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08/29
Mary
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The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers) by Timothy J. Henderson (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Mary said:
"Formidable size (755 pages) but the first hundred pages
are surprisingly approachable. Lots of excerpts from informal writing (letters, diary entries) by people making Mexico's history over the centuries. " |
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04/24
Mary
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The Man Without Qualities Vol. 2: Into the Millennium, from the Posthumous Papers (Paperback) by Robert Musil bookshelves: currently-reading |
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read in January, 2008
Mary said:
"I'm not reading this steadily, but enjoy it when I pick it up
for a half hour or so. Sort of like an ongoing dinner with Andre or somebody like him, who can't be rushed. " |
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In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories (Nonpareil Books, #21)
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| August 29 | ||||
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Mary
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The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers) by Timothy J. Henderson (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Mary said:
"Formidable size (755 pages) but the first hundred pages
are surprisingly approachable. Lots of excerpts from informal writing (letters, diary entries) by people making Mexico's history over the centuries. " |
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Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback) by Haruki Murakami |
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Savage Detectives, The by Bolano, Roberto |
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read in August, 2008
Mary said:
"Two visceral realist poets sat across from me on the 12
busline yesterday. Or maybe one and his enabler. Mexico, Arizona, Africa, Peru, Chile will never be the same for me again. Nor will old Impalas. " |
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| August 17 | ||||
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Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected Stories Of Shirley Jackson (Paperback) by Shirley Jackson |
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read in August, 2008
Mary said:
"I was just paying a courtesy call to this author, on the strength of her
deserved reputation for the stoning story. I thought she might have good surprises for me. She didn't. " |
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The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music (Hardcover) by Steve Lopez |
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Lush Life by Richard Price |
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read in August, 2008
Mary said:
"With my "Streetwise Manhattan" map in hand, a hypnotizingly good and
humane murder story, with the good guys and bad guys equally credible. " |
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People or Personnel and Like a Conquered Province (Mass Market Paperback) by Paul Goodman |
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| July 30 | ||||
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Fidelity: Poems (Hardcover) by Grace Paley |
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Mary
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Letters to a Young Teacher (Hardcover) by Jonathan Kozol |
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