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martin and 5 other people liked Stacia's review of Taduno's Song: "I sat down & read this one in one sitting. It's a short enough book to do that &, in a way, I think that may be the best way to read this one. It's almost like an allegory, a short morality tale, & a fable mixed together. It was a very..." Read more of this review »
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Just over 40 years ago in early October 1978, I arrived in Leipzig in the GDR with 3 other British language students on an exchange programme lasting several months. It was the start of a continuing fascination with the country and its people, full o ...more
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A joy to read. I'd never heard of the book or author before and only learned of this book from one of those arbitrary newspaper listings of loosely connected recommendations, in this case the one book "you must read" from each country. I was fascinat ...more
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martin and 77 other people liked BlackOxford's review of Closely Watched Trains: "A Noir Farce. In the closing months of WW II in provincial Czech, the social system of the national railways copes with the German military, allied raids, and the sexual fetishes of the local dispatcher. Amidst the detritus of war - dead and dying..." Read more of this review »
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