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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, Thomas Christensen (Translator), Carol Christensen (Translator)

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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, Thomas Christensen (Translator), Carol Christensen (Translator)

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Magical realism is my favourite genre, but this didn't have quite enough ooomph for me, though it was a pleasant enough read.
There is, however, an alliterative line of such chutzpah that she sells sea shells by the sea shore is made to seem positively prosaic. Here it is, verbatim: "Unquestionably, when it came to dividing, dismantling, dismembering, desolating, detaching, dispossessing, destroying or dominating, Mama Elena was a pro".

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Magical realism is my favourite genre, but this didn't have quite enough ooomph for me, though it was a pleasant enough read.There is, however, an alliterative line of such chutzpah that she sells sea shells by the sea shore is made to seem positively prosaic.

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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author), Magda Bogin (Translator)

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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author), Magda Bogin (Translator)

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A very hard R because there is multiple depictions of rape, sexual contact by an adult with a young child, and an abortion procedure scene that made mA very hard R because there is multiple depictions of rape, sexual contact by an adult with a young child, and an abortion procedure scene that made me squirm. Definitely not a good book to read with all of those issues that you mentioned. This book definitely made me uncomfortable to read and I took breaks and I feel like I read it slower than other books of the same page length. Ashley Will...more (less)

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A very hard R because there is multiple depictions of rape, sexual contact by an adult with a young child, and an abortion procedure scene that made mA very hard R because there is multiple depictions of rape, sexual contact by an adult with a young child, and an abortion procedure scene that made me squirm.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

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Read 40.1k reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The brilliant, bestselling, landmark novel that tells the story of the Buendia family, a...

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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator)

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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator)

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There's probably nothing much I "learned" in the introspective sense, but this is a novel like a novel ought to be. This is an epic film on paper, gloomy and engaging, smokey, noir with crumbling ruins, young love, disfigurment, lust, torture...the stuff of Dumas, DuMauier and, as of late, The Historian. I woke up at five a.m. and had to sweet talk myself back to sleep: all I wanted to do was read. One Friday, after work, I took sanctuary in The Hotel Biron, those little tables in the dark, page ...more

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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

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There's probably nothing much I "learned" in the introspective sense, but this is a novel like a novel ought to be. This is an epic film on paper, gloomy and engaging, smokey, noir with crumbling ruins, young love, disfigurment, lust, torture...the stuff of Dumas, DuMauier and, as of late, The Historian.

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The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)

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The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)

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You can read any Montalbano's book without following the order or jumping from one to another. The only thing you'll miss it's the evolution of CamillYou can read any Montalbano's book without following the order or jumping from one to another. The only thing you'll miss it's the evolution of Camilleri's style through the years and the changing in Montalbano's private life, like you said. Enjoy! Francesca Lovecchio...more (less)

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The Shape of Water (Inspector Montalbano, #1)

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You can read any Montalbano's book without following the order or jumping from one to another. The only thing you'll miss it's the evolution of CamillYou can read any Montalbano's book without following the order or jumping from one to another.

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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator)

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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator)

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Invisible Cities has 47,685 ratings and 3,525 reviews. Riku said: Invisible Cities; Imagined LivesMarco Polo was a dreamer. He had great ambitions ...

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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, William Weaver (Translator)

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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, William Weaver (Translator)

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Absolutely! It's a murder mystery in the 1100's with monks, what's not to like? :) The book is slow paced, but incredibly well written. Make sure yourAbsolutely! It's a murder mystery in the 1100's with monks, what's not to like? :) The book is slow paced, but incredibly well written. Make sure your version has an explanation of all Latin terms in the back. First time I read the book, I never noticed the section until I finished the book :) Mark Koster...more (less)

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Absolutely! It's a murder mystery in the 1100's with monks, what's not to like? :) The book is slow paced, but incredibly well written. Make sure yourAbsolutely! It's a murder mystery in the 1100's with monks, what's not to like? :) The book is slow paced, but incredibly well written.

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The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano, Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

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The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano, Shaun Whiteside (Translator)

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The Solitude of Prime Numbers book. Read 4,107 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A bestselling international literary sensation abo...

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I agree with Rhonda about Lily and I think the colony fell apart because these were young idealistic people initially in their 20s, many initially sinI agree with Rhonda about Lily and I think the colony fell apart because these were young idealistic people initially in their 20s, many initially single. As they paired up or became otherwise involved or increased their talents, like any group based on need and enthusiasm and youth, it was inevitable, change would occur as they matured and grew into their own lives. ...more (less)

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I agree with Rhonda about Lily and I think the colony fell apart because these were young idealistic people initially in their 20s, many initially sinI agree with Rhonda about Lily and I think the colony fell apart because these were young idealistic people initially in their 20s, many initially single.

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

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I think it had incredibly 'soap-y' elements to it ... parts of it were screaming 'turn me into a Hollywood film!' I could have done without the clicheI think it had incredibly 'soap-y' elements to it ... parts of it were screaming 'turn me into a Hollywood film!' I could have done without the cliched love story with Amy, and the bushfire rescue, for a start. Lesley Parker ...more
What did ring true, and what I admired about the book, were the prisoner of war camp scenes and the fact that the book went into the minds and experiences of the Japanese characters as well as the Australians.
Overall, I don't think it quite made up its mind whether it was a 'serious' book or a romance novel. More of the former and it would have been right up there... but it fell short.
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I think it had incredibly 'soap-y' elements to it ... parts of it were screaming 'turn me into a Hollywood film!' I could have done without the clicheI think it had incredibly 'soap-y' elements to it ... parts of it were screaming 'turn me into a Hollywood film!'

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4.5 stars.
What a talented writer Sofie Laguna is. Having read The Choke earlier this year and giving it 5 stars I was keen to read the book that won her the 2015 Miles Franklin Award, The Eye of the Sheep. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as The Choke, thus the 4.5 star rating, but still recommend it highly. She again writes through the eyes of a child, this time it's 6yo Jimmy, a kid who sees and interprets the world differently to most others of his age. His parents Gavin and Paula and older br...more

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4.5 stars.What a talented writer Sofie Laguna is. Having read The Choke earlier this year and giving it 5 stars I was keen to read the book that won her the 2015 Miles Franklin Award, The Eye of the Sheep. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as The Choke, thus the 4.5 star rating, but still recommend it highly.

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"Life was something you didn't argue with, because when it came down to it, whether you barracked God or nothing at all, life was all there was. And death."

In this novel the author introduces the reader to two dysfunctional working class families, the Pickles and the Lambs, who flee the city after separate catastrophes and find refuge under the same roof.

Sam Pickles, who recently lost most of a hand in a boating mishap, inherits the sizeable, but ramshackle house on Cloudstreet, however a coven...more

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"Life was something you didn't argue with, because when it came down to it, whether you barracked God or nothing at all, life was all there was. And death." In this novel the author introduces the reader to two dysfunctional working class families, the Pickles and the Lambs, who flee the city after separate catastrophes and find refuge under the same roof.

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More like a cacophony than birds singing
Disjointed storyline that jars.

I like a broken timeline, putting the past in perspective with the present, but with this novel it was like jagged edges. It was almost as if the author had written a linear narrative but taken to the manuscript with scissors and reconstructed the fragments. Rather than a slow suspense-building reveal, with the sins and horrors of the past coming to torment the present, it skated around shards of story poking through the fabr...more

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More like a cacophony than birds singingDisjointed storyline that jars. I like a broken timeline, putting the past in perspective with the present, but with this novel it was like jagged edges. It was almost as if the author had written a linear narrative but taken to the manuscript with scissors and reconstructed the fragments.

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S. N. U. F. F. book. Read 133 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Новый роман Виктора Пелевина - о глубочайших тайнах женского сердца...

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The Women of Lazarus by Marina Stepnova, Lisa Hayden (translator)

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The Women of Lazarus by Marina Stepnova, Lisa Hayden (translator)

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"Uite - in coltul cel frumos este un raft, acum este ocupat de un difuzor tacut, dar e incontestabil. Farfuria radioului putea pacali pe altcineva, dar nu si pe Marusia - ea descoperi imediat locul gol al icoanelor, aceasta treapta pentru ingeri, bancuta linistita pe care Dumnezeu, cand da roata caselor, se poate aseza putin sa isi traga sufletul si sa se uite in jur."

"Ea isi pierdu rasuflarea cand numele fragil, de gheata, imperial, Aleksei, se transforma printr-o singura miscare, usoara, a buzelor arse de emotie, intr-unul de legenda, moale, Aliosa. Aliosenka. De parca saruti pe spatele ei cald, bronzat, o chifla rotunda"

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"Uite - in coltul cel frumos este un raft, acum este ocupat de un difuzor tacut, dar e incontestabil. Farfuria radioului putea pacali pe altcineva, dar nu si pe Marusia - ea descoperi imediat locul gol al icoanelor, aceasta treapta pentru ingeri, bancuta linistita pe care Dumnezeu, cand da roata caselor, se poate aseza putin sa isi traga sufletul si sa se uite in jur."

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Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin, Marian Schwartz (Translator)

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Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin, Marian Schwartz (Translator)

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Maidenhair book. Read 97 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Day after day the Russian asylum-seekers sit across from the interpreter...

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Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

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Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

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The only similarity between this book and Lost in Translation is that they both take place in Tokyo and there's a man and a woman at the center of theThe only similarity between this book and Lost in Translation is that they both take place in Tokyo and there's a man and a woman at the center of the story. This book is much more like The Housekeeper and the Professor, very quiet and a very simple story. But the deep emotions behind even the most subtle gestures is what makes this story so interesting. This is about how two lonely (and quirky) people fit together. It's really beautiful. ...more (less)

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The only similarity between this book and Lost in Translation is that they both take place in Tokyo and there's a man and a woman at the center of theThe only similarity between this book and Lost in Translation is that they both take place in Tokyo and there's a man and a woman at the center of the story.

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator)

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator)

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I feel myself squeezed in between different feelings. Even if I found this book so well written to keep myself going on reading like crazy, I considerI feel myself squeezed in between different feelings. Even if I found this book so well written to keep myself going on reading like crazy, I consider the plot totally pointless. Dario Zampetti...more
The author starts a long series of circles without really closing many. The story doesn't stand, it doesn't go anywhere. Characters are thrown in form every angle without any particular reason.
A total plot collapse since the Nutmeg entering, running to an end which explains nearly zero.
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I feel myself squeezed in between different feelings. Even if I found this book so well written to keep myself going on reading like crazy, I considerI feel myself squeezed in between different feelings. Even if I found this book so well written to keep myself going on reading like crazy, I consider the plot totally pointless.

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Out by Natsuo Kirino, Stephen Snyder (Translator)

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Out by Natsuo Kirino, Stephen Snyder (Translator)

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There was supposed to be an Americanization version of it, but it never went forward (from what I can tell). It was to be called "Out" and would be prThere was supposed to be an Americanization version of it, but it never went forward (from what I can tell). It was to be called "Out" and would be produced by Hideo Nakata. It's not listed on his IMDB ( ...more http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620378/) and this article here ( http://variety.com/2004/film/markets-...) is from 2004. I don't see anything after this, however - not in English or Japanese.(less)

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There was supposed to be an Americanization version of it, but it never went forward (from what I can tell). It was to be called "Out" and would be prThere was supposed to be an Americanization version of it, but it never went forward (from what I can tell).

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The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (Translator)

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The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (Translator)

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Amicable numbers - pair of keyrings Nerd Romance ( https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/amic...)

Not that kind of love story, but a sad, sweet story about an unlikely friendship between a brilliant mathematician, his housekeeper and her son. There is love just no romance.

The Professor is 64 years old. He suffered a brain injury at age 47. He has an 80-minute retention for new memories ever since his accident. He covers his suit in notes to remember new information. He loves math, numbers, children an...more

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Amicable numbers - pair of keyrings Nerd Romance ( https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/amic...) Not that kind of love story, but a sad, sweet story about an unlikely friendship between a brilliant mathematician, his housekeeper and her son. There is love just no romance. The Professor is 64 years old. He suffered a brain injury at age 47.

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The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith (Translator)

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The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith (Translator)

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Not at all. I had actually seen a South Korean movie adaptation of it before I read the novel; so I knew most of what was coming and it kept me all thNot at all. I had actually seen a South Korean movie adaptation of it before I read the novel; so I knew most of what was coming and it kept me all the way through. I do wish, however, they would find a different translator for Higashino's books. ...more
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The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)

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Moshi moshi by Banana Yoshimoto, Gala Maria Follaco (Translator)

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Moshi moshi by Banana Yoshimoto, Gala Maria Follaco (Translator)

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Moshi moshi book. Read 342 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Dopo aver perso il padre in quello che ha tutta l'aria di essere stato...

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The Lost Daughter of Happiness by Geling Yan

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The Lost Daughter of Happiness by Geling Yan

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I usually love books about Chinese history but this one was just odd. Written in an odd tense and long flowery language that was tedious at times, it did not capture my interest. At least it went fast.

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I usually love books about Chinese history but this one was just odd. Written in an odd tense and long flowery language that was tedious at times, it did not capture my interest. At least it went fast.

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The Seventh Day by Yu Hua (Translator), Allan H. Barr (Translation)

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The Seventh Day by Yu Hua (Translator), Allan H. Barr (Translation)

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The Seventh Day is the fifth novel by acclaimed Chinese novelist and essayist, Yu Hua. At forty-one, Yang Fei dies in an Eatery explosion, but, having no burial plot, and no-one to buy one for him, he eventually finds himself wandering in a sort of Limbo, the Land of the Unburied. He wears a black armband: he mourns his own death as there is no-one else to do so. As he drifts around the afterlife, he encounters people who look familiar but do not sound like those he knew in life, people now also ...more

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The Seventh Day is the fifth novel by acclaimed Chinese novelist and essayist, Yu Hua. At forty-one, Yang Fei dies in an Eatery explosion, but, having no burial plot, and no-one to buy one for him, he eventually finds himself wandering in a sort of Limbo, the Land of the Unburied.

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Red Sorghum by Mo Yan, Howard Goldblatt (Translator)

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Red Sorghum by Mo Yan, Howard Goldblatt (Translator)

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Red Sorghum (Penguin Books, 1994) by Mo Yan is a historical novel that takes place in 1923-24 and the late thirties, during the war against Japan. Made into a very successful film by Jiang Yimou, Red Sorghum is packed with action, killings, guns, policemen, backstabbing, survival after near-death experiences, deeds of heroism and betrayal, and images of "lush" landscapes (the kind of landscapes that big Hollywood producers like). The novel is set in the village where Mo Yan grew up and which, af...more

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Red Sorghum (Penguin Books, 1994) by Mo Yan is a historical novel that takes place in 1923-24 and the late thirties, during the war against Japan. Made into a very successful film by Jiang Yimou, Red Sorghum is packed with action, killings, guns, policemen, backstabbing, survival after near-death experiences, deeds of heroism and betrayal, and images of "lush" landscapes (the kind of landscapes that big Hollywood producers like).

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I'm generally happy with most of my reviews on Goodreads, but a couple have haunted me - I need to correct them.

When I reviewed The Vagrants 6 months ago, I was struck by the power of the story. I also loved the way that a tiny random action by one character would set wheels in motion that had major consequences for another.

However; there were some things that annoyed me as I was reading, and in retrospect I think some of the characters were poorly drawn. The plot was strong enough for me to g...more

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I'm generally happy with most of my reviews on Goodreads, but a couple have haunted me - I need to correct them. When I reviewed The Vagrants 6 months ago, I was struck by the power of the story.

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The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu (Translator)

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The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu (Translator)

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The summary is used not only on the book, but on Tor Books' page for it, the Amazon listing, and the Barnes & Noble listing.The summary is used not only on the book, but on Tor Books' page for it, the Amazon listing, and the Barnes & Noble listing.

Since so many people have reported this, I truncated the original summary and replaced it with a summary/review from Publishers Weekly, which is both more detailed and (I believe) does not include the big spoiler.

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"You see, we cannot draw lines and compartments and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.' He paused, considering what he had just said. 'Yes', he repeated. 'In the end, it's all a question of balance.' "

A Fine Balance

I sometimes take a moment to focus on the corner of my office. The way the two walls come together forming a line, a demarcation. I think of it as bringi...more

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"You see, we cannot draw lines and compartments and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.' He paused, considering what he had just said. 'Yes', he repeated.

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The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 

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There are actually two ways of dealing with such curiosities.There are actually two ways of dealing with such curiosities.
One is by endlessly searching for facts trying to verify it and the problem with it is th
One is by endlessly searching for facts trying to verify it and the problem with it is that we're still not sure whether Mahabharata, or even Ramayana, really did 'take place' or not but that's a whole other debate.
The other way is to treat it like literature is supposed to be treated. These epics were woven to inculcate values that the society lacked and it got modified according the need (different regions had different problems) So across India, you'll find many versions of Mahabharata. No one version is 'correct' and you'll find that no two versions are similar. 'The Palace of Illusions' is Chitra Banerjee's version of it and in it Draupadi fancied Karna.
It's different from the original but that's the charm of literature. Different people derive different meanings from the same poem. So you could have your own version of 'Romeo and Juliet' with a happy ending. Granted, it completely modifies the original but it saves you from the heartache the tragedy delivers. ;)(less) ...more

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There are actually two ways of dealing with such curiosities.There are actually two ways of dealing with such curiosities.One is by endlessly searching for facts trying to verify it and the problem with it is thOne is by endlessly searching for facts trying to verify it and the problem with it is that we're still not sure whether Mahabharata, or even Ramayana, really did 'take place' or not but that's a whole other debate.

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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 

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Lush, gorgeous prose: reading The God of Small Things is like having your arms and legs tied to a slowly moving, possibly dying horse, and being dragged face-down through the jungle. I mean, like that, only nice. You can't stop seeing and smelling everything, and it's all so foreign and rich. Potentially ripe with e coli.

The similes and metaphors Roy employs are simultaneously tactile and surreal, like an overly vivid dream, and her storytelling style is somewhere between Joseph Conrad, Emily D...more

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Lush, gorgeous prose: reading The God of Small Things is like having your arms and legs tied to a slowly moving, possibly dying horse, and being dragged face-down through the jungle. I mean, like that, only nice. You can't stop seeing and smelling everything, and it's all so foreign and rich.

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The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor

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Kanika Menon is a reference to VK Krishna Menon, Minister of Defence during the Chinese Aggression.Kanika Menon is a reference to VK Krishna Menon, Minister of Defence during the Chinese Aggression.
Arjun represents the quintessential Mediaperson of
Arjun represents the quintessential Mediaperson of those days, Bhim - the Armyman and Krishna, I think is a reference to K Karunakaran, ex-Chief Minister of Kerala who was known for his bhakti towards Krishna.(less) ...more

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Kanika Menon is a reference to VK Krishna Menon, Minister of Defence during the Chinese Aggression.Kanika Menon is a reference to VK Krishna Menon, Minister of Defence during the Chinese Aggression.Arjun represents the quintessential Mediaperson of Arjun represents the quintessential Mediaperson of those days, Bhim - the Armyman and Krishna, I think is a reference to K Karunakaran, ex-Chief Minister of Kerala who was known for his bhakti towards Krishna.(less) ...more

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I have just this minute finished this book and I can already tell that it will be one of those books that I will think about often. It's not a book whose plot I can easily explain, or a book that I can easily fit into a particular genre on my shelves, but my God did it pack a powerful punch. I have hardly been able to put it down between sittings.

The books is narrated via a letter from Balram Halwai, a slum-dweller-turned-driver-turned-murderer-turned-entrepreneur, to the Chinese President befor...more

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I have just this minute finished this book and I can already tell that it will be one of those books that I will think about often. It's not a book whose plot I can easily explain, or a book that I can easily fit into a particular genre on my shelves, but my God did it pack a powerful punch.

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"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth."

----Leo Tolstoy

Kamala Purnaiya Taylor, a.k.a, Kamala Markandaya, the late Indian internationally bestselling author, had penned a terrific yet extremely honest tale of a woman's struggling yet endearing life right after India's independence in her book, Nectar in a Sieve which marks as a pioneering book in Indian literature, that outlines the importance of a woman's simplicity, her sacrifices, her unconditional love fo...more

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"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth."

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Soy Sauce for Beginners book. Read 644 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Gretchen Lin, adrift at the age of thirty, leaves her flou...

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Everything but the Brain book. Read 12 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. What do Physics, three bears and a stroke have in common? ...

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Circus Girl, The Hunter, and Mirror Boy by J.Y. Yang

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Circus Girl, The Hunter, and Mirror Boy by J.Y. Yang

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I've found a new favorite short story.

I feel like for me it's more difficult to find new favorite short stories than it is to find new favorite novels. Novels will stay with me more easily, but a story? Even if I like the author's writing - and I already knew I liked JY Yang's, because of the Tensorate and Waiting on a Bright Moon - not every story will hit me the right way. I won't get all of them.

This was raw and at times messed up and ugly and I understood it in ways I didn't expect. It's abo...more

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I've found a new favorite short story. I feel like for me it's more difficult to find new favorite short stories than it is to find new favorite novels. Novels will stay with me more easily, but a story?

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Here and Beyond: 12 Stories by Cyril Wong (Editor)

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Here and Beyond: 12 Stories by Cyril Wong (Editor)

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Here and Beyond book. Read 9 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. This is an anthology of twelve stories from twelve unique Singaporea...

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Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)

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Crazy Rich Asians has 136,887 ratings and 14,975 reviews. Christine said: I am Asian, I lived in Singapore, and I am not crazy rich - but I certainly hea...

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Like the author I was whisked away to this magical land when I was 5, and when I heard her describe it in an interview, I immediately decided to get the book. As with a good deal of Korean films I've seen, there's taboo, raw emotion, and a strain of feminism. The writing didn't blow me away, but they're good stories, and I needed to read them. I kind of wish the Korean-Americans writing prose would go as far out as Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi in poetry. Maybe they're out there, and I just don't ...more

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Like the author I was whisked away to this magical land when I was 5, and when I heard her describe it in an interview, I immediately decided to get the book. As with a good deal of Korean films I've seen, there's taboo, raw emotion, and a strain of feminism.

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The White Book by Han Kang, Deborah Smith (Translator)

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The White Book by Han Kang, Deborah Smith (Translator)

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"Standing at this border where land and water meet, watching the seemingly endless recurrence of the waves (though this eternity is in fact illusion: the earth will one day vanish, everything will one day vanish), the fact that our lives are no more than brief instants is felt with unequivocal clarity."

"Sand
And she frequently forgot,
That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand.
That it had shattered and is shattering still.
Slipping stubbornly through fingers."

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"Standing at this border where land and water meet, watching the seemingly endless recurrence of the waves (though this eternity is in fact illusion: the earth will one day vanish, everything will one day vanish), the fact that our lives are no more than brief instants is felt with unequivocal clarity."

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Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz 

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Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz 

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Everything Belongs to Us book. Read 198 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Two young women of vastly different means struggle to fin...

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"Even if you are alive somewhere, the absence of the other person who used to be there beside you obliterates your presence. Everything in the room, even the stars in the sky, can disappear in a second, changing one scene for another, just like in a dream."

"The scene [Bruegel's 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'] is filled with a vast field, and a cow and a farmer plowing. In the left-hand corner is a tiny ocean the size of a palm, and there, I can barely make it out, the two legs of a man who fell headlong into the sea. This is called the Fall of Icarus. Compared to everyday life, the fall of an idealist who flew too high with candle-wax wings is an unremarkable tragedy."

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"Even if you are alive somewhere, the absence of the other person who used to be there beside you obliterates your presence. Everything in the room, even the stars in the sky, can disappear in a second, changing one scene for another, just like in a dream."

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Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook, Chi-Young Kim (Translator)

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Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook, Chi-Young Kim (Translator)

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This book is very unique. I really can't say I've ever read a book like this before. There are 4 alternating points of view, and the author often uses the 2nd person narrative to tell the story. I'm surprised to say that I LOVED that. It made me feel so engaged in the novel. I'd really love to see more books written from this perspective if it could be done this successfully. The writing is not complicated, but the themes and the story are. There is a lot to consider about who this woman was, wh ...more

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This book is very unique. I really can't say I've ever read a book like this before. There are 4 alternating points of view, and the author often uses the 2nd person narrative to tell the story. I'm surprised to say that I LOVED that. It made me feel so engaged in the novel.