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If you’re an American, would you be inclined to buy, or even to read, books written by someone with this attitude: But Americans also tend to look for the quick, digestible McNovel: the one with the happy ending, the one with chapters you can read in one bathroom break, the one you’ve forgotten by the…
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Robert W. Chambers – The King in Yellow
Readers of Lovecraft and other writers of the Myth will likely find a few familiar names in that book. And there is a reason to this: The King In Yellow truly marked Lovecraft’s mind, to the point of inspiring him in developing his universe. The book gathers several short stories, all of them being linked…
Kazuo Ishiguro – The Remains of the Day
I’m currently studying English language and civilizations, so I’ve been trying to read in English as much as possible these past months. Here is one of the books that were recommended to me. I need to add that I hadn’t watched the movie when I read it, and still haven’t, therefore I cannot compare them–but…