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Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 5 2 false Mon Nov 19 21:41:18 -0800 2007 Sat Jul 28 15:20:59 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:37:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 37987747 1561740 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.29 56 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 1 1 false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 16:38:26 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 16:39:23 -0800 2008 A Personal Matter, but I couldn't read more than about 20 pages of this.]]> 61506524 901248 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 3 0 false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:33:45 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:06:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2897056 175164 1348997 0802117384 9780802117380 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182912860m/1348997.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182912860s/1348997.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1348997.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 10 07:15:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 07:15:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 58784010 1677089 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 5 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 15:42:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 16:32:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 11519325 259401 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 03 06:51:22 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 09 20:49:31 -0700 2008 1534598 99145 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 3 0 false Wed May 30 00:55:18 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:21:37 -0800 2009 8669035 600645 1348997 0802117384 9780802117380 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182912860m/1348997.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182912860s/1348997.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1348997.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 3 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 17:45:45 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 17:47:14 -0800 2007 1968912 131794 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Thu Jun 14 11:40:45 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 11:41:17 -0700 2007 15673273 917291 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 22:10:07 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 22:11:10 -0800 2008 ]]> 9783811 522768 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Fri Nov 30 17:36:57 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 17:37:17 -0800 2007 80778064 2873625 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Sat Dec 12 13:18:23 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 13:18:23 -0800 2009 80552745 1811095 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Thu Dec 10 11:08:34 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 11:08:34 -0800 2009 80441031 2045970 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 4 0 false Wed Dec 09 13:22:44 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 13:22:55 -0800 2009 80003196 244506 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Sat Dec 05 15:02:09 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 15:02:09 -0800 2009 78856287 1045095 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Tue Nov 24 09:57:19 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 09:57:26 -0800 2009 78291505 1104924 1348997 0802117384 9780802117380 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182912860m/1348997.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182912860s/1348997.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1348997.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Thu Nov 19 01:26:54 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 01:26:54 -0800 2009 76693080 2907839 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Wed Nov 04 08:41:17 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 08:41:31 -0800 2009 76320437 526331 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 2 0 false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Oct 31 14:44:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:44:52 -0700 2009 74581521 2472263 251160 0802140459 9780802140456 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149m/251160.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173146149s/251160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251160.Somersault 3.23 65 Somersault (the title refers to an abrupt, public renunciation of the past), Kenzaburo Oe has himself leapt in a new direction, rolling away from the slim, semi-autobiographical novel that garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize (A Personal Matter) and toward this lengthy, involved account of a Japanese religious movement. Although it opens with the perky and almost picaresque accidental deflowering of a young ballerina with an architectural model, Somersault is no laugh riot. Oe's slow, deliberate pace sets the tone for an unusual exploration of faith, spiritual searching, group dynamics, and exploitation. His lavish, sometimes indiscriminate use of detail can be maddening, but it also lends itself to his sobering subject matter, as well as to some of the most beautiful, realistic sex scenes a reader is likely to encounter. --Regina Marler ]]> 1999 0 0 false Wed Oct 14 20:43:46 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 20:43:55 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1348998