The White Album15 reviews Joan Didion Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990 Romantic ethic + In Ghostlier Demarcations Keener Sounds + A world-class essayist + She Always Has an Eye, and an Ear + Brutal, honest, and real             Immortality (Perennial Classics)66 reviews Milan Kundera Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999 Oh I love this book. + Good book + But is it a novel? + A feast of many courses             White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)272 reviews Don DeLillo Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Timeless + Hmmm.... There's a reference in "White Noise" to an Instamatic camera. There's a reference to station wagons. There are one or two other commercial product artifacts in "White Noise" but this is a book that could have been published today with very few edits. (And perhaps one addition--the J.A.K. Gladney ...             To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)21 reviews Harper Lee Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 Awesome + Everyone's Favorite . . . + A sublime Masterpiece of 20 th Century American Literature + In Jim Crow Times             I'm Not Stiller3 reviews Max Frisch Dalkey Archive Pr, 2006 My all time favorite book! + Im not me either. Are you? + I'm Not Miller For half of my life (i.e. for 18 years up to now), Max Frisch's "Stiller" - which I've read in German - has been my favorite book, closely followed by "Gantenbein" by the same author, and I'm sure it will keep so for the rest of my life. Why? Well, the "Stiller" is a very rich book with several ...             Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)14 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2004 Immerse yourself in a rich, dense world of descriptive thought + new translation of "Swan's Way" + Best Read I've Had In A While + Lush inside and out             Equus (Penguin Plays)39 reviews Peter Shaffer Penguin (Non-Classics), 1984 Wonderfully Imaginitive + fast shipping + Simply Profound + v thought-provoking + An interesting read             The Scarlet Letter12 reviews Nathaniel Hawthorne Pocket, 2004 Dark, meaningful, and dare I say sexy? + Great Book!! + Classic I think this is one of my favorites from high school English or whenever I read the thing, and I agree that it is a classic full of excellent imagery, strong characters, and of course all that symbolism we all love to hate. But outside the annoying intellectual stuff, this is just a great story ...             Ultramarine: Poems4 reviews Raymond Carver Vintage, 1987 Wonderful book of poetry + What matters is underneath + He tells what he sees + A wonderfull book of the Sea and its mysteries             The God of Small Things871 reviews Arundhati Roy Harper Perennial, 1998 The Glimmer of An Immense Sea + Star-Crossed Lovers + Great used book + Breathtaking First Novel             Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)216 reviews Annie Dillard Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007 The result of relentless observation + Loved it! I first read this book in High School. I was impressed but 8 years later re-read the book to my younger sister for a class she was taking. She wasn't getting much from the book. But as I read it to her, I realized how supreme this book is among American Lit. Dillard's book is the result of ...             Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems80 reviews Billy Collins Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002 A wonderful example of the art of poetry + A review of Billy Collins' "Sailing Alone Around the Room" By: J. L. Carey Jr. + Wonderful Collection of Poems + Kindle Edition Needs Better Formatting + Wonderful Gift             Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts163 reviews Samuel Beckett Grove Press, 1994 Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and ... + Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and ... Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and ... Review of Play: Waiting for Godot - A Tragicomedy in Two Acts Written in: 1949 Premiere in: 1953 By: Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989) Originally written in French and translated to English by the author himself. This play takes place on a ...             The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel241 reviews Milan Kundera Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999 great + I lived in this book those days + Mystical Love + great but not the best             Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy17 reviews Dave Hickey Art Issues Press, 1997 Another Guest for the Ideal Dinner Party + Solid, Fun Criticism- A Rarity + A great read for makers and lovers of culture "Air Guitar" is Hickey's characterization of critical writing, it's direct relationship to its subject(s) being of approximately equal import as a person playing air guitar in his living room is to a rock concert. In the words of Vladimir Horowitz, the concert pianist, it is "the words without the ...             Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)223 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 A Small Social Gathering + An All American Gem + Cannery Row: The Great Wistful Little Fishing Town + John steinbeck + Another classic Steinbeck...             Waiting For Godot In Sarajevo: Theological Reflections On Nihilsim, Tragedy, And Apocalypse (Radical ...3 reviews David Toole Basic Books, 1998 A must-read book on Christianity and the 20th Century. + Toole's writing is both clear and illuminating. + A challenges to believe in a life that has meaning &dignnity David Toole's book is an outstanding contribution to a world struggling to reconcile the fundamental tenets of Christianity with a modernized (some would say post-modernized) materialist, and secular world. Indeed, for all our church going etc., we are a society that will not think twice about ...             The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)592 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 Get ready to relive these times soon! + Take in the magic of Steinbeck's writing + A handsome edition + A master storyteller + [Good] required reading             The Great Gatsby1123 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald Scribner, 1999 As American as apple pie... + What Can I Add? + The Summer of '22 + The Great Gatsby + An intimate, touching story that deserves its praise while still being thoroughly relevant despite its age; a solid "A"             East of Eden218 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin Books, 2002 East of Eden - A beautifully written classic + This IS the Great American Novel + Possibly the Best Fictional Book I've Ever Read... + Good job!