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Midnight: A Gangster Love Story»rank: 5241par: Sister Souljah
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The Enchantress of Florence»rank: 3927par: Salman Rushdie
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Trying to describe a Salman Rushdie novel is like trying to describe music to someone who has never heard it--you can fumble with a plot summary but you won't be able to convey the wonder of his dazzling prose or the imaginative complexity of his vision. At its heart, The Enchantress of Florence is about the power of story--whether it is the imagined life of a Mughal queen, or the devastating secret held by a silver-tongued Florentine. Rushdie is the true 'enchanter' of this story, conjuring readers into ... |
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Le Petit Prince (French)»rank: 986par: Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Chroniques et points de vue:Chronique amazon.fr:lmaginez-vous perdu dans le désert, loin de tout lieu habité, et face à un petit garçon tout blond, surgi de nulle part. Si de surcroît ce petit garçon vous demande avec insistance de dessiner un mouton, vous voilà plus qu'étonné ! À partir de là, vous n'aurez plus qu'une seule interrogation : savoir d'où vient cet étrange petit bonhomme et connaître son histoire. S'ouvre alors un monde étrange et poétique, peuplé de métaphores, décrit à travers les paroles d'un 'petit prince' qui porte aussi sur notre monde à nous ... |
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On Writing»rank: 20127par: Stephen King
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Short and snappy as it is, Stephen King's 0n Writing really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists. The memoir is terrific stuff, a vivid description of how a writer grew out of a misbehaving kid. You're right there with the young author as he's tormented by poison ivy, gas-passing babysitters, uptight schoolmarms, and a laundry job nastier than Jack London's. lt's a ripping yarn that casts a sharp light on his fiction. This was a child who dug Yvette ... |
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The Great Karoo»rank: 330par: Fred Stenson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Short and snappy as it is, Stephen King's 0n Writing really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists. The memoir is terrific stuff, a vivid description of how a writer grew out of a misbehaving kid. You're right there with the young author as he's tormented by poison ivy, gas-passing babysitters, uptight schoolmarms, and a laundry job nastier than Jack London's. lt's a ripping yarn that casts a sharp light on his fiction. This was a child who dug Yvette ... |
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The Lost Highway»rank: 1285par: David Adams Richards
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Short and snappy as it is, Stephen King's 0n Writing really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists. The memoir is terrific stuff, a vivid description of how a writer grew out of a misbehaving kid. You're right there with the young author as he's tormented by poison ivy, gas-passing babysitters, uptight schoolmarms, and a laundry job nastier than Jack London's. lt's a ripping yarn that casts a sharp light on his fiction. This was a child who dug Yvette ... |
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The Gum Thief»rank: 11987par: Douglas Coupland
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Short and snappy as it is, Stephen King's 0n Writing really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists. The memoir is terrific stuff, a vivid description of how a writer grew out of a misbehaving kid. You're right there with the young author as he's tormented by poison ivy, gas-passing babysitters, uptight schoolmarms, and a laundry job nastier than Jack London's. lt's a ripping yarn that casts a sharp light on his fiction. This was a child who dug Yvette ... |
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Interpreter of Maladies»rank: 1870par: Jhumpa Lahiri
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Mr. Kapasi, the protagonist of Jhumpa Lahiri's title story, would certainly have his work cut out for him if he were forced to interpret the maladies of all the characters in this eloquent debut collection. Take, for example, Shoba and Shukumar, the young couple in 'A Temporary Matter' whose marriage is crumbling in the wake of a stillborn child. 0r Miranda in 'Sexy,' who is involved in a hopeless affair with a married man. But Mr. Kapasi has problems enough of his own; in addition to his ... |
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Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945»rank: 2281par: Carlo D'Este
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Mr. Kapasi, the protagonist of Jhumpa Lahiri's title story, would certainly have his work cut out for him if he were forced to interpret the maladies of all the characters in this eloquent debut collection. Take, for example, Shoba and Shukumar, the young couple in 'A Temporary Matter' whose marriage is crumbling in the wake of a stillborn child. 0r Miranda in 'Sexy,' who is involved in a hopeless affair with a married man. But Mr. Kapasi has problems enough of his own; in addition to his ... |
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Halo The Cole Protocol»rank: 599par: Tobias S Buckell
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Mr. Kapasi, the protagonist of Jhumpa Lahiri's title story, would certainly have his work cut out for him if he were forced to interpret the maladies of all the characters in this eloquent debut collection. Take, for example, Shoba and Shukumar, the young couple in 'A Temporary Matter' whose marriage is crumbling in the wake of a stillborn child. 0r Miranda in 'Sexy,' who is involved in a hopeless affair with a married man. But Mr. Kapasi has problems enough of his own; in addition to his ... |