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The HatchingThe Hatching, BookA Novel
by Boone, EzekielBook - 2016 | First Emily Bestler BooksAtria Books hardcover edition.Book, 2016. First Emily Bestler BooksAtria Books hardcover edition.
Added Jul 02, 2018
The House on Mango StreetThe House on Mango Street, eBook
by Cisneros, SandraeBookeBook
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Holds: 27 on 5 copies
Holds: 27 on 5 copies
Added Jan 06, 2018
The Dog of the SouthThe Dog of the South, Book
by Portis, CharlesBook - 1979 | 1st ed.Book, 1979. 1st ed.
Added Oct 01, 2017
Added Oct 01, 2017
All the Light We Cannot SeeAll the Light We Cannot See, BookA Novel
by Doerr, AnthonyBook - 2014 | First Scribner hardcover edition.Book, 2014. First Scribner hardcover edition.
Added Oct 01, 2017
Added Apr 24, 2017
Lurid & CuteLurid & Cute, Book
by Thirlwell, AdamBook - 2015 | First American edition.Book, 2015. First American edition.
Added Jan 10, 2017
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Sharp ObjectsSharp Objects, BookA Novel
by Flynn, GillianBook - 2007 | First paperback edition.Book, 2007. First paperback edition.
Added Sep 29, 2016
The Buried GiantThe Buried Giant, BookA Novel
by Ishiguro, KazuoBook - 2015 | First edition.Book, 2015. First edition.
Added Sep 29, 2016
Added Sep 29, 2016
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Paperback
by Díaz, JunotPaperback - 2007Paperback, 2007
Added Jul 16, 2016
How We Got to NowHow We Got to Now, Audiobook CDSix Innovations That Made the Modern World
by Johnson, StevenAudiobook CD - 2014 | Unabridged.Audiobook CD, 2014. Unabridged.
Added Feb 16, 2016
The Fall of PrincesThe Fall of Princes, BookA Novel
by Goolrick, RobertBook - 2015 | First edition.Book, 2015. First edition.
Added Feb 16, 2016
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Added Apr 12, 2014
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This is a fresh, inventive work. It is not a great story and the characters are all like delicate china dolls teetering on the edges of high shelves. It is the author's device of having a narrator/himself comment throughout that fascinated me. Not at all like the old practice of addressing "dear reader", these just barge in as first person interjections. They slowly increase in both frequency and importance until at the very end, it is the most important thing--the author's relationship to/comfort with his principal character.
As a whole it is almost a creative essay on fiction, its role, the writing of it, its difficulties and the intellectual life of the novelist. There is also a moral tussle with a particular area of current science that threatens to reduce humanity.
The book is not without humor. My best chuckle came with Powers' creation and treatment of '"Oona", obviously Oprah.This is a fresh, inventive work. It is not a great story and the characters are all like delicate china dolls teetering on the edges of high shelves. It is the author's device of having a narrator/himself comment throughout that fascinated me. …
The LowlandThe Lowland, BookA Novel
by Lahiri, JhumpaBook - 2013 | First edition.Book, 2013. First edition.
Added Mar 19, 2014
Added Mar 19, 2014
The Sense of An EndingThe Sense of An Ending, Paperback
by Barnes, JulianPaperback - 2012 | 1st Vintage International ed.Paperback, 2012. 1st Vintage International ed.
Added Mar 19, 2014
Getting down to businessGetting down to business, Music CD
by Byrd, DonaldMusic CD - 1990Music CD, 1990
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Added Jan 17, 2013
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It's so easy to get into his groove.
'58 Sessions'58 Sessions, Music CDFeaturing Stella By Starlight
by Davis, MilesMusic CD - 1991Music CD, 1991
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Added Jan 17, 2013
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Given how much I enjoyed my first of his non-fiction (Othewise Known as the Human Condition) I looked forward to his fiction. This one let me down. While the first half builds forceful sexual tension, the second half is a let-down. He dawdles, lingers, ruminates, lusts, reflects, diffuses, fritters away. Can a work bring re-awakening AND deadening? He is fascinated with the possibility and inhabits it.Given how much I enjoyed my first of his non-fiction (Othewise Known as the Human Condition) I looked forward to his fiction. This one let me down. While the first half builds forceful sexual tension, the second half is a let-down. He dawdles,…
Added Jan 17, 2013
Added Jan 17, 2013
Added Jan 17, 2013
Hues of A Different BlueHues of A Different Blue, Music CD
by Reid, RufusMusic CD - 2011Music CD, 2011
Added Jan 17, 2013
The Age of WonderThe Age of Wonder, BookHow the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
by Holmes, RichardBook - 2008 | 1st U.S. ed.Book, 2008. 1st U.S. ed.
Added Jan 17, 2013
Let the Great World SpinLet the Great World Spin, BookA Novel
by McCann, ColumBook - 2009 | 1st ed.Book, 2009. 1st ed.
Added Jan 17, 2013
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