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I Served the King of England 20 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
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Last Nights Of Paris 2 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 ...
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Lillelord 5 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.
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Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I 32 reviews Henry Miller
Grove Press, 1994
"...full of experience, full of mystery..."
+ Henry Miller is the Best + Sexus!!!! sexus!!!! + really good
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Stilled: A Three-Story Collection 2 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 ...
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The Vagabond 6 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
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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!
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Saudade 2 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 ...
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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
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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
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Saudade 2 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 ...
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Lillelord 5 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.
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Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I 32 reviews Henry Miller
Grove Press, 1994
"...full of experience, full of mystery..."
+ Henry Miller is the Best + Sexus!!!! sexus!!!! + really good
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The Vagabond 6 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
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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
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Stilled: A Three-Story Collection 2 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 ...
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Last Nights Of Paris 2 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 ...
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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!
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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
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I Served the King of England 20 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
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