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- Everything Is Illuminated (932)
- A Novel
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By Jonathan Safran Foer -
Finished on Jul 10, 2010 




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- Notes on a Scandal (108)
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By Zoe Heller -
Finished on Jun 30, 2010 




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What a skilful use of the first person narrator!
The story would be quite unremarkable, if it wasn't told in Barbara's peculiar voice.
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Jul 5, 2010 |
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- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (42)
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By Rebecca Miller -
Finished on Jun 13, 2010 




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I don't like Pippa very much.
And worse: I've read about her life, loves and wishes, and still I don't feel like I know Pippa at all. -
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Jun 18, 2010 |
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- I sublimi segreti delle Ya-Ya Sisters (606)
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By Rebecca Wells -
Finished on May 31, 2010 




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- Le piace Brahms? (393)
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By FranCoise Sagan -
Finished on Jun 2, 2010 




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- The Outsiders (271)
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By Susan E. Hinton -
Finished on May 2, 2010 




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- The Ice Storm (16)
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By Rick Moody -
Finished on May 6, 2010 




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- L'eleganza del riccio (31616)
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By Muriel Barbery -
Finished on Jan 5, 2010 




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Avrebbe anche potuto funzionare se l'autrice avesse continuato per la sua strada ("Spocchiosa portinaia si gongola pensando ai suoi gusti superiori, e mentre ostenta bovina vacuità elucubra di filosofia")
E invece no. La Barbery (il suo editor?) ha, inspiegabilmente, deciso di giocare la carta compa ... (continue ) -
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Jan 26, 2010 |
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- Love Story (1473)
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By Erich Segal -
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- Dream Story (26)
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By Arthur Schnitzler -
Finished on Sep 29, 2009 




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From this novella, Kubrick's film "Eyes Wide Shut" -
I actually preferred it to the film.
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Nov 29, 2012 |
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- Solaris (237)
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By Stanislaw Lem -
Finished on Sep 28, 2009 




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- The Bonfire of the Vanities (194)
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By Tom Wolfe -
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- La strada (9204)
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By Cormac McCarthy -
Finished on Sep 11, 2009 




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Esercizio di stile -
Ben scritto, per carità, ma non succede niente!
E se per quanto riguarda i personaggi è comprensibile, non si capisce perché anche le situazioni debbano essere così svuotate, inumane, prive di pathos.
Per essere la storia di una fuga di disperati in un mondo allo sbando, in cui si rischia costante ... (continue ) -
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Mar 29, 2010 |
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- Children of Men (129)
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By P. D. James -
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- Bridge To Terabithia (224)
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By Katherine Paterson -
Finished on Aug 9, 2009 




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Everything Is Illuminated
The structure is original, and the characters peculiar and quirky (often too quirky, in fact). The plot, however, did not convince me fully; the second half of the book, and the ending in particular, seemed unaccomplished and rushed.continue)
All in all, the impression is that the author overvalued the form ... (
The structure is original, and the characters peculiar and quirky (often too quirky, in fact). The plot, however, did not convince me fully; the second half of the book, and the ending in particular, seemed unaccomplished and rushed.
All in all, the impression is that the author overvalued the form over the content.