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Margo Perin
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The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother):
"An Unnecessary Woman by this author is on my all time favorites list, so I had high hopes for this one, but it didn't deliver in the same way. It was funny and witty and informative about the mess that has been Lebanon, but it bogged down for a major"
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| I loved all of Alameddine’s previous novels, the stories, characters, his writing and humor. He’s a wonderful writer and I’m reluctant to disrespect or diminish his talent and wit to say I liked but was not as enamored with “The True, True Story of R ...more | |
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| Outstanding translation and I wish I’d liked this “novel” more than I did. It was too cold to sustain my interest, too cerebral without much heart, too much deliberation of “facts” without enough story for my taste in fiction (or even creative nonfic ...more | |
"Now Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2018
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2018 DNF @ 31% - stop throwing confetti at me!! "Flights" is a meditation on travel, in a literal and a metaphorical sense. The book encompasses 116 very diff" Read more of this review » |
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"THE UNREADABLE IN 410 PAGES
I perfectly understand, from a philological point of view, and openly support literature going against the current. But this one was unreadable! I really struggled to finish it: I wanted to, because I believed something wou" Read more of this review » |
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"Women in Translation 2021 book 4
Another fail, I am afraid. I won't rate the book because I skipped major chunks It won the Nobel prize, it is book about travel which is my favorite activity, I should have liked it. Flights is a collection of short st" Read more of this review » |
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| Outstanding translation and I wish I’d liked this “novel” more than I did. It was too cold to sustain my interest, too cerebral without much heart, too much deliberation of “facts” without enough story for my taste in fiction (or even creative nonfic ...more | |
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| I wanted to like this book but stopped reading halfway through. It starts well enough but it fell flat pretty quickly; the soulless characters, the misogyny, the distaste expressed for each character. While it might capture the petty, competitive beh ...more | |
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| 10 stars. Maria Alyokhina is not just a fearless fighter for justice, she is also a terrific conveyer of what it means to persist against all odds under totalitarianism. She speaks for all activists against fascism and describes the steps of how auth ...more | |
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| I really enjoyed the humor and tone of this novel and am looking forward to reading Younis’s next novel. I’m a bit shocked by some of the Goodreads’ reviews, excoriating the author for writing what she wanted, her treatment of the subject matter and ...more | |
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Thank you so much for your kind friend request Margo! I hope you are well and looking forward to sharing thoughts on books in the future. :)
