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- Les aventures extraordinaires d'Arsène Lupin, Tome 1 (9)
- Arsène Lupin gentleman cambrioleur. Arsène Lupin contre Sherlock Holmes. L'aiguille creuse. Arsène L…
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By Maurice Leblanc -
Reading since Apr 20, 2009
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- Matter (138)
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By Iain M. Banks -
Finished on Aug 20, 2009 
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- World Without End (503)
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By Ken Follett -
Finished on Aug 10, 2009
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Maybe even better than the Pillars of the Earth. Less architecture (which, by itself, it's a pity), but more history. Compelling. As usual, writing is nothing particularly brilliant, but the storytelling makes up for everything laking in word crafting. Awesome
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Aug 21, 2009 |
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- Tortuga (1656)
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By Valerio Evangelisti -
Finished in Jul 2009
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Dopo averlo letto, nessuna storia di pirati vi sembrerà più come prima. Bello e molto oscuro, e molto diverso da quanto Hollywood (e Stevenson) ci abbiano fatto vedere. Temo, più realistico. Se poi vi interessa sapere da dove viene La Bamba, e il Jolly Roger..finale potente e poetico, che per Evenag ... (
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Aug 21, 2009 |
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- The Music of the Primes (46)
- Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters
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By Marcus du Sautoy -
Finished in Jun 2009
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- Little Brother (184)
- Big Brother is watching you. Who is watching back?
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By Cory Doctorow -
Finished on Apr 14, 2009
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Back to 1984! -
Frightening. I've delayed reading the final chapters for fear of a terrible ending. I was only half disappointed, luckyly I dare say.
I't horrible to see where the so called "free" world is heading to. With all the security, screenings, DRM, CCTV cameras, Echelon and the like, Little Brother t ... (
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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- Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (62)
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By Gaston Leroux -
Finished on Mar 18, 2009
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Le Mystère de la chambre jaune
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A good example of a "closed chamber" mystery. So delightful fin-de-siecle, even if written well beyond 1900..
Quite funny and captivating, it gives a clever solution to the mystery of the closed door. And is the first one to show the journalist/detective Joseph Rouletabille ("roll your ball") -
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Mar 23, 2009 |
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- Shantaram (1166)
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By Gregory David Roberts -
Finished on Feb 11, 2009
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I want to go to India!
Well written, but most of all, an exceptionally good novel. Too packed of actions and feats and facts to be autobiographic, it's a new genre of fictional semi/auto/bio.
Based on real life events it uses them to build an enthralling kind of novel.
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Mar 23, 2009 |
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- Voyage au bout de la nuit (437)
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By Louis-Ferdinand Celine -
Finished on Jan 30, 2009
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The most complex book I've read so far: mainly due to the french language used in such an outrageous way.
Fascinating. Every page is worth reading and rereading, and it has plenty of quotable sentences, mostly sharprly witty.
The book itself is a desperate plunge in the darkness and grande ... (continue ) -
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Mar 23, 2009 |
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- La giostra dei criceti (172)
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By Antonio Manzini -
Finished in 2008
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Mooooolto divertente. Cinico, cinicissimo, ma divertente. Racconta un'italietta di periferia e di palazzoni romani, senza speranza ma con un'ironia involontaria.
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Jul 9, 2008 |
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- La magica arte del furto (82)
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By Christopher Brookmyre -
Finished in 2008
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Molto carino. Inusuale, surreale, assurdo direi, e divertente. Un libro, a ben pensarci, senza vera violenza alla fine. Solo un poco.
Quasi una piccola "Stangata" per iscritto. -
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Jul 9, 2008 |
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- Complicity (83)
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By Iain Banks -
Finished in 2008
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I love Banks, so I'can't (and don't even try to) be objective. I've loved the way it's written: I can easily imagine Banks quietly laughing, while he's written part of this book. Very nice the alternation of second person (quite unusual) and third person in the telling.
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Jul 9, 2008 |
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- Heart of Darkness (1793)
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By Joseph Conrad -
Finished on Oct 30, 2008
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Fine book, well written and with a powerful (flowing) epic. But I couldn't help reading it and thinking (with even great admiration) to Coppola and its courage to use it as a synopsis for Apocalypse Now.
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Nov 3, 2008 |
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- Le Père Goriot (471)
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By Honore de Balzac -
Finished on Oct 14, 2008
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senza Bettina non avrei mai affrontato Balzac. E sarebbe stato un gran peccato.
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Oct 15, 2008 |
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- Cristiani di Allah (954)
- Un noir mediterraneo
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By Massimo Carlotto -
Finished on Oct 4, 2008
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Matter
Vorrei proprio vedere come lo tradurranno in italiano. Banks scrive proprio bene, e piega la lingua, l'inglese, a delle acrobazie incredibili.continue)
La trama è molto interessante, ma lascia alcune cose in sospeso. Come dice però un altro anobico, dà, come tutti i romanzi della Cultura, una prospettiv ... (
Vorrei proprio vedere come lo tradurranno in italiano. Banks scrive proprio bene, e piega la lingua, l'inglese, a delle acrobazie incredibili.
La trama è molto interessante, ma lascia alcune cose in sospeso. Come dice però un altro anobico, dà, come tutti i romanzi della Cultura, una prospettiva.