Javier Marias: A Heart So White
august 2005 by rybesh
An ironic tale of love and betrayal in which the sins of a father come back to visit his son.
books
2002
urn:asin:0811215059
wishlist
fiction
literary
modernfiction
spain
august 2005 by rybesh
Julio Cortazar: Hopscotch
july 2005 by rybesh
I suppose it's unreasonable to expect the world's first so-called hypertext novel to have a compelling plot.
books
1987
urn:asin:0394752848
wishlist
fiction
literary
hypermedia
july 2005 by rybesh
Cormac Mccarthy: No Country for Old Men
july 2005 by rybesh
In 1980 southwest Texas, Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles across several dead men, a bunch of heroin and $2.4 million in cash.
books
2005
urn:asin:0375406778
wishlist
cormac
drugtraffic
fiction
literary
mccarthy
sheriffs
texas
thrillers
treasure
july 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Safran Foer: Everything Is Illuminated
june 2005 by rybesh
The scope, the very attempt of what Foer is trying to do here is more than admirable, it is groundbreaking, and it deserves to be read.
books
2003
urn:asin:0060529709
wishlist
1939
fiction
jewishfamilies
literary
ukraine
worldwar
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Salvador Plascencia: The People of Paper
june 2005 by rybesh
Part memoir, part lies, this is a story about loving a woman made of paper.
books
2005
urn:asin:1932416218
wishlist
fiction
literary
experimental
june 2005 by rybesh
William H. Gass, Stanley Elkin: The Franchiser
june 2005 by rybesh
One might say it's a bit heavyhanded in its symbolism, but that would be to miss the point...
books
2001
urn:asin:1564783057
wishlist
fiction
franchises
literary
patients
business
june 2005 by rybesh
Espen J. Aarseth: Cybertext
june 2005 by rybesh
... what else is necessary to say...
books
1997
urn:asin:0801855799
wishlist
dataprocessing
literary
literature
semiotics
june 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Lethem: The Fortress of Solitude
june 2005 by rybesh
I Loved "Fortress of Solitude"...
books
2004
urn:asin:0375724885
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
John Barth: The Floating Opera and The End of the Road
june 2005 by rybesh
In THE FLOATING OPERA the main character's name is Todd Andrews...
books
1997
urn:asin:0385240899
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
William H. Gass: Omensetter's Luck
june 2005 by rybesh
My appraisal of this novel coincides with those of A...
books
1997
urn:asin:0141180102
wishlist
classics
clergy
crime
english
fiction
gass
goodandevil
literary
literature
modernfiction
ohio
usa
william
urban
june 2005 by rybesh
Raymond Carver: Where I'm Calling From
june 2005 by rybesh
I bought this book because several of my friends recommended Raymond Carver in general...
books
1989
urn:asin:0679722319
wishlist
fiction
literary
literature
shortstories
june 2005 by rybesh
Saul Bellow: Herzog
june 2005 by rybesh
The book is highly literate in an abstract way; Bellow makes some fragmented, interesting--if dated and vaguely, naively ethnocentric--observations about some aspects of the world...
books
2003
urn:asin:0142437298
wishlist
bellow
classics
collegeteachers
failure
fiction
jewishmen
literary
literature
middle
saul
june 2005 by rybesh
Vladimir Nabokov: Pale Fire
june 2005 by rybesh
I studied on my own for the LSAT and GMAT with very little success...
books
1989
urn:asin:0679723420
wishlist
classics
fiction
literary
literature
june 2005 by rybesh
John Cheever: The Stories of John Cheever
june 2005 by rybesh
This is one of the best short story American books I've read...
books
2000
urn:asin:0375724427
wishlist
20thcentury
fiction
literary
shortstories
usa
june 2005 by rybesh
Cormac Mccarthy: Suttree
june 2005 by rybesh
Absolutely exquisite...
books
1992
urn:asin:0679736328
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
Harold Bloom, Edith Grossman, Miguel De Cervantes: Don Quixote
june 2005 by rybesh
Is it just me or does Don Quixote set up his peerless Dulcinea of El Toboso to be an object of ridicule by making her out to the most beautiful woman he's ever seen? It's clear he's had hallucinations before...
books
2003
urn:asin:0060188707
wishlist
classics
fiction
literary
literature
june 2005 by rybesh
Frank Wynne, Michel Houellebecq: Platform
june 2005 by rybesh
I previously read Michel's Elementary Particles and while this is not as sophisticated of a read, this is an amazing read nonetheless...
books
2004
urn:asin:1400030269
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
William Faulkner: Go Down, Moses
june 2005 by rybesh
Go Down Moses was my latest stab at Faulkner...
books
1991
urn:asin:0679732179
wishlist
classics
fiction
literary
literature
mississippi
june 2005 by rybesh
Aleksandar Hemon: Nowhere Man
june 2005 by rybesh
This is a brilliant book...
books
2004
urn:asin:0375727027
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
G. Cabrera Infante, Donald Gardner, Suzanne Jill Levine: Three Trapped Tigers
june 2005 by rybesh
I recently read this book again this time in English...
books
2004
urn:asin:1564783790
wishlist
caribbean
fiction
literary
literature
june 2005 by rybesh
Honore De Balzac, Richard Howard, Arthur C. Danto: The Unknown Masterpiece
june 2005 by rybesh
Balzac's The Unknown Masterpiece is not about abstract art! It is about the destructive power of obsession for perfection...
books
2001
urn:asin:0940322749
wishlist
classics
fiction
howard
literary
literature
richard
june 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Franzen: The Corrections
june 2005 by rybesh
I recently discovered that someone I know, someone I admire as a reader and writer, doesn't like Franzen...
books
2002
urn:asin:0312421273
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Coe: The Winshaw Legacy
june 2005 by rybesh
Some reviewers criticise "What A Carve Up!" for over-the-top satire, cartoonish portrayals of purely evil characters, and shrill polemic style...
books
1996
urn:asin:0679754059
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
Jonathan Lethem: Men and Cartoons
june 2005 by rybesh
With a Jonathan Lethem novel, you're never quite sure what genre you will be reading...
books
2004
urn:asin:0385512163
wishlist
fiction
literary
shortstories
june 2005 by rybesh
Junichiro Tanizaki: Naomi
june 2005 by rybesh
'Naomi', Tanizaki's first major novel, starts off simply: a relatively young middle-class man discovers an even younger woman, who he sees as both exotic (starting with her western-sounding name 'Naomi' and Mary Pickford-esque looks) and an exciting...
books
2001
urn:asin:0375724745
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
Christopher Middleton, Susan Sontag, Robert Walser: Selected Stories
june 2005 by rybesh
Unplug the phone, cancel all your appointments, put the cat out -- okay, you can keep the cat...
books
2002
urn:asin:0940322986
wishlist
1878
fiction
literary
robert
shortstories
walser
june 2005 by rybesh
Evelyn Waugh: A Handful of Dust
june 2005 by rybesh
First of all if you are determined to purchase a copy of "A Handful of Dust," click thee away from this page and hie thee to the page for the Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics version, which is far superior...
books
1999
urn:asin:0316926051
wishlist
aristocracy
brazil
countryhomes
fiction
literary
literature
uk
june 2005 by rybesh
J. P. Donleavy: The Ginger Man
june 2005 by rybesh
JPD launched a storied literary career with a masterpiece in The Ginger Man...
books
2001
urn:asin:0802137954
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
Ray Loriga, John King: Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore
june 2005 by rybesh
I picked this up based on the the quote by Almodovar (who the author cowrote the screenplay Live Flesh) " A facinating cross between Marguerite Duras and Jim Thompson"...
books
2004
urn:asin:0802141471
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
James Salter: Light Years
june 2005 by rybesh
I like this book for reasons others disliked it and cannot rave about it for the reasons that others did...
books
1995
urn:asin:0679740732
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
Richard Zenith, Fernando Pessoa: The Book of Disquiet
june 2005 by rybesh
I picked up this book based on the recommendation from British pop icon, Morrissey...
books
2002
urn:asin:0141183047
wishlist
1888
20thcentury
biography
classics
fernando
fiction
literary
literature
modernfiction
pessoa
poets
portugal
portuguese
june 2005 by rybesh
Craig Thompson: Blankets
june 2005 by rybesh
Thompson's work in Blankets is beautifully done, and he does a great job of illiciting small memories tied to big emotions...
books
2005
urn:asin:1891830430
wishlist
comics
fiction
literary
personalmemoirs
june 2005 by rybesh
Christophe Blain: The Speed Abater
june 2005 by rybesh
This is the most impressive comicbook read I have had this year...
books
2003
urn:asin:1561633496
wishlist
fiction
literary
comics
june 2005 by rybesh
Mary Yukari Waters: The Laws of Evening
june 2005 by rybesh
The Laws of Evening is a memorable collection of poignant and moving stories...
books
2003
urn:asin:0743243323
wishlist
china
fiction
japan
letters
literary
shortstories
june 2005 by rybesh
Donald Richie, Leza Lowitz: The Japan Journals
june 2005 by rybesh
Donald Richie is someone who always floated on the periphery of my awareness...
books
2004
urn:asin:1880656914
wishlist
1924
1945
anthropology
asia
biography
civilization
donald
history
japan
literary
personalmemoirs
richie
june 2005 by rybesh
Michael Hulse, Alexander Kluge, Martin Chalmers: The Devil's Blind Spot
june 2005 by rybesh
"What do you mean by the Devil?" asks the Secret Service agent in one of Alexander Kluge's short stories from The Devil's Blind Spot...
books
2004
urn:asin:0811215954
wishlist
alexander
fiction
kluge
literary
shortstories
june 2005 by rybesh
Enrique Vila Matas, Enrique Vila-Matas, Jonathan Dunne: Bartleby & Co.
june 2005 by rybesh
Bartleby and Co. is an excellent entrance to get into the extremely rich literary work of the Barcelonian writer Enrique Vila-Matas...
books
2004
urn:asin:0811215911
wishlist
fiction
literary
june 2005 by rybesh
John Berger: Photocopies
june 2005 by rybesh
It's tempting to put quotes around the word "stories" when talking about John Berger's stories in Photocopies since they aren't really stories at all: they're sketches, quick studies, notes for stories, tributes, obituaries, or fey bulletins from a...
books
1998
urn:asin:0679755179
wishlist
fiction
literary
literature
shortstories
june 2005 by rybesh
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