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🇺🇸 Raymond Chandler - Playback (++) Silly plot, but when the prose is this stylish who cares. -
Stevie B replied to the thread Recently finished books?.I'm a Laura Linney fan as well. As far as Olympia Dukakis is concerned, I'm old enough to remember when she came to national prominence...
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Stevie B replied to the thread Recently finished books?.I’ve read and enjoyed the first three books in The Tales of the City series, but never got around to Babycakes. It’s interesting to hear...
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I forgot to mention that I read the Romanian translation. I don't think you will perceive the book really long, it's more of a...
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Well, I must say I've been very impressed with the English translations for the major Japanese writers. Some very good works.
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I'm a big fan of Agualusa! I liked My Father's Wives most of his books that I've read, however I haven't yet read Chameleons. Maybe...
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🇻🇳 Duong Thu Huong, Memories of a Pure Spring ⭐⭐+ I read Novel Without a Name (1995) and Paradise of the Blind (1988) and was quite...
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I had a similar impression while reading Terre des oublis (No Man's Land), translated to French by Phan Huy Duong. Since two out of...
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Man I remember being so disappointed with The Sound of Waves. It was a very expensive copy, and I decided to empty my bank account for...
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^For more donkey-themed works of art (I feel like this ought to be a genre unto itself!), check out Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey...
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Platero and I by Juan Ramon Jimenez A humble and gentle masterpiece. A series of poetic vignettes that describe the author's...
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Here is my take on some recent readings : Having started this year with French Canadian literature, I decided to keep going a bit that...
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I haven't updated here for a while.. ?? Peter Handke - The Great Fall : I said elsewhere, very cerebral. An actor, in a new country to...
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Stevie B reacted to Leseratte's post in the thread On the vast world of children, and its example of lightness and freedom Júlian Fuks with
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A wise and cute chronic by Julian Fuks On the vast world of children, and its example of lightness and freedom Julian Fuks Columnist... -
Stevie B replied to the thread The Book Recommendations Thread.I never realized I could possibly find the citrus industry interesting until I read Oranges by John McPhee. I still recall reading that...
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