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July 29
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Tyler
marked as to-read:
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Hardcover)
by David Sedaris
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May 18
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Tyler
marked as to-read:
The Stranger (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
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Tyler
marked as to-read:
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by Mikhail Bulgakov
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July 28
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Tyler
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The Girl with the Golden Eyes (The Art of the Novella)
by Honoré de Balzac
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April 24
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Tyler
is currently reading:
The Learners: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Chip Kidd
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March 16
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Tyler
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The Horla (Art of the Novella series, The)
by Guy de Maupassant
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read in March, 2008
Tyler said:
"The life of Guy De Maupassant, for me, is one of the deciding factors of why I bought this book. I find it intriguing that an author wrote short stories at three different times, all about a man supposedly gone insane, and they're incidentally seemin...more
The life of Guy De Maupassant, for me, is one of the deciding factors of why I bought this book. I find it intriguing that an author wrote short stories at three different times, all about a man supposedly gone insane, and they're incidentally seemingly reflective of the author's own downward spiral into madness.
The ending was slightly anti-climatic to my taste, but I found this novella entertaining. It seems to give you a glimpse into the state of mind Maupassant might have had while he was writing the book. Some said he was experiencing some advanced stages of syphilis prior to his death, which would account for his mental problems toward the end.
Worth a read.. After all, it's three stories packed into 74 pages. ...less
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March 14
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Tyler
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Last Poems (Paperback)
by Paul Celan, translated by Katharine Washburn and Margret Guillemin
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Tyler said:
"I find poetry difficult to follow and understand. Perhaps I'm the dumb one, but for few I think I understood, I did enjoyed them. His poems are usually extremely short, and how they were written are quite intriguing. Someday I'll sit down and read it...more
I find poetry difficult to follow and understand. Perhaps I'm the dumb one, but for few I think I understood, I did enjoyed them. His poems are usually extremely short, and how they were written are quite intriguing. Someday I'll sit down and read it again and again until I figure out the rest of the poems in this book.
Perhaps one of you can help me sift through this book? Any takers? If so, let me know, I'll send you some of the poems in this book. I'm not poetry-inclined!
I have yet to fully appreciate his talent of writing poetry, and that's why I gave it three stars, but if I get to understand and comfortably digest his poems with considerable ease, then I just might give the book higher rating.
Gee, I guess I'm not as smart as I would liked to think!
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Tyler
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Conversations in Sicily (Paperback)
by Elio Vittorini
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read in January, 2004
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Tyler
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Camp Concentration: A Novel (Paperback)
by Thomas M. Disch
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read in January, 2006
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Tyler
marked as to-read:
t zero (Paperback)
by Italo Calvino
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