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Fuuma

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Originally Posted by iammatt
Isn't it about 50 pages?
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Don't Wilk out on us.



Well Hume is annoying enough that he doesn't need that many pages to create frustration. I guess I should read it someday.

I'll add the one conne recommended to my reading list and go from there.
 
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Originally Posted by MetroStyles
You are gonna love it. Takes you to another world...
i agree with the second part, not so much the first. after finishing that one, i shrugged. and then i read what i talk about when i talk about running. and shrugged.
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I need some modern fiction recommendations. I like british authors and have read a lot of the booker award winners from the last 15 years.
 

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Originally Posted by thats.mana
Just picked up the Wind-up bird chronicle by Murakami and just finished Dance, Dance ,Dance by him, highly recommended.

I just read the wind up bird chronicles too.. what did you think?

I thought it was good, but I felt a lot was lost in translation/that if I had a better grasp of japanese mythology and culture I could understand some of the symbolism better
 

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Originally Posted by Teger
I need some modern fiction recommendations. I like british authors and have read a lot of the booker award winners from the last 15 years.
The Remains of the Day
by Ishiguro. Probably the best novel I've ever read. Won the Booker, didn't it? Have you read any Banville?
 

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Im very late to the party with this one, but:

The Rest is Noise - It's the story of classical/art music in the 20th century. The most erudite work Ive ever read on the topic, Im been booking seats at every performance possible since picking up this book.
 

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Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife
i agree with the second part, not so much the first.
after finishing that one, i shrugged.
and then i read what i talk about when i talk about running.
and shrugged.
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The running book sucked. Wind-up was great.
 

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Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife
i thought that the running book was better
it gave a lot of insight into wind-up bird


We'll agree to disagree. But I genuinely think that Wind Up was a thousand times better than the running book. It's one of my favorite handful of books.
 

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Originally Posted by Connemara
The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro. Probably the best novel I've ever read. Won the Booker, didn't it?

Have you read any Banville?


I read the remains of the day and LOVED it. So good. I will check out Banville
 
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my fave of his was hardboiled wonderland or maybe norwegian wood
both still left me ambivalent

his writing cleanses the palate but like a glass of water, does not leave too much of an impression
 

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