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April 17, 2007
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Master and Margarita, The (Paperback)
by Mikhail Bulgakov, Mirra Ginsburg
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recommended for: fans of surrealism, russian literature (i.e. everyone)
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"I started this book about eight times never getting past page eight (I think it starts on page 8)-- anyways I got into it one day and read it straight through. Weird and exciting, Bulgakov construes Russia into such an oddly atmospheric fantasy with...more
I started this book about eight times never getting past page eight (I think it starts on page 8)-- anyways I got into it one day and read it straight through. Weird and exciting, Bulgakov construes Russia into such an oddly atmospheric fantasy with Margarita and the changing devil. He also gives Pontius Pilot a new face heading back and forth between the two. I'm not entirely sure I got it but I was mesmerized nonetheless-- beautifully written and a very rich read. ...less
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Roughing It (Enriched Classics)
by Mark Twain
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recommended for: who wouldn't I recommend this to?
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"God this book is so good, Twain is just too good. This is a surprisingly less well known autobiographical-tumble tale of Twain headin' out west to work for his brother in his early twenties. Each chapter is a bit of a story/adventure unto itself---...more
God this book is so good, Twain is just too good. This is a surprisingly less well known autobiographical-tumble tale of Twain headin' out west to work for his brother in his early twenties. Each chapter is a bit of a story/adventure unto itself---so witty, so sharp, and Twain is so on-point, absolutely incapable of taking himself and anyone around him seriously. Special chapters no doubt include the runaway mustang he thought he could tame, his pondering-s over how in the hell could Brigham Young get so many women (he explains his theory after meeting him), (tryin) gettin' rich with gold, and burning some stuff on a deserted lake known as Lake Tahoe. This book is fantastic also for beating a little American history of the west into kids around 10-15, depending on how sarcastic they are....less
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