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May 25
	Des gave to: The God of Small Things (Paperback) by Arundhati Roy bookshelves: basic	my rating:
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April 21
	Des added: Culture and Anarchy (Oxford World's Classics) by Matthew Arnold bookshelves: basic	my rating:
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	Des gave to: "Lethe" und andere Stücke (Broschiert) by Dimitris Dimitriadis bookshelves: outstanding	my rating:
	read in March, 2008 Des said: "Hope you can find this in english. Actually try to find anything by this autor, Dimitris Dimitriadis a hellenic writer who spent most of his life away from Hellas. His use of the language is provokative(very provokative) and personal(very personal). ...more " add a comment
January 24
	Des gave to: The Great Gatsby (Paperback) by F. Scott Fitzgerald bookshelves: basic	my rating:
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	Des gave to: Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback) by Victor Hugo bookshelves: outstanding	my rating:
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July 23
	Des gave to: One Hundred Years of Solitude (Paperback) by Gabriel García Márquez bookshelves: basic	my rating:
	read in January, 2000 Des said: "The value of this book can only be sensed if you compare it with a bottle of good red wine: the longer it ages, the better it gets. I keep going back to this book. The description of Time that fades away is priceless. " add a comment
	Des gave to: Medea (Dover Thrift Editions) by Euripides	my rating:
	recommended for: everybody read in January, 1995 Des said: "Euripides writes a masterpiece of love, betrayal and revenge. Medea gives up everything for the man she falls in love with. She pulls him out of jail and certain death, she departs with him from the safety of her kingdom, she kills her own brother in...more " add a comment
July 21
	Des gave to: The Gambler (Modern Library Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky bookshelves: outstanding	my rating:
	recommended for: everybody not just gamblers read in January, 1996 Des said: "This book is the perfect psychological analysis of the human mind of a true gambler. It is a typical Fiodor book with the detailed descriptions of people and sentiments and what in my opinion makes it outstanding is the personal testimony of the writ...more " add a comment