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Pedro Paramo 57 reviews
Juan Rulfo
Grove Press, 1994
Rulfo's Pedro Paramo
+ Awesome
+ 5 for the story in the original, 3 for translating it
+ Confusing, yet one have to appreciate its narrative style
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The Bell Jar (Perennial Classics) 497 reviews
Sylvia Plath
HarperCollins, 1996
Love it
+ Changed My Life
+ A classic every woman should read
+ Tragic
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The Wars 38 reviews
Timothy Findley
Penguin Group Canada, 1986
Please read this review before buying 'The Wars'.
+ Stays with you
+ An Accomplishment
+ One of the best
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)526 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
I think this is simply the best book I've read
+ IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER
+ It isn't your fault if you haven't read this classic novel yet.
+ A novel to read, and not to learn
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The Awakening (Dover Thrift Editions)357 reviews
Kate Chopin
Dover Publications, 1993
The tragedy of a time and place when women's lives were tightly prescribed
+ An 'Easy' Classic to Enjoy
+ It's a Gem
+ Complex & Ambiguous
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Mother to Mother (Bluestreak) 6 reviews
Sindiwe Magona
Beacon Press, 2000
As a South African I could not have done better!
+ Great Read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ An Ansewer to the Question Why. This is Mother to Mother
+ Mother to Mother
+ An exceptional book about humanity written by a true Mother.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God424 reviews
Zora Neale Hurston
Perenial, 1998
Great book
+ Book in excellent cond.
I bought this book for college. It was hard to get through the first couple pages because of how it was written but after I got through it, it was a hard to put down book. I loved it.
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Pride and Prejudice (Dover Thrift Editions)875 reviews
Jane Austen
Dover Publications, 1995
AMAZING!!!
+ P & P
+ Jane Austen's best
+ Pride And Prejudice Dover Hardcover Edition
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Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)41 reviews
William Shakespeare
Simon & Schuster, 2003
the guy who gave Hamlet a one-star review
+ An Unmatched Masterpiece!
+ wonderful shape
+ Frailty, thy name is "human"
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Love Medicine: A Novel (P.S.)71 reviews
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
My favorite fiction book...
+ A multi-perspective and multi-generational tale.
+ Love Medicine Review
+ A special book
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The House of the Spirits298 reviews
Isabel Allende
Bantam, 1986
Favorite book
+ Wonderful!
+ Very Beautiful
+ Number one book
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Native Son (Perennial Classics)194 reviews
Richard Wright
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
Review of Native Son
+ with 1 reservation, the audio book is essential listening/reading
+ NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
Native Son reflected racial discrimination in American in 1930s. Through the explanation of the main character Bigger, like he robbed Blum, killed Marry and his girl friend, these plots all show readers he was afraid of the society. Native Son just uses Bigger's actions to reflect the reality life ...
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Light in August (The Corrected Text)80 reviews
William Faulkner
Vintage International/Random House, 1990
The miseducation of Joe Christmas: a murder book
+ A masterpiece by a Nobel Prize winner in literature
+ Grecian Urn
+ Not Faulkner's Masterpiece, but my favorite...
+ Faulker at his best
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Antigone (Dover Thrift Editions)66 reviews
Sophocles
Dover Publications, 1993
Essential reading for a classical education
+ Timeless classic with great entry-level commentaries.
+ Student's English book delevered on time, darn it!
+ Great treatment of a world masterpiece
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Their Eyes Were Watching God424 reviews
Zora Neale Hurston
Perenial, 1998
Great book
+ Book in excellent cond.
I bought this book for college. It was hard to get through the first couple pages because of how it was written but after I got through it, it was a hard to put down book. I loved it.
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The House of the Spirits298 reviews
Isabel Allende
Bantam, 1986
Favorite book
+ Wonderful!
+ Very Beautiful
+ Number one book
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Light in August (The Corrected Text)80 reviews
William Faulkner
Vintage International/Random House, 1990
The miseducation of Joe Christmas: a murder book
+ A masterpiece by a Nobel Prize winner in literature
+ Grecian Urn
+ Not Faulkner's Masterpiece, but my favorite...
+ Faulker at his best
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Pride and Prejudice (Dover Thrift Editions)875 reviews
Jane Austen
Dover Publications, 1995
AMAZING!!!
+ P & P
+ Jane Austen's best
+ Pride And Prejudice Dover Hardcover Edition
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)526 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
I think this is simply the best book I've read
+ IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER
+ It isn't your fault if you haven't read this classic novel yet.
+ A novel to read, and not to learn
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Antigone (Dover Thrift Editions)66 reviews
Sophocles
Dover Publications, 1993
Essential reading for a classical education
+ Timeless classic with great entry-level commentaries.
+ Student's English book delevered on time, darn it!
+ Great treatment of a world masterpiece
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