Brother of Sleep6 reviews Robert Schneider Overlook Hardcover, 1995 The passion of the unborn heart.... + will change the way you think about genius + Go an buy! + confusion of senses             The Corrections: A Novel1013 reviews Jonathan Franzen Picador, 2002 Well worth the investment in time Don't believe the hype about the hype. Brilliantly imagined, extremely well written, and just a pleasure to read.             Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)5 reviews Fyodor Dostoyevsky Signet Classics, 2006 A Hard Read + This book is amazing, + I also found it marvelously entertaining + One of my favorite books so far             Rituals12 reviews Cees Nooteboom Harvill Press, 2000 Remarkable on all levels + Terrific Tale - Important Novel + For devoted cynics + Existential parable about the thin ice of meaning             All Quiet on the Western Front456 reviews Erich Maria Remarque Ballantine Books, 1987 A Great Work + "A line, a short line, trudges off into the morning." + Murder on the Western Front + A must for any student or non-specialist general reader             About Schmidt33 reviews Louis Begley Knopf, 1996 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet! + About Schmidt - Louis Begley If you think you know About Schmidt because you've seen the movie with Jack Nicholson you're wrong. I've read dozens -- maybe hundreds -- of novels that have been turned into films and the film version of About Schmidt takes less from the novel than any other. However, if you enjoyed Nicholson's ...             The Swimmer1 review Zsuzsa Bank Harcourt, 2005 "When the clock struck the hour, there was something almost mocking about it." Zsuzsa Bank, in her debut novel, accomplishes a remarkable feat. She writes a novel with virtually no plot, yet she makes us care about her characters and their lives. It is 1956 in Hungary, a time of rebellion and upheaval, and Katalin Velencei, wife of Kalman Velencei and mother of young Kata ...             The Post-Birthday World54 reviews Lionel Shriver HarperCollins, 2007 Alot To Provoke Discussions + Great story that you just keep thinking about + If you are over 30 married and female you must read + Love it, hate it, or both - it'll still make you think!             The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics)65 reviews Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Modern Library, 2005 Masterpiece + Sad and anger inducing + Not his best ... + Review for Sorrows of a Young Werther             Steppenwolf: A Novel133 reviews Hermann Hesse Picador, 2002 Good Morning + A classic philosophical novel about the meaning of self and the source of personality + Hermann Hesse's Mid-Life Crisis... + Not a classic, but really has its impact + Almost perfect.             The Magic Mountain84 reviews Thomas Mann Vintage, 1996 Death and Amusement in the Mountains + Unique in reading experiences + A great book but not for flatlanders The Magic Mountain is a renowned classic of twentieth century literature, especially German and European literature. As a book, it is moderate to easy to read, and I highly recommend the novel. It is easier to read than some of Mann's other works. I recently purchased and read this exact novel as ...             The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years14 reviews Chingiz Aitmatov Indiana University Press, 1988 The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years + A Masterpiece + Want to escape to the asian steppe? It came on time in great shape.             Three Comrades29 reviews Erich Maria Remarque Ballantine Books, 1998 Here's A Remarque You Won't Soon Forget + The Quintessential novel of the German Lost Generation + three comrades + a joy to read, and totally underrated             Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)20 reviews Agatha Christie St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002 Her best couple after the Beresfords + Enjoyed this Audio Book very much + Review of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Courtesy of [...] + Middle range Agatha--which is always great             Atonement1 review Ian McEwan Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2002 Reminiscent of Henry James, but with metafiction Ian McEwan's Atonement has the feel of classical literature: an elegant and slightly formal style, generous details, and a straightforward plot. Briony Tallis, a spoiled British 13 year old, spies her older sister Cecilia and the caretaker's son Robbie as they wrestle with an antique vase next to a ...             Rebecca491 reviews Daphne Du Maurier Avon, 1994 Great suspense novel + Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley again... + Details, details, details + Psychologically spooky             Beneath the Wheel25 reviews Hermann Hesse Picador, 2003 1906 is not far from 2008 + Novel pick - simple, ironic, and touching. + say what??! + A damning indictment of the Prussian Education System + Not a German "Catcher in the Rye"             Nothing But Ghosts1 review Judith Hermann HarperPerennial, 2005 Stylish indeed Hailed as the sound of a new German generation, Hermann's style of short-story telling, as first showed in "Summerhouse, later" was quietly ground-breaking: Focus on the circumstantial, leave the important unmentioned. In her highly anticipated (and likely major performance-anxiety-inducing) ...             Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)502 reviews Emily Brontë Bantam Classics, 1983 Will Always Be A Classic + To be appreciated, not loved + Gothic romance I honestly didn't think that I would enjoy this book as much as I did. :] It is a love and hate story. I wasn't fond of Catherine or Heathcliff, but i enjoyed the book. It took me a little while to really get into but after that i couldn't put it down! :] But if your looking for a happy story with ...             The Red and the Black (Penguin Classics)52 reviews Stendhal Penguin Classics, 2002 "Hypocrisy is the respect vice pays to virtue." + Surprisingly modern voice + Still the most charismatic novel ever written Hypocrisy, or "frontin," is one of the least respected vices today. However, hypocrisy was much worse during the Victorian age, where its exaggerated concern for the external appearance of virtue led to insincerity and deception. This concept is brilliantly exemplified in The Red and the Black, a ...