The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century” (The New York Times) recounts …
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Sono Americano e il mio Italiano é molto fuori di pratica. Studiavo per un anno al'Universitá di Bologna più di venti cinque anni fa. Italo Calvino é il mio autore Italiano favorito. Oh, wait, seems like a fairly international crowd here.
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Alex rated Sputnik Sweetheart: 4 stars
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Sputnik Sweetheart (スプートニクの恋人, Supūtoniku no Koibito) is a novel by Haruki Murakami, published in Japan, by Kodansha, in 1999. An …
Alex rated Lord of the Flies: 3 stars
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a …
Alex rated Reading Lolita in Tehran: 4 stars
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to …
Alex rated The general in his labyrinth: 4 stars
The general in his labyrinth by Gabriel García Márquez (Everyman's library ;)
The General in His Labyrinth (original Spanish title: El general en su laberinto) is a 1989 dictator novel by Colombian …
Alex rated The talented Mr. Ripley: 4 stars
The talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (Everyman's library -- 262.)
The first of the acclaimed Ripley novels, this clever psychological thriller introduces the reader to Tom Ripley and his extraordinary …
Alex rated Farewell to Arms: 3 stars
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War …
Alex rated A natural history of the senses: 4 stars
Diane Ackerman: A natural history of the senses (1991, Vintage Books)
A natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman
A Natural History of the Senses is a vibrant celebration of our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. …
Alex rated Station Eleven: 4 stars
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Dans un monde où la civilisation s’est effondrée suite à une pandémie foudroyante, une troupe d’acteurs et de musiciens nomadise …
Alex rated Life: A User's Manual: 4 stars
Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec
Life A User's Manual (the original title is La Vie mode d'emploi) is Georges Perec's most famous novel, published in …
Alex rated Mason & Dixon: 4 stars
Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
Charles Mason (1728-1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and …
Alex rated The museum of innocence: 4 stars
The museum of innocence by Orhan Pamuk
"It was the happiest moment of my life, though I didn't know it." So begins the new novel, his first …
Identity by Milan Kundera
Identity (French: L'Identité) is a novel by Franco-Czech writer Milan Kundera, published in 1998. Kundera moved to France in 1975. …
Solaris by Stanisław Lem, Stanislaw Lem
The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! Until now the only English …