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• I usually wait till the end to rate a book. Except I'm really enjoying this one. At the beginning it was a little hard to follow: so much shifting from one character to the other, from one decade to another; but it all ties in.

  And now I can't wait to finish the grand finale in the mystery mansi ... (continue)

  I usually wait till the end to rate a book. Except I'm really enjoying this one. At the beginning it was a little hard to follow: so much shifting from one character to the other, from one decade to another; but it all ties in.

  And now I can't wait to finish the grand finale in the mystery mansion.

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• A must

  Mind opening and humorous; an excellent critical approach to the limits of our mind, and yet entertaining.

  Every teacher should make their students read it.

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  ― Posted on Sep 3, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• Exile, surrender, invasion

  Jews and Germans and Welsh and Englishmen brought together by the Second World War.

  The shame of rape, of surrender, of being a Jew and the bonds that tie us to family, country and fellow men, and the role of language and a foreign language

  A beautifully written lyrical novel.

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  ― Posted on Jul 15, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Ideal for the beach

  A collection of the author's columns published in Sainsbury Magazine. Each column lasts about five minutes.

  Witty, sharp, perceptive.

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  ― Posted on Jun 29, 2009 | Add your feedback

• like Robert Altman movie

  Three and a half stars, to be honest.

  The first pages were tough, with all these characters tied to each other merely because they were on the same street. Then, word by word you start to get to know them and it becomes easier, even if keeping track of whose eyes are speaking is not always so ... (continue)

  Three and a half stars, to be honest.

  The first pages were tough, with all these characters tied to each other merely because they were on the same street. Then, word by word you start to get to know them and it becomes easier, even if keeping track of whose eyes are speaking is not always so simple.

  Well-structured, well-written, but it just did not involve me emotionally.

  A must read though.

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  ― Posted on Jun 10, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Wearing the scarlett letter and bearing the weight of other people's stare and judgement.

  Not wearing the scarlett letter openly and bearing the weight of one's conscience that what other people see is not the true you.

  Which punishment is more burdensome?

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  Life would be easier if seen through the eyes of a nine-year old

  A very good children's book.

  The author superbly narrates the world as seen by a nine year old boy. I clearly remember thinking the same things about my father when my mom told me, the summer I turned nine, that we would have to move because of Father's work.

  It may be too easy to invol ... (continue)

  A very good children's book.

  The author superbly narrates the world as seen by a nine year old boy. I clearly remember thinking the same things about my father when my mom told me, the summer I turned nine, that we would have to move because of Father's work.

  It may be too easy to involve emotionally when writing about the final solution. At any rate, I was touched and loved the simple and accurate way used to picture the absurdity of the Holocaust.

  Bruno, age nine, the son of a Nazi Commandant, sees Auschwitz (or as he calls it Out-With) from his window. He becomes friends, a "friend for life" with Schmuel, born on the same day as him, who lives on the other side of the fence.

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  ― Posted on Mar 31, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Elegant descriptions of the veld; extensive insight into the anger and rebellion of an adolescent.</p><p>But boring.

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• LOL

  An entertaining book. A good laugh on the way to work.

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  ― Posted on Feb 6, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Ho soprattutto amato la prosa inglese, frasi lunghe dalla struttura ripetitiva, come grandi onde dell'oceano.

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  ― Posted on Jan 7, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  La scrittura che diventa colore.

  Iniziai a sottolineare le metafore colorate, finii col colorare le pagine.

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  ― Posted on Jan 14, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Sense and sensibility.

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• One of the books I read excerpts of every now and then. Absolutely enjoy it every time I read it.

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• Accurate portrait of Italians of the second half of the 1990's.

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• It's always curious and funny to see how foreigners, and the English in this case, perceive our Italian habits and peculiarities.

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  ― Posted on Jul 2, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• A passionate love story

  More than horror, love.

  Più che l'orrore, l'amore.

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  ― Posted on Aug 7, 2008 | Add your feedback