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Rabbit Angstrom : The Four Novels : Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest (Everyman's ... 23 reviews
John Updike
Everyman's Library, 1995
When a novel becomes a friend
+ Great American Literature
+ "Reduxing Rabbit"
+ a labor of love...
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel289 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 1998
Patience and Growth Yields Great Reward
+ A certain "something" that is bizarre and intriguing
+ Excellent read
+ Think for yourself
+ Chronicle of the Lost
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Selected Stories12 reviews
Alice Munro
Vintage, 1997
Exquisite, but...
+ Selection is the Problem
+ One of my all-time favorite books
+ Gorgeous, compelling and memorable!
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A Bit on the Side10 reviews
William Trevor
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Tinkering with Secrets and Other Hidden Things
+ "Chronicler of Interiority"
+ Trevor's Unnerving Bits and Pieces
+ A short-story collection that made me FEEL!
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The Book of Illusions: A Novel 86 reviews
Paul Auster
Henry Holt and Co., 2002
Auster's Illusion
+ When reality fails
This is my first Auster novel. It is well constructed and very readable, although I didn't find his prose style to be particularly elegant. There is a pessimistic undertone to the whole story, which deals poignantly with personal loss. The theme of how an artist deals with that loss is explored on ...
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Talking It Over21 reviews
Julian Barnes
Knopf, 1991
GOOSEBERRY
+ Dear Reader
Not until I came to the end did I check the publication dates of this novel and John Mortimer's Dunster. Barnes has it. Talking It Over dates from 1991 and Dunster from 1992. Whether there was any communication between the authors regarding their stories, or whether the muse visited them ...
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Saturday 294 reviews
Ian McEwan
Anchor, 2006
Excellent
+ Pretty good. Suspenseful, descriptive.
+ Well worth the effort.
+ Fantastic!
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Birds Without Wings43 reviews
Louis De Bernieres
Vintage, 2005
One of the Best Books I've Ever Read.
+ Funny, Sad, Absorbing and a Great Piece of History
+ All Thumbs Up
+ If war is holy then God is not
+ Magnificent
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Waiting for the Barbarians (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)76 reviews
J. M. Coetzee
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999
Timeless and Timely
+ Miracles of Creation Too
The Nobel Prize committee has a history of honoring writers with a strong political or social message. WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS (1980), Coetzee's short, approachable, but devastating fable about the abuse of power, must have played a major part in their decision to award him the prize in 2003. ...
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Closely Watched Trains (European Classics)9 reviews
Bohumil Hrabal
Northwestern University Press, 1995
Heroism of common people
+ Heroism in a Tragicomic Key
+ Hrabal's timeless masterpiece
+ The Human Tragi-Comedy
+ A Beautiful Story Beautifully Told
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The End of the Affair126 reviews
Graham Greene
Vintage Classics, 2004
The space between us
+ A moving love story & a complex view of spirituality
+ All Time Top Ten
+ If You've Seen The Film
+ Greene's Greatest?
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Short Cuts: Selected Stories14 reviews
Raymond Carver
Vintage, 1993
Great introduction to a great writer...
+ American master of characterization
+ A world of his own
+ One of the most exquisite collections of short stories you'll find
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The Book of Illusions: A Novel86 reviews
Paul Auster
Henry Holt and Co., 2002
Auster's Illusion
+ When reality fails
This is my first Auster novel. It is well constructed and very readable, although I didn't find his prose style to be particularly elegant. There is a pessimistic undertone to the whole story, which deals poignantly with personal loss. The theme of how an artist deals with that loss is explored on ...
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The End of the Affair126 reviews
Graham Greene
Vintage Classics, 2004
The space between us
+ A moving love story & a complex view of spirituality
+ All Time Top Ten
+ If You've Seen The Film
+ Greene's Greatest?
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Rabbit Angstrom : The Four Novels : Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest (Everyman's ...23 reviews
John Updike
Everyman's Library, 1995
When a novel becomes a friend
+ Great American Literature
+ "Reduxing Rabbit"
+ a labor of love...
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Saturday294 reviews
Ian McEwan
Anchor, 2006
Excellent
+ Pretty good. Suspenseful, descriptive.
+ Well worth the effort.
+ Fantastic!
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Short Cuts: Selected Stories14 reviews
Raymond Carver
Vintage, 1993
Great introduction to a great writer...
+ American master of characterization
+ A world of his own
+ One of the most exquisite collections of short stories you'll find
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Closely Watched Trains (European Classics)9 reviews
Bohumil Hrabal
Northwestern University Press, 1995
Heroism of common people
+ Heroism in a Tragicomic Key
+ Hrabal's timeless masterpiece
+ The Human Tragi-Comedy
+ A Beautiful Story Beautifully Told
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Birds Without Wings43 reviews
Louis De Bernieres
Vintage, 2005
One of the Best Books I've Ever Read.
+ Funny, Sad, Absorbing and a Great Piece of History
+ All Thumbs Up
+ If war is holy then God is not
+ Magnificent
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Selected Stories12 reviews
Alice Munro
Vintage, 1997
Exquisite, but...
+ Selection is the Problem
+ One of my all-time favorite books
+ Gorgeous, compelling and memorable!
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