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Type: fiction

Status: liked

Author: Kate Chopin

Tags: women american 19thcentury

Description: "at fault" was chopin's first published novel. it's not as racy as "the"at fault" was chopin's first published novel. it's not as racy as "the awakening" but it has its moments. i think i'd recommend it to readers who enjoyed anne bronte's "tenant of wildfell hall." the heroine is a bit prudish when compared to edna pontellier....

2006-08-01

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: John Cheever

Tags: stories american 20thcentury

Description: "Here is the last of that generation of chain smokers who woke the world in the morning"Here is the last of that generation of chain smokers who woke the world in the morning with their coughing, who used to get stoned at cocktail parties and perform obsolete dance steps like "the Cleveland Chicken," sail for Europe on ships, and who were truly nostalgic for love and happiness, and whose gods were as ancient as yours and mine, whoever you are." - Book Jacket...

2006-08-01

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Willa Cather

Tags: american 20thcentury

Description: "Combining profound introspection with a delightful grasp of the social and domestic rituals"Combining profound introspection with a delightful grasp of the social and domestic rituals of a Midwestern university town, The Professor's House is a brilliant study in emotional dislocation and renewal." -book jacket...

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Willa Cather

Tags: women american 20thcentury

Description: antonia shimerda remains a first rate american heroine. cather's story creates a beautifulantonia shimerda remains a first rate american heroine. cather's story creates a beautiful and powerful testiment to the spirit of american immigrants in the nebraska fields. ...

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Willa Cather

Tags: american 20thcentury indian mexican

Description: death comes for the archbishop takes readers to the vast landscape of the new mexican desert.death comes for the archbishop takes readers to the vast landscape of the new mexican desert. the story follows the life of father jean marie latour as he teaches his faith to the men and women of the area....

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Willa Cather

Tags: women american 20thcentury

Description: "In this masterpiece of nuance and revelation, Willa Cather composed something like an"In this masterpiece of nuance and revelation, Willa Cather composed something like an answer to Madame Bovary, a subtly shifting portrait of a lady who reflects the conventions of her age even as she defies them and whose transformations embody the decline and coarsening of the American frontier." -book jacket...

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: liked

Author: Willa Cather

Tags: women american southern

Description: most people don't realize that cather is a southern writer. yes, she's famous for writingmost people don't realize that cather is a southern writer. yes, she's famous for writing about pioneers and the great american west, but she was born in virginia and spent most of her childhhood growing up immersed in southern culture. sapphira and the slave girl is a testiment of her experiences in the south....

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Raymond Carver

Tags: stories american 20thcentury

Description: raymond carver is a master storyteller. he evokes john cleever, dorothy parker, and flanneryraymond carver is a master storyteller. he evokes john cleever, dorothy parker, and flannery o'connor but he manages to keep his original voice clear. this collection of stories includes some of his more famous ones....

2006-07-02

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: Truman Capote

Tags: american classic

Description: in cold blood remains capote's true masterpiece. the film capote focuses on the writingin cold blood remains capote's true masterpiece. the film capote focuses on the writing and story behind the book. it's a blend of reporting, fiction, and nonfiction. it's a chillingly powerful book....

2006-07-02

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Olive Ann Burns

Tags: women american southern

Description: cold sassy tree was olive ann burns' first and only finsihed novel. it concerns the smallcold sassy tree was olive ann burns' first and only finsihed novel. it concerns the small southern town of cold sassy and some exciting events in 1906 that shakes the foundation of the little village....

2006-07-02