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    Sticky: Hi Yigru, nice to meet a polyglot here. :) I have...

    Hi Yigru, nice to meet a polyglot here. :) I have no clue why you call your country 'oft-maligned' and I'm not so keen about poetry (I'm a novel girl), but I agree wholeheartedly that internet has...
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    Sticky: Friends always remember. :) I'm also looking...

    Friends always remember. :) I'm also looking forward to be active here once again, if time permits.
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    refrain

    refrain
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    I'm more than half-way through. I feel as if I am reading Marquez. Clairvoyance, curses, woman of angelic beauty, illegitimate sons; everything is there. Allende is a master story teller just like...
  5. The Tabard, the famous inn of Chaucer's...

    The Tabard, the famous inn of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, where it all began.




    Good choices. :nod:
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    It'd be more accurate to say that Fascism (or a...

    It'd be more accurate to say that Fascism (or a similar ideology) is popular in India. I don't want to take this discussion into a political zone but during the campaign of this assembly elections...
  7. Poll: My copy of the novel has arrived and I've just...

    My copy of the novel has arrived and I've just began. A few pages in and I'm already hooked. Will be back to share more.
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    Yes, it is Everyman's hardcover edition. Thanks...

    Yes, it is Everyman's hardcover edition. Thanks for giving the go ahead signal. I'd start as soon as I finish reading The House of the Spirits.




    I'm afraid we've turned this contemporary...
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    Thank you. We may discuss the details later. ...

    Thank you. We may discuss the details later.



    I've read Midnight's Children and The Moor's Last Sigh and I felt exactly what you said. He seems to be laughing at the reader and very smug about...
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    If anyone is interested in his Nobel Lecture,...

    If anyone is interested in his Nobel Lecture, here it is - The Solitude of Latin America
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    His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was my...

    His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was my first introduction to magic realism. I wonder if I'd like this genre so much if I had started with some other novel. Marquez once wrote that there is...
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    Oh, you did! I'm glad he has come to 'maybe'. I'd...

    Oh, you did! I'm glad he has come to 'maybe'. I'd not like him to write what I expect. I enjoy the way he springs a surprise.

    I agree that Richard and Door are quite endearing characters. Have...
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    Thanks for the recommendation Hawk. I searched...

    Thanks for the recommendation Hawk. I searched about Mda and found his works interesting. To be honest, I've not read much literature from South Africa (or Africa in general) and their stories are...
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    Love that idea. :) Let's send a request to Gaiman...

    Love that idea. :) Let's send a request to Gaiman about it. I can wait for five years, nay even ten, if he writes a sequel as good as Neverwhere. I liked him since I read the introduction that he...
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    That 'reading words before you read them' and...

    That 'reading words before you read them' and 'looking at the paragraphs on a page and then realizing you've read them' happens with me. I also find it difficult to switch from reading on-screen to...
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    Seems to me that you picked up The Ocean at the...

    Seems to me that you picked up The Ocean at the End of the Lane after reading Neverwhere. In my opinion all other works of Gaiman pale in comparison to Neverwhere. The problem with 'The Ocean...' is...
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    I've sent a message to Scher and it seems they...

    I've sent a message to Scher and it seems they are working on it.
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    Geraldine Brooks and J. M. Coetzee are there on...

    Geraldine Brooks and J. M. Coetzee are there on my TBR list. Any recommendations for the start?

    Has anyone read Alice Munro? A selection of her short stories is waiting on my shelf.
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    I agree with you that this kind of thread...

    I agree with you that this kind of thread introduces us to many authors we may have never heard of. I won't describe myself as a lover of contemporary literature. It's just too broad a genre to say...
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    You're luckier than me. I can't view some threads...

    You're luckier than me. I can't view some threads even when I'm logged in. :p That error message...aargh. :/
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    God, no doubt. Fight or flight?

    God, no doubt.

    Fight or flight?
  22. Seems interesting. What about The October Sky?

    Seems interesting.

    What about The October Sky?
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    Poll: There is something wrong with the site right now....

    There is something wrong with the site right now. I'm unable to see my replies and ended up posting them twice. :/
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    Poll: That's how we do it. Some people prefer to remain...

    That's how we do it. Some people prefer to remain barefoot in summer but I feel quite uncomfortable doing so.
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    Poll: Not appropriate for the scorching summer sun. I...

    Not appropriate for the scorching summer sun. I prefer something more covered while going out.
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