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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Author: Sam Lipsyte

2005-09-11

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Author: Norton Juster

Tags: fantasy childrens 5stars

Description: my favorite book for many years.

2005-09-09

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Status: I recommend

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Tags: fantasy utopia anarchism

Description: beautiful

2005-09-09

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Author: Haruki Murakami

Tags: 5stars japan

Description: Murakami at his very best. The only way to describe Murakami is through imperfect analogiesMurakami at his very best. The only way to describe Murakami is through imperfect analogies - Murakami:Literatue as David Lynch:Cinema. Like a Lynchian puzzlebox this story is surreal, sparse, convoluted, at times stunningly emotional - themes rise to the surface and twist into one another before disappearing again - Also like a Lynchian puzzlebox movie, it will leave some readers with a sense of unfulfillment and many wasted hours....

2005-09-09

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Author: David Mitchell

Tags: 5stars davidmitchell,

Description: stunning book! like pulp fiction mixed with murakami mixed with pynchon (aren't allstunning book! like pulp fiction mixed with murakami mixed with pynchon (aren't all good postmodern books mixed with pynchon?). a cyberpunky page turner in the best sense of the word - literate, engaging, playful and enough momentum to skip work and spend the day in bed reading it cover to cover....

2005-09-09