Book book! Readit readit!
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dreamer_easyWell! Don't Buy Any Books Month was a bit of a flop.
Out of the four books I managed to read in January, YOU MUST READ Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, an account of life in a Soviet labour camp. It's very short, very readable, and there's very little actual brutality or violence - and yet it's a nightmare. The last lines nearly did away with me.
Out of the four books I managed to read in January, YOU MUST READ Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, an account of life in a Soviet labour camp. It's very short, very readable, and there's very little actual brutality or violence - and yet it's a nightmare. The last lines nearly did away with me.
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Date: 2008-01-31 10:29 pm (UTC)I am so doomed.
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Date: 2008-01-31 10:33 pm (UTC)We expect regular reports.
One Day in the Life ......
Date: 2008-01-31 10:42 pm (UTC)Yes!! Remember reading this one in my teens!
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Date: 2008-01-31 11:45 pm (UTC)(I didn't listen to it, because I haven't read the book yet, so I don't know if it's any good; but I mention it in case you're interested.)
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Date: 2008-02-01 03:26 am (UTC)I did buy a book this morning, but I double-checked and it was indeed February.
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Date: 2008-02-01 03:53 am (UTC)They include (for the curious)
Doris Lessing On Cats
P.J. Stephenson The history and description of Sydney Harbour
Lilith Norman A Dream of Seas
Bill Scott Following the gold (a book of poems, with a dedication to Patsy Adam-Smith, from Bill).
Australian Cicadas the only published book on the subject, and one that needs a new edition.
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