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The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches – Gaétan Soucy
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches – Gaétan Soucy – 2000 Reviewed by: Florence Date: 20 June 2004 La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes J’ai vraiment tout aime dans ce livre: le style ...
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Larry’s Party – Carol Shields
Larry’s Party – Carol Shields – 1997 Reviewed by: Lale Eskicioglu Date: 24 August 2001 Each chapter tells a certain time in Larry’s life. Each chapter is independent of the others. Each chapter gives ...
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The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields
The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields – 1993 Reviewed by: Bethany Date: 9 June 2004 Carol Shields achieves a masterpiece in this work, the story of an ordinary girl who matures into an ordinary woman. When her moth...
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Boss of the River – Félix-Antoine Savard
Boss of the River – Félix-Antoine Savard – 1937 Reviewed by: Jacques Bougnon Date: 25 October 2001 I am a Frenchman (of France, Europe) who read this book. I think this book is a masterpiece of the French-C...
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Barney’s Version – Mordecai Richler
Barney’s Version – Mordecai Richler – 1997 Reviewed by: Stephen A. Haines Date: 4 March 2004 How would you respond to the query: “tell me about your life”? Memoirs have great value in giving...
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Solomon Gursky Was Here – Mordecai Richler
Solomon Gursky Was Here – Mordecai Richler – 1989 Reviewed by: Stephen A. Haines Date: 4 March 2004 In Christian mythology the Wandering Jew is a subject of scorn. Bereft of a homeland, this accursed wraith...
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Mercy Among the Children – David Adams Richards
Mercy Among the Children – David Adams Richards – 2000 Reviewed by: Dave Date: 20 February 2002 This is among the very best fiction I have read in a long long while. And yet, it was given to me by a friend w...
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Anil’s Ghost – Michael Ondaatje
Anil’s Ghost – Michael Ondaatje – 2000 Reviewed by: Geoffrey Fox Date: 6 April 2001 Terror to combat terror. Those who interfere with the killing will be killed, preferably in an exemplary manner. Your...
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The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje
The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje – 1992 Reviewed by: Agustín Vidaller Date: 18 May 2003 I found the book before the film was released. It was a most pleasurable and certainly surprising reading. I had ...
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Handwriting: Poems – Michael Ondaatje
Handwriting: Poems – Michael Ondaatje – 1998 Reviewed by: Dave Date: 2 December 2002 Here in Canada the name Michael Ondaatje elicits homage, and his readers are a dedicated, faithful lot. This year, his 19...
