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The Magus 221 reviews John Fowles
Dell, 1985
Yes.
+ STAYS WITH YOU + he should have left it alone + Where's the rest of the story?
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 359 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
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Solaris 88 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
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To the Lighthouse 168 reviews Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty (Introduction)
Harvest Books, 1989
An insightful, sensitive reading.
+ Time Passes + Brilliant Experimental Novel + To The LighthouseA beautif
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The Day Philosophy Dies 7 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 ...
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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 ...
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Islands in the Stream 54 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
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Light Years 26 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Walking People: A Native American Oral History 4 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
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The French Lieutenant's Woman 52 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]
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The Sunlight Dialogues 9 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.
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Sometimes a Great Notion 119 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
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The Walking People: A Native American Oral History 4 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
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The French Lieutenant's Woman 52 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]
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The Sunlight Dialogues 9 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.
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Islands in the Stream 54 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
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The Day Philosophy Dies 7 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 ...
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Light Years 26 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 ...
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