bookshelves: autumn-2015, moidah, parable, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, philosophy, christian, published-1911, slavic Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Don Read from September 02 to 03, 2015 Wiki description: The story is divided into two parts. In Part I, schoolboy Mitya is in desperate need of...
This is the third book I've read off of my "Genre Novels That Should Be Classics" reading list in a quest to expand my book choices beyond my normal comfort zone. I'm not a big historical fiction reader. Sometimes it makes appearances in my Fantasy or Science Fiction picks, but I never avidly seek i...
bookshelves: winter-20142015, nutty-nuut, published-2008, under-100-ratings, tbr-busting-2015, historical-fiction, handbag-read Read from February 16, 2014 to February 20, 2015 Description: 1940. Tokyo. Japan is at war with China, and Yuji Takano is clinging to the life he has made for himself ...
Andrew Miller pulls the reader in with his haunting descriptions and rather interesting storyline. The protagonist, Jean-Baptiste, is tasked by his superiors to cleanse Les Innocence, an overflowing cemetery in Paris, which has a lot of sentimental attachments to it – some more obvious than others. ...
Set in Japan in 1940, Andrew Miller's novel focuses on Yuji, a young man with literary ambitions and an admirer of French culture at an unfortunate time in his country's history. As the society around him grows increasingly nationalistic and militaristic Yuji becomes involved with Alissa, a young Fr...
I'm usually wary of historical fiction. Generally the novels can seem a bit naff, niche-y and two dimensional. However I picked up Pure on the back of a Times review that assured me that it stood apart from the rest of the genre; that it would 'expand the mind'. This book has received a slew of ...
I finished the audiobook version, narrated by Jonathan Aris, two days ago. I had to in fact listen to the ending three times; the details were confusing - which kind of annoyed me! I do think I understand the message that was being imparted by the final scene. Anyway, what I most enjoyed about this ...
I don't really get this kind of fiction, something which purports to tell a story but trowels on so many layers of meaning and metaphor and symbolism that the characters never have the chance to breathe. Take the title, for instance. Deeply ironic, given that the plot revolves around the destruction...
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