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• ALL SOULS RISING
  
  
• MASTER OF THE CROSSROADS
  
  
• THE STONE THE BUILDER REFUSED
  
  

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• CONCRETE
  
  
• CORRECTION
  
  
• EXTINCTION
  
  
• ON THE MOUNTAIN
  
  
• WITTGENSTEIN'S UNCLE
  
  
• WOODCUTTERS
  
  

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• THE SAFETY NET
  
  
• CHILDREN ARE CIVILIANS TOO
  
  

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• Bontemps, Arna   DRUMS AT DUSK  May 2009
  
  
• Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes.   POPO AND FIFINA  August 2005
  
  
  
  

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• Borges, Jorge Luis   THE BOOK OF SAND   October 2011
  
  
• Borges, Jorge Luis.  LABYRINTHS  September 2003
  
  
  
  

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• Brecht, Bertolt   THE THREEPENNY OPERA   October 2012
  
  
• Brecht, Bertolt  MOTHER COURAGE  September 2003
  
  
  
  

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• THE ANARCHIST
  
  
• THE ROMANTIC
  
  

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• Brooks, Geraldine   NINE PARTS OF DESIRE: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF ISLAMIC WOMAN  August 2010
  
  
• Brooks, Geraldine.  YEAR OF WONDERS  June 2005
  
  
  
  

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• Brown, Dan   ANGELS & DEMONS  January 2009
  
  
• Brown, Dan.   THE DA VINCI CODE  September 2005
  
  
  
  

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• A HAPPY DEATH
  
  
• THE FALL
  
  
• A page on my philosophy web page dedicated to my essays on Camus and other links on him.

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• Clewell, David   THE LOW END OF HIGHER THINGS (poetry)    February 2012
  
  
• Clewell, David   NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE (poetry)    February 2011
  
  
  
  

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• Cliff, Michelle   ABENG   January 2012
  
  
• Cliff, Michelle.  ABENG  October 2003
  
  
  
  

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• Coelho, Paulo   BY THE RIVER PIEDRA I SAT DOWN AND WEPT   May 2012
  
  
• Coelho, Paulo   THE ALCHEMIST   November 2009
  
  
• Coelho, Paulo   ELEVEN MINUTES  May 2009
  
  
  
  

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• Danticat, Edwidge.  THE DEW BREAKER  March 2004
  
  
• Danticat, Edwidge, Editor.  THE BUTTERFLY'S WAY: VOICES FROM THE HAITIAN DIASPORA IN THE UNITED STATES  March 2002
  
  
  
  

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• Dash, J. Michael.  CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF HAITI  January 2002
  
  
• Sep-96     Dash, J. Michael     HAITI AND THE UNITED STATES     rating 7     152   pages     Haiti
  National stereotypes in lit. Decent with good sources
  
  
  
  

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• THE CORNISH TRILOGY
  
  
  • REBEL ANGELS
    
    
  • WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE
    
    
  • THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS
    
    
• THE DEPTFORD TRILOGY
  
  
  • FIFTH BUSINESS
    
    
  • THE MANTICORE
    
    
  • WORLD OF WONDERS
  
  
• OTHER BOOKS OF ROBERTSON DAVIES
  
  
  • THE CUNNING MAN
    
    
  • A MIXTURE OF FRAILTIES

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• Diamant, Anita   THE RED TENT  April 2009
  
  
• Diamant, Anite   THE LAST DAYS OF DOGTOWN: A NOVEL  March 2009
  
  
  
  

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• Dos Passos, John   THREE SOLDIERS  January 2009
  
  
• Koch, Stephen   THE BREAKING POINT: HEMINGWAY, DOS PASSOS, AND THE MURDER OF JOSE ROBLES  March 2009
  
  
  
  

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• Dupuy, Alex     THE PROPHET AND POWER  January 2007
  
  
• Dupuy, Alex  HAITI IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER -- THE LIMITS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
  
  

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• Eco, Umberto   THE MYSTERIOUS FLAME OF QUIEEN LOANA   December 2011
  
  
• Eco, Umberto   BAUDOLINO  September 2010
  
  
• Eco, Umberto.  THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE  November 2004
  
  
  
  

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• Ferlinghetti Lawrence   STARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO (Poetry)   June 2011
  
  
• Ferlinghetti, Lawrence   A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND  November 2005
  
  
  
  

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• Frost, Robert   THE WORKS OF ROBERT FROST: A BOY'S WILL and NORTH OF BOSTON (Poetry)   July 2011
  
  
• Frost, Robert   THE WORKS OF ROBERT FROST: MOUNTAIN INTERLUDE and NEW HAMPSHIRE (Poetry)   August 2011
  
  
• Frost, Robert   THE WORKS OF ROBERT FROST: WEST RUNNING BROOK and A FURTHER RANGE (Poetry)   October 2011
  
  
• Frost, Robert   THE WORKS OF ROBERT FROST: A WITNESS TREE and STEEPLE BUSH (Poetry)   December 2011
  
  
• Frost, Robert   THE WORKS OF ROBERT FROST: IN THE CLEARING -- A MASQUE OF REASON -- and A MASQUE OF MERCY (Poetry)   January 2012
  
  
  
  

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• Garcia, Cristina   THE LADY MATADOR’S HOTEL   June 2011
  
  
• Garcia, Cristina.  DREAMING IN CUBAN  February 2002
  
  
  
  

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• Anonymous   BEOWULF -- translated by Seamus Heaney   May 2012
  
  
• Heaney, Seamus   THE SPIRIT LEVEL   July 2012
  
  

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• ROBERT HELLENGA

  • Hellenga, Robert   PHILOSOPHY MADE SIMPLE  May 2009
    
    
  • Hellenga, Robert.   THE SIXTEEN PLEASURES  September 2005
    
    
    
    

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• ERNEST HEMINGWAY

  • A FAREWELL TO ARMS
    
    
  • THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
    
    
  • THE SUN ALSO RISES

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• HERMAN HESSE

  • Hesse, Herman   DEMIAN   November 2011
    
    
  • Hesse, Hermann.  STEPPENWOLF  December 2001
    
    
    
    

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• LANGSTON HUGHES

  • Hughes, Langston,   SOMETHING IN COMMON  April 2006
    
    
  • Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes.   POPO AND FIFINA  August 2005
    
    
    
    

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• ANA INGHAM

  • Ingham, Ana   LADDER IN THE MOON LIGHT  June 2008
    
    
  • Ingham, Ana   FOUR PLAYS  March 2009
    
    
  • Ingham, Ana   BY THE LAKE  April 2009
    
    
  • Ingham, Ana   URGENT BEAUTY   September 2009
    
    
  • Ingham, Ana   LAZY FRIENDS   May 2010
    
    
  • Ingham, Ana   DREAM OF AN ENGLISHMAN   November 2011
    
    
    

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• ELFRIEDE JELINEK

  • Jelinek, Elfriede. THE PIANO TEACHER  May 2001
    
    
  • Jelinek, Elfriede.   WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TIMES  September 2000
    
    
  • 6/5/1998     Jelinek, Elfriede     WONDERFUL WONDERFUL TIMES     rating 9     253   pages     fiction
    Vienna, 1950s, alienated teens, Camus influence. Forced ending. Powerful!
    
    
  • 6/21/1998     Jelinek, Elfriede     WOMEN AS LOVERS     rating 4     192   pages     fiction
    Repetitive, bitter novel of women losing themselves in marriage. Short story material
    
    
    
    

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• FRANZ KAFKA

  • Kafka, Franz.  THE CASTLE  August 2010
    
    
  • Kafka, Franz.  AMERIKA  December 2001
    
    
    
    

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• NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS

  • SAINT FRANCIS
    
    
  • ZORBA THE GREEK
    
    
  • THE GREEK PASSION

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• SOREN KIERKEGAARD

  • FEAR AND TREMBLING
    
    
  • THE PRESENT AGE

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• DORIS LESSING

  • Lessing, Doris   THE GRASS IS SINGING   March 2013
    
    
  • Lessing, Doris   THE GOOD TERRORIST  August 2012
    
    

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• GRACIELA LIMON

  • Limon, Graciela   LEFT ALIVE   January 2011
    
    
  • Limon, Graciela   SONG OF THE HUMMINGBIRD  January 2009
    
    
  • Limon, Graciela   THE DAY OF THE MOON  October 2008
    
    
  • Limon, Graciela   IN SEARCH OF BERNABE  October 2008
    
    
  • Limon, Graciela   THE MEMORIES OF ANA CALDERON  September 2008
    
    
    
    

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• MARIO VARGAS LLOSA

  • Llosa, Mario Vargas   THE STORYTELLER   October 2010
    
    
  • Llosa, Mario Vargas   WHO KILLED PALOMINO MOLERO?  August 2008
    
    
  • Llosa, Mario Vargas   THE FEAST OF THE GOAT  July 2008
    
    
  • Llosa, Mario Vargas.  IN PRAISE OF THE STEPMOTHER  November 2003
    
    
  • Llosa, Mario Vargas.  DEATH IN THE ANDES  October 2001
    
    
    
    

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• ROBERT LUDLUM

  • Ludlum, Robert   THE MATARESE COUNTDOWN   July 2009
    
    
  • Ludlum, Robert.  THE SIGMA PROTOCOL  April 2002
    
    
    
    

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• THOMAS MANN

  • THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
    
    
  • DEATH IN VENICE

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• GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

  • NOBOBY WRITES TO THE COLONEL
    
    
  • CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD
    
    
  • THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH
    
    
  • MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES

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• IAN MCEWAN

  • McEwan, Ian.  AMSTERDAM  October 2003
    
    
  • McEwan, Ian.  THE INNOCENT  October 2001
    
    

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• CZESLAW MILOSZ

  • Milosz, Czeslosz  PROVINCES -- POEMS, 1987-1991  September 2012
    
    
  • Milosz, Czeslosz  SECOND SPACE -- NEW POEMS  September 2012
    
    
  • Milosz, Czeslosz  A YEAR OF THE HUNTER  November 2012
    
    
  • Milosz, Czeslosz  FACING THE RIVER (Poetry)  January 2013
    
    
  • Milosz, Czeslosz  BELLS IN WINTER (Poetry)  February 2013
    
    
    
    

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• MAYRA MONTERO

  • Montero, Mayra.  THE RED OF HIS SHADOW  January 2002
    
    
  • 10/10/1997     Montero, Mayra     IN THE PALM OF DARKNESS     rating 7     183   pages     Haiti
    Dark, symbolic novel where disappearing frogs represent hopeless Haiti.
    
    
    
    

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• BRAIN MOORE

  • THE STATEMENT
    
    
  • LIES OF SILENCE

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• HIMILCE NOVAS

  • Novas, Himilce   PRINCESS PAPAYA   January 2011
    
    
  • Novas, Himilce.   MANGOS, BANANAS AND COCONUTS: A CUBAN LOVE STORY  October 2005
    
    
    
    

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• GEORGE ORWELL

  • Orwell, George.  DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON  March 2002
    
    
  • 5/16/1999     Orwell, George     DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON     rating 7     213   pages     novel
    Lightly disguised autobiography. 1933 account of penniless men in depression times
    
    
    
    

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• ARTHUR PHILLIPS

  • Phillips, Arthur   THE EGYPTOLOGIST  September 2008
    
    
  • Phillips, Arthur   PRAGUE: A NOVEL  October 2005
    
    
    
    

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• HAROLD PINTER

  • Pinter, Harold  THE BIRTHDAY PARTY  February 2004
    
    
  • Pinter, Harold THE ROOM
    
    
    
    

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• HENRI PIRENNE

  • Pirenne, Henri.  MOHAMMED AND CHARLEMAGNE  February 2004
    
    
  • Pirenne, Henri. MEDIEVAL CITIES
    
    
    
    

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• JOSEPH ROTH

  • Roth, Joseph.   THE STRING OF PEARLS  April 2001
    
    
  • Roth, Joseph. RADETZKY'S MARCH   July 1996
    
    
    
    

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• J.D. SALINGER

  • Salinger, J.D.   RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAMS, CARPENTERS and SEYMOUR – AN INTRODUCTION    September 2011
    
    
  • Mar-96     Salinger, J.D.     FRANNY AND ZOOEY     rating 8     201   pages     fiction
    2 exciting stories: bro/sis who are "freaks"
    
    
    
    

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• JOSE SARAMAGO

  1. MANUAL OF PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY: A NOVEL
     
     
  2. THE DOUBLE
     
     
  3. BALTASAR AND BLIMUNDA
     
     
  4. THE CAVE
     
     
  5. BLINDNESS
     
     
  6. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST
     
     
  7. ALL THE NAMES
     
     
  8. THE HISTORY OF THE SEIGE OF LISBON
     
     
  9. THE STONE RAFT
     
     
  10. THE TALE OF THE UNKNOWN ISLAND
      
      
  11. DEATH WITH INTERRUPTIONS
      
      
  12. THE YEAR OF THE DEATH OF RICARDO REIS
      
      
  13. SEEING
      
      
  14. THE ELEPHANT'S JOURNEY
      
      
  15. CAIN

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• JEAN PAUL SARTRE

  • Sartre, Jean-Paul   INTIMACY AND OTHER STORIES   June 2010
    
    
  • 2/2/1997     Sartre, Jean-Paul     NAUSEA     rating 8     178   pages     Existentialism
    Supurb novel of the process of one man coming to experience meaninglessness
    
    
  • For more information on Jean-Paul Sartre, see my special page for him at:
    
    Bob Corbett's Sartre Page
    
    

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• ARTHUR SCHNITZLER

  • BEATRICE
    
    
  • THE ROAD TO THE OPEN
    
    
  • Schnitzler, Arthur.   VIENNA 1900: GAMES WITH LOVE AND DEATH  January 2001
    
    
  • Schnitzler, Arthur.   LIEUTENANT GUSTL  January 2001
    
    

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• GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

  • Shaw, George Bernard   THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE   November 2012
    
    
  • Shaw, George Bernard   SAINT JOAN   April 2012
    
    
  • Shaw, George Bernard   MAJOR BARBARA   February 2012
    
    
    
    

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• IGNAZIO SILONE

  • BREAD AND WINE
    
    
  • FONTAMARA

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• ISSAC BASHEVIS SINGER

  • THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN
    
    
  • THE SPINOZA OF MARKET STREET
    
    
  • THE PENITENT

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• Stollman, Aryeh Lev   THE DIALOGUES OF TIME AND ENTROPY   May 2012
  
  
• Stollman, Aryeh Lev.   THE ILLUMINATED SOUL  September 2005
  
  
  
  

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• Szymborska, Wislawa   view with a grain of sand   January 2013
  
  
• Szymborska, Wislawa   HERE   February 2013
  
  
  
  

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• Thomas, Dylan   ADVENTURES IN SKIN TRADE AND OTHER STORIES   January 2013
  
  
• Thomas, Dylan   THE BEACH OF FALESA   February 2013
  
  
  
  

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• Tuchman, Barbara   THE MARCH OF FOLLY   April 2011
  
  
• Tuchman, Barbara   THE GUNS OF AUGUST   September 2009
  
  
  
  

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• Uris, Leon and Jill   IRELAND: A TERRIBLE BEAUTY  July 2008
  
  
• 6/20/1997     Uris, Leon     REDEMPTION     rating 5     827   pages     hist. fic
  Follow up of Trinity, but scattery and mixed novel. Some bad writing and organization
  
  
  
  

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• Vonnegut, Kurt   DEAD-EYE DICK  September 2010
  
  
• 7/28/1998     Vonnegut, Kurt     PALM SUNDAY     rating 5     302   pages     misc
  Non-fiction autobiographical rant. Some of it interesting, most less so
  
  
  
  

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• Wilson, Colin.  THE MIND PARASITES  May 2002
  
  
• May-96     Wilson, Colin     THE GOD OF THE LABYRINTH     rating 7     286   pages     lit myst
  Literary mystery, erotic and occult
  
  
  
  

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• Zola, Emile   THERESE RAQUIN   October 2009
  
  
• 1/11/1998     Zola, Emile     BELLY OF PARIS     rating 9     498   pages     fiction
  Supurb food/revolution story about markets of Paris and gosip, gosip, gosip
  
  
  
  

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