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July 14
	Jens gave to: LETTERS TO FELICE (Schocken Classics) by Franz Kafka	my rating:
	Jens said: "Haven't finished this one yet - I think you should take letters a bit at a time. But what I've read so far is very good, and has even made me write a couple of letters myself... " add a comment
	Jens gave to: The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway : The Finca Vigia Edition (Paperback) by Ernest Hemingway	my rating:
	Jens said: "Certainly Hemingway is among the great short story writers, and I love his prose. It's his subject matters which mostly don't interest me the least bit: bull fighting, hunting, etc. Pitty... " add a comment
	Jens gave to: Dylan Thomas: A New Life (Paperback) by Andrew Lycett	my rating:
	Jens said: "Have become enamoured with biography, and this is certainly among the best (especially since Thomas is such a colourful person). Very honest, though another (short) biographical account I have read was a bit more sympathetic and endearing. " add a comment
	Jens gave to: Rilke's book of hours: love poems to god (Paperback) by Rainer Maria Rilke	my rating:
	Jens said: "Like the Book of Images, very readable. Has maybe even more good verses and turns. " add a comment
	Jens gave to: The Book of Images (Paperback) by Rainer Maria Rilke	my rating:
	Jens said: "Lovely poetry, and very readable. Enough narration to just go on reading, but equally dense enough to stop anywhere and start thinking. " add a comment
	Jens gave to: East, West (Paperback) by Salman Rushdie	my rating:
	Jens said: "The 'East' section is undoubtedly the best one of the book. The 'West' section is suprisingly weak to my mind (maybe because Rushdie just wasn't fulfilling my expectations) - more literary experimentation, less story. The 'East-West' part is, consequ...more " add a comment
	Jens gave to: Midnight's Children (Paperback) by Salman Rushdie	my rating:
	Jens said: "This book really turned me into a Rushdie fan. Will read his other books shortly. His magical realism is supreme, and this book in particular is very informative about India, a subject I'm keen on at the moment " add a comment
	Jens gave to: War and Peace (Hardcover) by Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, trans.	my rating:
	Jens said: "The first part is very good, perfect balance between the war aspect (good adventure yarn for boys) and the peace aspect (social conundrums, very great personage). In the second part, Tolstoi overdoes his 'my view of history' bit; not that its not int...more " add a comment

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