20th Century Kristin Lavransdatter 01 The Wreath
 Superbly written and profound I read this trilogy of books years ago, when I was a young woman. Twenty-five years later, I want to read it again: I still remember it as one of the best novels I have ever read - perhaps even THE best. Every one over the ... [... more]
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Devil on the Cross
To Decolonize the Mind.... Translated from the Gikuyu by the author. Clandestine prison writing, "I resorted to toilet paper. ... Toilet paper at Kamiti was meant to punish prisoners. So it was very coarse. But what was bad for the body was good for ... [... more]
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A la recherche du temps perdu, , tome 1
The one-and-only book I own the book. I read only ~25 % yet. But I can only highly recommend reading the "Lost Time". I own the book since nearly 2 years. Me and my wife have had so much fun in reading it. We are just about page # 1089. Wonder ... [... more]
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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
A Surprisingly Resonant Portrayal of a Lost Era In his 1762 treatise "The Social Contract," Rousseau wrote: "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." Mann's magnum opus, pregnant with bleak symbolism and teeming with lives ... [... more]
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Epic and Sedition
Sheds light on a great piece of world literature Davis shows that Ferdowsi's Shahnameh is not just a celebratory chronicle of Persian monarchy, but an examination of the relationship and duties between ruler and ruled. My first encounter with the ... [... more]
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Not as difficult as everyone says This book seems to have been written for style more then anything else, and at times it makes it difficult to read, this is true. But overall the book is not to difficult to read, it is a great introduction to Joyce, if ... [... more]
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Epic and Sedition: The Case of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
Sheds light on a great piece of world literature Davis shows that Ferdowsi's Shahnameh is not just a celebratory chronicle of Persian monarchy, but an examination of the relationship and duties between ruler and ruled. My first encounter with the ... [... more]
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Song Of Roland
Timeless & Epic A private feud gets in the way of a brave soldier's loyalty to his king. An epic battle between good and evil threatens the very order of things. Heroes are made and lost in a clash that sees tens of thousands of warriors slaughtered, ... [... more]
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Not as difficult as everyone says This book seems to have been written for style more then anything else, and at times it makes it difficult to read, this is true. But overall the book is not to difficult to read, it is a great introduction to Joyce, if ... [... more]
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Zeno's Conscience
A Comic and Inventive Masterpiece This book is so wonderfully inventive and the character of Zeno Cosini so lovably comic, that I often wonder why it's not more widely read and loved. It was first published in Italy as La coscienza di Zeno, and James ... [... more]
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The Dante Encyclopedia
The New Dante Reference of Choice Prof. Richard Lansing's Dante Encyclopedia is a reference work of deep interest, wide scope, and unimpeachable authority. General readers, students, and scholars--especially those who are English-based--are bound to make ... [... more]
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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
A Surprisingly Resonant Portrayal of a Lost Era In his 1762 treatise "The Social Contract," Rousseau wrote: "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." Mann's magnum opus, pregnant with bleak symbolism and teeming with lives ... [... more]
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