The Society of Others: A Novel
by William Nicholson
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Read in December, 2007
my sister, who never reads, is reading this book on her travels in South America. I am flabbergasted and ecstatic that she's taking the time to read at all, and I must have this book finished by the time she gets back.
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update: Welp, I'm really sad to have to take a break from Against the Day, but it must be done. This book looks like a quick read, tho, so hope...more
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update: Welp, I'm really sad to have to take a break from Against the Day, but it must be done. This book looks like a quick read, tho, so hope...more
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If you like Kafka or dig existentialism, you will love this book! Well written, thought provoking, and more than a little disturbing this is a brilliant book! I read it in a day but think about it still. About the many ways people deal with a dictatorship. Passive resistance, secret communities, art and education, terrorism. Who causes change, the educators or the terrorists? Who are the bad guys, The oppressors or the guerilla fighters? How do you end the circle of violence? A very meani...more
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Read in April, 2008
I'm not sure what I was expecting from this book, and am quite sure I feel as equally lost after completing it. The ending completely threw me for a loop and if I was asked to explain it I know that I couldn't.
And interesting concept, but not something I would probably recommend to any friends as the thought of having to discuss what I still don't understand makes my head spin.
And interesting concept, but not something I would probably recommend to any friends as the thought of having to discuss what I still don't understand makes my head spin.
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Browsing my shelves today, I pulled out this and was compelled to open to the first page. The rest of the books to be entered must wait...I've got some reading to do.
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Read in January, 2008
I liked this a lot. It's one I'd have to read six more times before I could give it a fair review, though. Wow.
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possibly my all time fav book!!! like the use of the societal anaylising. sentence structure is awesome
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Read in January, 2006
It is Kafkaesque and a little disturbing but I am glad I read it.
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