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<![CDATA[Dan added 'Gourmet Rhapsody']]>
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I enjoyed this book, its descriptions of food and flavors, but I felt that it lacked real characters. Hedgehog had real characters, some likable, others not so much. In Gourmet Rhapsody there are outlines or hints of characters. There are strong expressions of emotion but they didn't seem to connect. I believe that this was Barbery's first novel and in it you can easily see her potential as a novelist.
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<![CDATA[Dan added 'Lolita']]>
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I just finished rereading this book. I originally read it about 5 or 6 years ago and liked it but this time I was blown away by it. Nabokov's use of language alone makes this book worthy of five stars. The first time through I felt bored at times, as if something should be happening but wasn't. This time I was delighted by Nabokov's humor and the psychology, for lack of a better word, of Humbert's actions.
Good stuff.
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<![CDATA[Dan added 'Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick']]>
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Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick (Hardcover)
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<![CDATA[Dan added 'The Death of Ahasuerus']]>
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to: The Death of Ahasuerus (Paperback)byPär Lagerkvist bookshelves: borrowed,
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So I thought this book was the beginning of a trilogy and in some ways it is because a main character is introduced here and lasts through the next two books. But I found out today that this book is the middle book in a pentalogy (or however that is spelled) because there is a string of five books that deal with the crucifixion. Not knowing this I read these five books entirely out of order which means I need to reread them all in order for things to make sense.
So they should be read as follows: Barabbas, The Sibyl, The Death of Ahasuerus, Pilgrim at Sea and finally The Holy Land.
Now that that has been said this book was pretty dark. There was one part that I had a hard time reading so I read through it as fasting as I could. Again like Lagerkvist's other books it deals with some heavy things which is reason he should be read more widely. I think the problem might be that he was an atheist who dealt mainly in the spiritual and mystical (at least in this pentalogy). Too atheistic for religious people and too religious for the atheists?
I have his novel The Dwarf to take on soon which I believe is his first novel.
you are right I have been reading the shit out of Lagerkvist! My office door aligns with the aisle of books that has lagerkvist, among others. It look like the library has 12 and I have read 5 of them as of now. so still plenty more to go!
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Ben's review of
Treasure Island (Modern Library Classics) byRobert Louis Stevenson
i have been meaning to read this ever since I saw the pirate exhibit at a museum in Montreal!
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<![CDATA[Dan added 'Pilgrim at Sea']]>
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<![CDATA[Dan added 'The Holy Land']]>
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This short novella is, much like the other works of Lagerkvist I have read, full of wonder. His simple use of language seems to convey so much more than could ever be expected. The Holy Land feels very much like a religious book without the problems of religion, it is quite lovely.
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