The Magus221 reviews
John Fowles

Dell, 1985

Yes.

+ STAYS WITH YOU
+ he should have left it alone
+ Where's the rest of the story?
  
  











  



  
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest359 reviews
Ken Kesey

Signet, 1963

One Flew East, One Flew West

+ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
+ Must Have
+ great quality!
+ McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect
  
  











  



  
Solaris88 reviews
Stanislaw Lem

Harvest Books, 2002

Exploring Solaris, from movies to book.

+ Solaris
+ A thoughtful science fiction story
+ Classic Stanislaw Lem
+ Compelling, cerebral science fiction
  
  











  



  
To the Lighthouse168 reviews
Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty (Introduction)

Harvest Books, 1989

An insightful, sensitive reading.

+ Time Passes
+ Brilliant Experimental Novel
+ To The LighthouseA beautif
  
  











  



  
The Day Philosophy Dies7 reviews
Casey Maddox

Flashpoint Press, 2004

This book will hold you to the end!

+ uh....
+ A SYSTEM DOWNED

The Day Philosophy Dies was passed on to me by a friend who said that I would read it in a day. Well, it took me about two days. And the friend that I passed it on to read it in one day. Absolutely stunning. I recommend this book to anybody who has recognized there is a problem with this way of ...
  
  











  



  
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1608 reviews
Cormac McCarthy

Vintage Books, 2007

A Road To Treasure

+ Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness

You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine. Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...
  
  











  



  
Islands in the Stream54 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 1997

Favorite

+ redemption
+ My favorite novel of all!
+ to all you reviewers who thought this a poor book...
+ Life is good avec papa
  
  











  



  
Light Years26 reviews
James Salter

Vintage, 1995

Beneath the shiny surface

+ Am I Alone?
+ A sumptuous feast

Nothing is perfect. A marriage that seems to be unshakable may be just hiding dark cracks beneath a beautifully polished surface. That is one of the things one can learn from James Salter's classic novel "Light Years". Originally published in 1975, the book has become a fine example about family ...
  
  











  



  
Bear (Nonpareil books)3 reviews
Marian Engel

David R Godine, 2003

A Special Paradise for the few

+ More than you think
+ A disturbing tale finely told

And like all paradises, transient, for without loss, a paradise does not exist. Marian Engel weaves a dense, exposed little world for her character and the reader, I'm not sure I can say more than the other reviewers, but only express my joy with the book. It's funny to see what is ...
  
  











  



  
Grey Souls
Philippe Claudel

George Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2005

This is ostensibly a detective story, about a crime that is committed in 1917, and solved 20 years later. The location is a small town in Northern France, near V., in the dead of the freezing winter. The war is still being fought in the trenches, within sight and sound of the town, but the men of the town have been spared the slaughter because they are needed in the local factory. One morning a ...
  
  











  



  
The Walking People: A Native American Oral History4 reviews
Paula Underwood

Learning Way Co, 1994

Real stories about real people from long ago-A MUST READ

+ What I am reading, by Alice Walker
+ Wow
+ compelling narrative Iroquois history=textbook on learning
  
  











  



  
The French Lieutenant's Woman52 reviews
John Fowles

Back Bay Books, 1998

Fun novel!

+ Much Ado about Nothing
+ A great contemporary, Victorian novel
+ Victorian Version of the Heartbreak Kid [30][93][T]
  
  











  



  
The Sunlight Dialogues9 reviews
John Gardner

Random House Inc (T), 1972

Unjustly Overshadowed By Grendel-A Truly Fantastic Novel

+ Not the same without the illustrations
+ Enthralling
+ Best book for decade of 1960s
+ I think we're in big trouble.
  
  











  



  
Sometimes a Great Notion119 reviews
Ken Kesey

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977

One of the all time great books

+ "Never Give A Inch"
+ The Great American Novel Revealed
+ It never gets better.
+ Sometimes a Great Notion
  
  











  



  
The Walking People: A Native American Oral History4 reviews
Paula Underwood

Learning Way Co, 1994

Real stories about real people from long ago-A MUST READ

+ What I am reading, by Alice Walker
+ Wow
+ compelling narrative Iroquois history=textbook on learning
  
  











  



  
The French Lieutenant's Woman52 reviews
John Fowles

Back Bay Books, 1998

Fun novel!

+ Much Ado about Nothing
+ A great contemporary, Victorian novel
+ Victorian Version of the Heartbreak Kid [30][93][T]
  
  











  



  
The Sunlight Dialogues9 reviews
John Gardner

Random House Inc (T), 1972

Unjustly Overshadowed By Grendel-A Truly Fantastic Novel

+ Not the same without the illustrations
+ Enthralling
+ Best book for decade of 1960s
+ I think we're in big trouble.
  
  











  



  
Islands in the Stream54 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 1997

Favorite

+ redemption
+ My favorite novel of all!
+ to all you reviewers who thought this a poor book...
+ Life is good avec papa
  
  











  



  
The Day Philosophy Dies7 reviews
Casey Maddox

Flashpoint Press, 2004

This book will hold you to the end!

+ uh....
+ A SYSTEM DOWNED

The Day Philosophy Dies was passed on to me by a friend who said that I would read it in a day. Well, it took me about two days. And the friend that I passed it on to read it in one day. Absolutely stunning. I recommend this book to anybody who has recognized there is a problem with this way of ...
  
  











  



  
Light Years26 reviews
James Salter

Vintage, 1995

Beneath the shiny surface

+ Am I Alone?
+ A sumptuous feast

Nothing is perfect. A marriage that seems to be unshakable may be just hiding dark cracks beneath a beautifully polished surface. That is one of the things one can learn from James Salter's classic novel "Light Years". Originally published in 1975, the book has become a fine example about family ...