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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Ian McEwan

Tags: british fiction modern

2006-02-08

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Author: Milan Kundera

Tags: fiction philosophy

2006-02-04

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Authors: Yann Martel Jann Martel

Tags: fiction adventure philosophy

Description: This is one of the most amazing books I've ever read. The story sounds bizarre--boy stuckThis is one of the most amazing books I've ever read. The story sounds bizarre--boy stuck in lifeboat in the middle of the Indian ocean with a zebra, orangutan, hyena and Bengal tiger--but give a chance and you will discover a story, which, as one of the characters says, "will make you believe in God." Beautiful!...

2006-02-04

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Type: fiction

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Author: George Orwell

Tags: british fiction comunismo

Description: In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the ThoughtIn a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be....

2006-02-04