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Friday, December 18, 2009
The Wuthering Expectations Best of 2009
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Three extra-large Humiliations were crossed off my list: Walden , The Scarlet Letter , and The Flowers of Evil , all highly rewarding. Let...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
A toad sings amorously, his throat full of pearls - Colette's animals
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"A little later comes a hedgehog, a muddle-headed, scatter-brained creature, bold yet easily frightened, who scuttles along in a nearsi...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The unfamiliar light was like a blow on the head - Chingiz Aitmatov's animals
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The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years contains one more surprising jab at the Soviet government that I did not mention yesterday. The pro...
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Chingiz Aitmatov's
The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years
is a good novel
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I have some bad news. I recently came across the name of Chingiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstan's " greatest writer ". I read one of his...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Chingiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstan's greatest writer, and an epic twenty times longer than Homer
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So yesterday I made a list of the most famous 19th century books that I have not read. I did not list any Asian books, because to my knowled...
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