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Staff
Favorites: Abbot
The
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
"A hero's search for self through history and dreams.
Rewards careful reading."
Set
This House in Order
by Matt Ruff
"A hero with Multiple Personality Disorder. Unique,
mind-expanding, well-plotted, compelling."
Down
and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell
"The section on working in a Paris restaurant is my
favorite."
On
Writing Well
by William Zinsser
"Simplify, simplify. Zinsser makes the case for taking
the bloat out of our writing."
The
Monkey's Wrench
by Primo Levi
"'La Chiave a Stella' translated from the Italian.
Rigging and chemistry work stories woven together by Levi's
narrator. Levi's The
Periodic Table is also a favorite."
Recent
Reads :
Germinal
by Emile Zola
"Dramatic story of a strike at a coal mine in 19th
century France."
Bel
Ami
by Guy de Maupassant
"An ambitious young provicial climbs the social ladder
in Paris during the Third Republic."
last
update 5/16/08
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