The Death of the Heart16 reviews Elizabeth Bowen Anchor, 2000 The unkindness of civility + deep pleasures + Innocence and Experience + Elizabeth Bowen's finest!             Confessions of Zeno14 reviews Italo Svevo Vintage, 1989 Beautiful Life Style + Why is this a Great Novel? + Literary masterpiece, with a final twist. I just quit from an engineering consultant coporation last Friday, then probably to be a business owner with my friend later. When I walked around in the biggest bookstore "ESLITE" in Taipei last Sunday, the book " La Conscienza di Zeno" catch my eyes. Then, I decided to buy it without opening it ...             Lafcadio's adventures,1 review Andre Gide VINTAGE BOOKS @, 0000 Nobel Prize Winner Andre Gide at his best! Anything but common place writing ... so original in thinking. I also loved the hop-scotching through all the European cities and meeting all the characters he ran into. Find it interesting that his books at the time became banned by the Vatican, but werent so many. Great read.             The Professor's House (Virago Modern Classics)24 reviews Willa Cather Virago UK, 2006 Oddest, Most Wonderful Book I've Read in Years + Worth reading but not Cather's best + A most enjoyable reading experience Willa Cather is one of the top five American writers. She gets little notice, it seems, today. I find that very strange, given the feminist movement in America. I've read three of her other books and this is the oddest, and most wonderful, or perhaps I forget how O Pioneers, Death Comes for the ...             Monkey: Folk Novel of China24 reviews Wu Ch'eng-en Grove Press, 1994 For All Ages + Chinese Equivalent of Grimm's Fairy Tales + Beware of printer error + Everything old is new again + Please read Monkey carefully             Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard3 reviews Isak Dinesen Vintage, 1993 Another set of fabulous stories from Isak Dinesen + The Immortal Story and Others + Anecdotes of Destiny The stories in this book are completely in line with all her other works. Absolutely amazing! I highly recommend it to both newcomers and people who have already taken an interest in this author. But beware! Once you start reading the fantastic stories from this lady, you will want more.             The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays47 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 1991 Definitely worth a try + Years ago + Not an easy but a worthwhile read + amazing             The Code of the Woosters12 reviews P.G. Wodehouse Vintage, 2005 Not like the Da Vinci Code at all + One of the Best + among the master's best + Sheer genius... + Great Fun             The White Goddess Robert Graves Faber and Faber, 1999             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 ...             The White Goddess Robert Graves Faber and Faber, 1999             The Professor's House (Virago Modern Classics)24 reviews Willa Cather Virago UK, 2006 Oddest, Most Wonderful Book I've Read in Years + Worth reading but not Cather's best + A most enjoyable reading experience Willa Cather is one of the top five American writers. She gets little notice, it seems, today. I find that very strange, given the feminist movement in America. I've read three of her other books and this is the oddest, and most wonderful, or perhaps I forget how O Pioneers, Death Comes for the ...             The Code of the Woosters12 reviews P.G. Wodehouse Vintage, 2005 Not like the Da Vinci Code at all + One of the Best + among the master's best + Sheer genius... + Great Fun             Monkey: Folk Novel of China24 reviews Wu Ch'eng-en Grove Press, 1994 For All Ages + Chinese Equivalent of Grimm's Fairy Tales + Beware of printer error + Everything old is new again + Please read Monkey carefully             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 ...             The Death of the Heart16 reviews Elizabeth Bowen Anchor, 2000 The unkindness of civility + deep pleasures + Innocence and Experience + Elizabeth Bowen's finest!             The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays47 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 1991 Definitely worth a try + Years ago + Not an easy but a worthwhile read + amazing             Lafcadio's adventures,1 review Andre Gide VINTAGE BOOKS @, 0000 Nobel Prize Winner Andre Gide at his best! Anything but common place writing ... so original in thinking. I also loved the hop-scotching through all the European cities and meeting all the characters he ran into. Find it interesting that his books at the time became banned by the Vatican, but werent so many. Great read.             Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard3 reviews Isak Dinesen Vintage, 1993 Another set of fabulous stories from Isak Dinesen + The Immortal Story and Others + Anecdotes of Destiny The stories in this book are completely in line with all her other works. Absolutely amazing! I highly recommend it to both newcomers and people who have already taken an interest in this author. But beware! Once you start reading the fantastic stories from this lady, you will want more.             Confessions of Zeno14 reviews Italo Svevo Vintage, 1989 Beautiful Life Style + Why is this a Great Novel? + Literary masterpiece, with a final twist. I just quit from an engineering consultant coporation last Friday, then probably to be a business owner with my friend later. When I walked around in the biggest bookstore "ESLITE" in Taipei last Sunday, the book " La Conscienza di Zeno" catch my eyes. Then, I decided to buy it without opening it ...