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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Anna Tambour

Tags: fiction magic australia realism

Description: This was everyone's darling over the summer. I have my doubts, but she's new and cleverThis was everyone's darling over the summer. I have my doubts, but she's new and clever so what the hell......

2005-11-14

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Ismail Kadare

Tags: fiction magic realism

Description: I might as well not have read this because I stupidly sidestepped most of Kadare's intentionsI might as well not have read this because I stupidly sidestepped most of Kadare's intentions and projected my own stuff into the reading, i.e. your life/job/future can be ruined by your own passivity and failure to act, no matter how favorable or open the circumstances, you have to actually play the hand you're dealt rather than let it play you, and so on. Anyone who has read this and was able to look past the end of their own nose should email me because I would love to salvage the experience. **...

2005-11-14

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Julio Cortazar

Tags: fiction magic realism

Description: Mitchell inspired reading. But since the SPL doesn't seem to have a copy I'll haveMitchell inspired reading. But since the SPL doesn't seem to have a copy I'll have to find one somewhere. If you're a Cortazar fan and you can recommend one of ther other short story collections over this one, drop me a line. *****...

2005-11-13