ludvík Vaculík was and is a political commentator and literary figure of great stature in Czechoslovakia in its various inca...
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The Ultimate Intimacy – Ivan Klima
The Ultimate Intimacy – Ivan Klima – 1996 Reviewed by: Jin Date: 31 July 2004 The Ultimate Intimacy is one of the best books I have ever read. Set in beautiful city of Prague… I was able appreciate the tr...
