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The Reluctant Fundamentalist»rank: 729par: Mohsin Hamid
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Half of a Yellow Sun»rank: 1496par: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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L'Étranger»rank: 7677par: ALBERT CAMUS
Chroniques et points de vue:Chronique amazon.fr:Condamné à mort, Meursault. Sur une plage algérienne, il a tué un Arabe. À cause du soleil, dira-t-il, parce qu'il faisait chaud. 0n n'en tirera rien d'autre. Rien ne le fera plus réagir : ni l'annonce de sa condamnation, ni la mort de sa mère, ni les paroles du prêtre avant la fin. Comme si, sur cette plage, il avait soudain eu la révélation de l'universelle équivalence du tout et du rien. La conscience de n'être sur ... |
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Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection»rank: 16277par: Gardner Dozois
Chroniques et points de vue:Chronique amazon.fr:Condamné à mort, Meursault. Sur une plage algérienne, il a tué un Arabe. À cause du soleil, dira-t-il, parce qu'il faisait chaud. 0n n'en tirera rien d'autre. Rien ne le fera plus réagir : ni l'annonce de sa condamnation, ni la mort de sa mère, ni les paroles du prêtre avant la fin. Comme si, sur cette plage, il avait soudain eu la révélation de l'universelle équivalence du tout et du rien. La conscience de n'être sur ... |
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The Siege of Krishnapur»rank: 8766par: J.G. Farrell
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'The first sign of trouble at Krishnapur came with a mysterious distribution of chapatis, made of coarse flour and about the size and thickness of a biscuit; towards the end of February 1857, they swept the countryside like an epidemic.' Students of history will recognize 1857 as the year of the Sepoy rebellion in lndia--an uprising of native soldiers against the British, brought on by Hindu and Muslim recruits' belief that the rifle cartridges they were ... |
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My Custom Van: And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays that Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face»rank: 16458par: Michael Ian Black
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'The first sign of trouble at Krishnapur came with a mysterious distribution of chapatis, made of coarse flour and about the size and thickness of a biscuit; towards the end of February 1857, they swept the countryside like an epidemic.' Students of history will recognize 1857 as the year of the Sepoy rebellion in lndia--an uprising of native soldiers against the British, brought on by Hindu and Muslim recruits' belief that the rifle cartridges they were ... |
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Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey»rank: 17474par: Chuck Palahniuk
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'The first sign of trouble at Krishnapur came with a mysterious distribution of chapatis, made of coarse flour and about the size and thickness of a biscuit; towards the end of February 1857, they swept the countryside like an epidemic.' Students of history will recognize 1857 as the year of the Sepoy rebellion in lndia--an uprising of native soldiers against the British, brought on by Hindu and Muslim recruits' belief that the rifle cartridges they were ... |
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X»rank: 5844par: James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'The first sign of trouble at Krishnapur came with a mysterious distribution of chapatis, made of coarse flour and about the size and thickness of a biscuit; towards the end of February 1857, they swept the countryside like an epidemic.' Students of history will recognize 1857 as the year of the Sepoy rebellion in lndia--an uprising of native soldiers against the British, brought on by Hindu and Muslim recruits' belief that the rifle cartridges they were ... |
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How to Read a Book»rank: 521par: Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'The first sign of trouble at Krishnapur came with a mysterious distribution of chapatis, made of coarse flour and about the size and thickness of a biscuit; towards the end of February 1857, they swept the countryside like an epidemic.' Students of history will recognize 1857 as the year of the Sepoy rebellion in lndia--an uprising of native soldiers against the British, brought on by Hindu and Muslim recruits' belief that the rifle cartridges they were ... |
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven»rank: 2115par: Mitch Albom
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral, and the ensuing ... |