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- The Black Swan (743)
- The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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- Poesie d'amore (3969)
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By Nazim Hikmet -
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- L'ordine del discorso (147)
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By Michel Foucault -
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- Come un romanzo (11984)
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By Daniel Pennac -
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- Romanzo criminale (6774)
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By Giancarlo De Cataldo -
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- Slumdog Millionaire (406)
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By Vikas Swarup -
Finished on May 22, 2009
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- Babette's Feast (9)
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By Isak Dinesen -
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- Murder on the Orient Express (717)
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- Breakfast at Tiffany's (718)
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By Truman Capote -
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- In cold blood (707)
- A true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
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By Truman Capote -
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A report of a bloody and meaningless crime and a peek in the Kansas crime history of the 60's.
The topic is deeply knot to real life but in a sense the account of the murder is shaped by the fiction.
Yet the writer uses some good narrative tecniques like the juxtapositions of the criminals' lives an ... (continue ) -
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Feb 17, 2010 |
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- Twilight (11271)
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By Stephenie Meyer -
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When I bought this book, I thought it was suitable for a teen audience. But - I must admit- it can be interesting for more grown-up readers :)
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Jan 9, 2010 |
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- New Moon (8100)
- The Twilight Saga
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By Stephenie Meyer -
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- Gomorra (24956)
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By Roberto Saviano -
Started on Jul 3, 2009
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non mi piaceva all'inizio perché la descrizion e della vita portuale fatta all'inizio era un pò noiosa e forzata.
La narrazione poi però diventa interessante, rivelandosi la fotografia del potere illecito nel casertano. E diciamo che costituisce l'unica vera fonte per i servizi giornalistici su que ... (continue ) -
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Jan 9, 2010 |
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- Cent'anni di solitudine (31323)
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By Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
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L'ho letto una decina di anni fa e l'ho trovato molto bello. Diciamo che in me ha inagurato "l'era Marquez". la forza delle immagini, dei colori, di una scrittura esagerata e carica di riferimenti al sangue, alla sessualità e alla tradizione, consegnano al lettore europeo e freddo (come clima) l'imm ... (
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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- Wide Sargasso Sea (357)
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By Jean Rhys -
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I found the reading of the book amazing. The whole story narrated by the silenced, enslaved, colonised mad woman's perspective. The style is crude, cynical in the account of the characters' lives and own petty interests. I really appreciate this book even not having read Jane Eyre.
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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Slumdog Millionaire
I'd have preferred the author kept the original title Q/A because I think it's more catchy than the present one. Moreover I think I have been to indulgent rating the book. The idea of connecting the plot to the quiz show is pretty original. Also the idea of using Thomas' lawyer and her DVD -player a ... (continue)
I'd have preferred the author kept the original title Q/A because I think it's more catchy than the present one. Moreover I think I have been to indulgent rating the book. The idea of connecting the plot to the quiz show is pretty original. Also the idea of using Thomas' lawyer and her DVD -player as means of enabling the narration. If we had hidden manuscript in the past which serve as means of narration now we have DVDs and DVD players. This connection with the world of media works throughout the book. Thomas sees the world through Bollywood lens and every character (dis)behaves according movie rules. The reader know more about life than the character does. This is in part due to the naivete of Thomas himself who - like a Dickensian character - wins against perplexities in the end. But the reader feels that some situations probably don't happen in real life. How can an autistic boy approach a stranger? In real life it's exactly the opposite but life in books doesn't mirror ours sometimes and this is its force..