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Beware of Pity (New York Review Books Classics)
Stefan Zweig
NYRB Classics, 2006
A review of the introduction
+ The only novel of Stefan Zweig-highly recommended
+ excellent book beautifully written.
+ Freudian Psychodrama
+ A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
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The Bridges of Madison County
Robert James Waller, 1992
Oldie but goodie
+ Not Pure Romantic Fluff
I love this book. Great love story. The book arrived in perfect condition and very quickly. Thank you
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The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman, 1999
The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
+ fathers and sons
+ Imaginative and entertaining
Don Rigoberto and Dona Lucrecia have recently separated. Dona Lucrecia, in a moment of weakness, extended their game of nightly fantasy and exploration into reality, allowing herself to be seduced by Fonchito, Don Rigoberto's young son from a previous marriage. Now, both Don Rigoberto and Dona ...
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Embers
Sandor Marai
Vintage, 2002
Passionate Music
+ A still life of passion
+ Closest to perfection this side of heaven
+ The candle burns to its stub!
+ Passion v. reason
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The Bad Girl: A Novel
Mario Vargas Llosa
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
Obsessed with a Bad Girl.
+ a very good book from a real talent
+ A post-modern Bovary...
"I fell to my knees and begged her to marry me, while I kissed her feet, her ankles, her knees, caressed her buttocks, and compared her to the Virgin Mary, the goddesses on Olympus, Semiramis and Cleopatra, Ulysses' Nausicaa, Quixote's Dulcinea, and told her she was more beautiful and desirable ...
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Eleven Minutes : A Novel (P.S.)
Paulo Coelho, 2005
one of the best books ever!
+ The story of Maria, a young woman who becomes a prostitute"
This is a great book with everything you want. I've read some of the reviewers saying he writes too simple and therefor it is not a good book. But the simplicity is the strength of Coelho's writing. Makeing something like prostitution possible to grasp and comprahend and without laying out pages ...
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage Books, 2007
Worth the time
+ Depressingly beautiful...
+ Love in the Time of Cholera
Several people have indicated that this is a difficult read. It is. Perhaps it's the translation, perhaps it's the abundance of imagery. But whatever it is, it's worth the effort.
Having read One Thousand Years and The Handsomest Drowned Man, I'm familiar with his use of prose and magical ...
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Iris Origo: Marchesa Of Val D'orcia.
Caroline Moorehead
David R Godine, 2004
Iris Origo was one of those rare characters who, despite being born with a platinum spoon in her mouth, went on to accomplish great things. In Origo's case, she managed to add light and color to everything she touched and left for posterity a legacy of work, biography, autobiography, and literary criticism, that have become recognized as classics of their kind. She was born into a wealthy and ...
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
Vintage, 2005
Artful and Captivating
+ Awesome writing style..my absolutely favorite book
+ beautiful
+ Very Well written.
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Fantastic brave memoir of a life of abuse
+ Mountain Goat licked by a cheetah
+ An Autobiography that Reads Like a Novel
+ Captivating
+ WHAT AN AMAZING BOOK!
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West With the Night
Beryl Markham
North Point Pr, 1987
West with the Night
+ West with the Night
+ Reads like fiction
+ Far far better than I anticipated. Great writing.
+ More than a memoir
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Eucalyptus: A Novel
Murray Bail
Picador, 2007
Poetic and Graceful in everyway
+ Poetic and enchanting, a novel full of magic and splendor...
+ Unforgettably Enchanting
+ Interesting Allegory About Individuality
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Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
Sebastian Faulks
Vintage, 1997
One of the best novels I've read
+ transforms "war" from a short word to a thousand pictures
+ Movie please
+ One Story Too Many...
+ Mostly Fabulous
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William Boyd. Any Human Heart: the Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart.(Book Review): An article from: ...
Daniel R. Bronson
University of Oklahoma, 2003
This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 505 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation ...
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The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2005
Incredible book
+ Brilliant..addicting..superbly written
+ Oh, Barcelona...
+ The Shadow of the Wind
+ Great read - excellent literature. I loved it.
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