Posts Tagged ‘book reviews’
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Patrimony: A True Story – Philip Roth
Patrimony: A True Story – Philip Roth – 1991 Posted by Andre Gerard While Patrimony’s title hints at a postmodern game, there is nothing playful about the clear-eyed, plain-spoken integrity with which Roth observes ...
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Omon Ra – Victor Pelevin
Omon Ra – Victor Pelevin – 1992 Posted by guillermo maynezon 22/5/2013, 10:40:53 Did anybody else read “Omon Ra”? I enjoyed it a lot. I think it goes well beyond a satire of the Soviet Union, to create a...
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The Old Wives’ Tale – Arnold Bennett
The Old Wives’ Tale – Arnold Bennett – 1908 Posted by guillermo maynez on 2/6/2015, 13:27:21 Continuing with my work towards becoming an expert in British literature 1850-1950 , I just read Arnold Bennett̵...
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Novels starting with the claim that the story has been “found”
Novels starting with the claim that the story has been “found” Novels that start with a preface by the narrator or the author claiming that they have found the story that follows in a lost notebook or in a book at a...
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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge – Rainer Maria Rilke
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge – Rainer Maria Rilke – 1910 Posted by Steven on 5/7/2010, 22:26:10 I finished The Notebooks this evening. Don’t worry about spoilers–there is no plot to spoil. I wou...
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Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami – 1987 Posted by Sterling on 14/4/2011, 21:51:06, in reply to “Re: Norwegian Wood” Virtually all the referents in the book Posted by Steven on 15/4/2011, 18:30:24, in rep...
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Njáls saga – Icelandic saga
Njáls saga – Icelandic saga – 13th cc Posted by Sterling on 22/1/2013, 1:01:20 The free Kindle translation called “Burnt Njal” by George Dasent is to be avoided. It was published in 1861 and is doubtles...
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie – 1926 Posted by guillermo maynez on 1/7/2014, 12:05:35 After a half-year reading mainly about WWI, and then “Du Cote de chez Swann”, I took a break and read...
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Mary Barton – Elizabeth Gaskell
Mary Barton – Elizabeth Gaskell – 1848 Posted by guillermo maynez on 26/3/2013, 14:29:41 Well, I did finish “Mary Barton” and I enjoyed it, though that may respond to my liking for Victorian fiction, a k...
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The Lover – Marguerite Duras
The Lover – Marguerite Duras – 1984 Posted by Joffre on 23/8/2010, 22:26:52 I like the tone of The Lover. I sometimes say that of books, but this time I actually do have a descriptive word. I find the tone intimate....
