Book Reviews
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The Sheltering Sky – Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel of post-colonial alienation and existential despair by American writer and composer Paul Bowles.
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Austerlitz W.G. – Sebald
Discussion of Austerlitz (finally) Posted by Anna van Gelderen on 12/12/2002, 12:11:19 Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long. I am swamped with work (the usual End-of-Year-Rush has struck again) and when I get home in the e...
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In Dubious Battle – John Steinbeck
In Dubious Battle – John Steinbeck – 1936 Posted by Dave on 3/1/2003, 7:08:42 This evening I sit here by candlelight and think about the book. I will kick off this discussion now, and if any have not yet finished th...
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The Golem – Gustav Meyrink
The Golem – Gustav Meyrink – 1913 Posted by Guillermo Maynez on 7/3/2003, 11:24:59 Of all the books we have read so far (the ones I have read, at least), this has been the most difficult to categorize or to comment ...
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Shipwrecks – Akira Yoshimura
Shipwrecks – Akira Yoshimura – 2000 Posted by Hanh on 21/3/2003, 21:50:57 I don’t know much about Japanese literature, having only read a few Mishima books (Andrew’s timely joining of our club is Fate s...
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The Beggar – Naguib Mahfouz
The Beggar – Naguib Mahfouz – 1965 Posted by moana on 1/7/2003, 7:25:58 As promised, a post from a state of not-quite-complete lucidity ;). So, The Beggar! by Naguib Mahfouz. I picked this book out because of a rec...
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Zeno’s Conscience – Italo Svevo
Zeno’s Conscience – Italo Svevo – 1923 Posted by Rizwan on 5/8/2003, 17:46:27 Thank heavens for James Joyce. As if his gifts of Stephen Deadalus, Leopold Bloom and Molly Bloom were not enough, Joyce also helpe...
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Memoirs of Hadrian – Marguerite Yourcenar
Memoirs of Hadrian – Marguerite Yourcenar – 1951 Posted by Guillermo Maynez on 3/9/2003, 2:28:47 OK, here I go. I finished the book a couple of weeks ago, ages before I thought I’d do, and so I hope I’m ...
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The Inspector General – Nikolai Gogol
The Inspector General – Nikolai Gogol – 1836 Posted by Andrew on 9/10/2003, 20:02:59 First of all let me apologize for being so late in putting together an intro for the discussion on The Inspector General. Punctual...
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The Dream of Scipio – Iain Pears
Manlius Hippomanes: a community leader desperately witnessing the destruction of the greatest empire the world had ever known, Rome. What should Manlius do? Fight a lost battle just for the sake of honor? Negotiate with the bar...
