Posts Tagged ‘book reviews’
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Harmonium – Wallace Stevens
Harmonium – Wallace Stevens – 1923 Reviewed by: Bill Date: 30 December 2001 Can poetry replace religion as an object of personal “faith”? Wallace Stevens thought so, and in this collection of exquisi...
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Snow- Orhan Pamuk
Posted by Steven on 17/5/2005, 13:26:03 I finished Snow last night. I’ll withhold comment until others are ready to discuss, but I do have some non-spoiler questions for those who are more familiar with the author and the...
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East of Eden-John Steinbeck
East of Eden – John Steinbeck – 1952 Reviewed by: Alex This man knows nothing about women. I love his descriptions- he can make the landscapes and towns come alive. But I can almost not bear to read any part of th...
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The Pearl – John Steinbeck
The Pearl – John Steinbeck – 1947 Reviewed by: Özlem The Pearl is a very short, but wonderful book. Even though the story only happens in a duration of three or four days, it is still able to pull you in to the tal...
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Cannery Row- John Steinbeck
Cannery Row – John Steinbeck – 1945 Reviewed by: Pete C. Date: 20 June 2003 A light, but a very moving book. Steinbeck does a great job in taking an inquisitive look at the way different people choose to live ...
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The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck – 1939 Reviewed by: A. J. Date: 10 January 2001 The voice of a million oppressed workers. Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” is a fictionalized a...
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Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck – 1937 Reviewed by: Lale Date: 30 September 2001 Another GLB (Great Little Book) from Steinbeck. It is a famous story, so we all know how it will end; but it is told so movingly...
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The Sentimental Education – Gustave Flaubert
The Sentimental Education – Gustave Flaubert – 1869 Posted by Lale on 20/7/2005, 16:16:08 I have a copy presented and annotated by Pierre-Marc de Biasi (Le livre de poche – Classiques de poche). This version h...
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The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini – 2003 Posted by Lale on 14/9/2005, 16:49:48 Witless, predictable and repetitive. An insult to our intelligence. Awful. Waste of time. ~ Posted by Steven on 14/9/2005, 19:02:20 I ag...
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The Red and the Black-Stendhal
The Red and the Black – Stendhal – 1830 Stendhal’s Disease – Posted by Steven on 4/11/2005, 7:17:43 This month’s author has the unusual distinction of having a medical syndrome named in his honor. ...
