I Served the King of England20 reviews
Bohumil Hrabal

Vintage, 1990

"I was always lucky in my bad luck."

+ Too Good To Be True, Therefore Better Than True
+ Fellini-esque...
+ Funny, bittersweet personal narrative of Czech man in turbulent times
  
  











  



  
Last Nights Of Paris2 reviews
Philippe Soupault

Exact Change, 2008

Le seul livre du XXè siècle, c'est à peine exagéré ...

+ More haunting than Nadja

Ce livre magistral de Soupault contient en effet tout son siècle. Publié la même annnée que Nadja de Breton (1928), il offre au surréalisme l'un de ses plus beaux textes chargé d'onirisme. La poésie urbaine s'accompagne d'une vision apocalyptique propre à Soupault et n'est pas surchargé de ...
  
  











  



  
Lillelord5 reviews
Johan Borgen

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1982

Prophetic Portrayal

+ MUST READ!!!
+ Mind-racing psychological drama.
+ Mind-racing psychological drama.
+ this is my shrinkbook since1980,the year I first read it.
  
  











  



  
Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I32 reviews
Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

"...full of experience, full of mystery..."

+ Henry Miller is the Best
+ Sexus!!!! sexus!!!!
+ really good
  
  











  



  
Stilled: A Three-Story Collection2 reviews
Kirsten Schmidt

Iceni Books, 2004

Three sophisticated brilliantly written stories

+ A book you can experience as well as read!

Stilled is a study in the frailties of uncensored human nature. The book is a collection of three sophisticated brilliantly written stories, each a teasing exploration into self-esteem, illusions, dreams and the law of opposites. In the first story, Stilled, the main character, Rose, is a ...
  
  











  



  
The Vagabond6 reviews
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001

Colette breaks free of Willy in great triumph!

+ The Smell of Rancid Grease Paint
+ The Vagabond inspired me to become a writer
+ Penetrating and Original
+ Way ahead of her time
  
  











  



  
The Ice Palace (Peter Owen Modern Classics) (Peter Owen Modern Classics)6 reviews
Tarjei Vesaas

Peter Owen Ltd, 2002

Elegant, completely at ease with words

+ A sad but great tale about adolescent life in wintercold Norway
+ Austere, Primeval, and Haunting
+ Absolutely beautiful
+ True art!
  
  











  



  
Saudade2 reviews
Katherine Vaz

St Martins Pr, 1996

by far...the best piece of fiction i have ever read

+ It's beautiful.

It is true that Vaz's Saudade is unrealistic as the above review by Kirkus reviews states, but i find that this is what makes this novel an exceptional read. in Saudade, the reader may live in a world unlike ours, where anything imaginable is possible and beauty can be found in the simplist of ...
  
  











  



  
The Invention of Morel (New York Review Books Classics)12 reviews
Adolfo Bioy Casares

NYRB Classics, 2003

The Ghost of Lulu

+ A review that won't spoil your read
+ Behind the Eternity
+ LOST in the invention
  
  











  



  
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (New York Review Books Classics)10 reviews
Alvaro Mutis, Francisco Goldman

NYRB Classics, 2002

A Fatalist's Fantasia

+ A painful but wonderful introspective exercise.
+ A Delightful, Picaresque Compilation
+ Unique and unforgettable
  
  











  



  
Saudade2 reviews
Katherine Vaz

St Martins Pr, 1996

by far...the best piece of fiction i have ever read

+ It's beautiful.

It is true that Vaz's Saudade is unrealistic as the above review by Kirkus reviews states, but i find that this is what makes this novel an exceptional read. in Saudade, the reader may live in a world unlike ours, where anything imaginable is possible and beauty can be found in the simplist of ...
  
  











  



  
Lillelord5 reviews
Johan Borgen

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1982

Prophetic Portrayal

+ MUST READ!!!
+ Mind-racing psychological drama.
+ Mind-racing psychological drama.
+ this is my shrinkbook since1980,the year I first read it.
  
  











  



  
Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I32 reviews
Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

"...full of experience, full of mystery..."

+ Henry Miller is the Best
+ Sexus!!!! sexus!!!!
+ really good
  
  











  



  
The Vagabond6 reviews
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001

Colette breaks free of Willy in great triumph!

+ The Smell of Rancid Grease Paint
+ The Vagabond inspired me to become a writer
+ Penetrating and Original
+ Way ahead of her time
  
  











  



  
The Invention of Morel (New York Review Books Classics)12 reviews
Adolfo Bioy Casares

NYRB Classics, 2003

The Ghost of Lulu

+ A review that won't spoil your read
+ Behind the Eternity
+ LOST in the invention
  
  











  



  
Stilled: A Three-Story Collection2 reviews
Kirsten Schmidt

Iceni Books, 2004

Three sophisticated brilliantly written stories

+ A book you can experience as well as read!

Stilled is a study in the frailties of uncensored human nature. The book is a collection of three sophisticated brilliantly written stories, each a teasing exploration into self-esteem, illusions, dreams and the law of opposites. In the first story, Stilled, the main character, Rose, is a ...
  
  











  



  
Last Nights Of Paris2 reviews
Philippe Soupault

Exact Change, 2008

Le seul livre du XXè siècle, c'est à peine exagéré ...

+ More haunting than Nadja

Ce livre magistral de Soupault contient en effet tout son siècle. Publié la même annnée que Nadja de Breton (1928), il offre au surréalisme l'un de ses plus beaux textes chargé d'onirisme. La poésie urbaine s'accompagne d'une vision apocalyptique propre à Soupault et n'est pas surchargé de ...
  
  











  



  
The Ice Palace (Peter Owen Modern Classics) (Peter Owen Modern Classics)6 reviews
Tarjei Vesaas

Peter Owen Ltd, 2002

Elegant, completely at ease with words

+ A sad but great tale about adolescent life in wintercold Norway
+ Austere, Primeval, and Haunting
+ Absolutely beautiful
+ True art!
  
  











  



  
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (New York Review Books Classics)10 reviews
Alvaro Mutis, Francisco Goldman

NYRB Classics, 2002

A Fatalist's Fantasia

+ A painful but wonderful introspective exercise.
+ A Delightful, Picaresque Compilation
+ Unique and unforgettable
  
  











  



  
I Served the King of England20 reviews
Bohumil Hrabal

Vintage, 1990

"I was always lucky in my bad luck."

+ Too Good To Be True, Therefore Better Than True
+ Fellini-esque...
+ Funny, bittersweet personal narrative of Czech man in turbulent times