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Old 16-Jun-2009, 18:55
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Default Re: Your 50 favourite books

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Originally Posted by titania7 View Post
I am ectastic to have discovered another Oblomov fan!!
Oblomov is a well-known classic, so one shouldn't find it surprising to see others loving it. By the way, his descriptions of Japanese bureaucracy in Frigate Pallada are quite kafkaesque, aren't they?

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Also, I'm delighted to see Amerika on your list as it is my favorite work of Kafka's.
From the novels, that's my favourite as well. But I also love many of the smaller works, especially Das Urteil.

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And, ironically enough, I'm reading Life is a Dream at the moment
Hopefully not your last Calderón!
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