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On the spectrum of Books I Had To Read In English Class, this falls at the Obasan and A Doll's House end, rather than the The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and To Kill A Mockingbird end. (That's bad, for the record.)
Yet another book I would have just shrugged at had I read it on my own, instead ruined by an overenthusiastic teacher.
Mr. S! You did so well making me love Richard The Three! Why did you have to force me through this?
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Yet another book I would have just shrugged at had I read it on my own, instead ruined by an overenthusiastic teacher.
Mr. S! You did so well making me love Richard The Three! Why did you have to force me through this?
/unhelpful review ...more
I read this book in French at school and we immediately clicked.(maybe I am an existentialist at heart?) The gentle, slightly ironic style of language, the Algerian setting, and the inexorable flow of the story all combine to create a unique experience.
I read this book both in French and in English in high school (for French class... I cheated a bit by reading the English translation too). This particular translation was better than the one I read then.
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