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Suite Francaise
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I had a difficult time reading this book. It was not fast-paced and I felt like I was plodding though it. I actually made myself read 25 pages a day before doing other things to get through it.
Having said that, I think it was a good book when taken in context. The author did not have the luxury or voice of hindsight. She was living ... »
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The Stranger
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The Stranger is not merely one of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, but one of the books likely to outlive it. Written in 1946, Camus's compelling and troubling tale of a disaffected, apparently amoral young man has earned a durable popularity (and remains a staple of U.S. high school literature courses) in part because it reveal... »
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David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
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In 2006 English readers worldwide were introduced to Irène Némirovsky's rediscovered masterpiece, Suite Française, which topped just about every "best of" list that year, including our own. Thanks to the editors of the Everyman's Library 20th-Century Classics series, a second wave of the prolific author's writing has just hit our ... »
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The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays
This popped up on my screen to be reviewed, so what the hell. I read this book many years ago, and I liked it. It is if I remember a collection of philo... »
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Nausea
When Sartre wrote this, he was just a young budding writer, and it's surprising to see how mature and 'old and resigned' this novel sounds. Absolutely not... »
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The Plague
The Nobel prize-winning Albert Camus, who died in 1960, could not have known how grimly current his existentialist novel of epidemic and death would remai... »
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No Exit and Three Other Plays
This book is a wonderful collection of plays written by the brilliant intellect of Sartre. It is an essential reading for the philosopher at heart.... »
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The Lover
The prose is stark at times, making this classic all the more intriguing. The narrator seems at once affected and numb, young but not naive. It is said to... »
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Candide (Dover Thrift Editions)
Amazon not only delivered my book just two days after my order was placed, but it was a brand new book and it only cost me $3.50...just the cost of shippi... »
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