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Guests | May 22, 2012

James Bernard Frost: IMG I'm a Writer... Now What Do I Do with My Life?



For everyone I know who is a writer, there was some awkward time in their lives when they had to learn to call themselves one. You'd make a few... Continue »
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    A Very Minor Prophet

    James Bernard Frost 9780983304982

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Courtnay's Fiction Recommendations

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In no particular order, here are some of my favorite works of fiction.

Books 1 - 10 of 10


One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A classic novel known throughout the world, this book is one of the 20th century's enduring works of art and the ultimate achievement in the author's Nobel Prize-winning career.... (read more)
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The Baron in the Trees (Harbrace Paperbound Library, 72) The Baron in the Trees (Harbrace Paperbound Library, 72)
by Italo Calvino
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Cosimo, a young eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels by climbing into the trees to remain there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an arboreal existence and even has love affairs. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun.... (read more)
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How the Dead Dream How the Dead Dream
by Lydia Millet
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Featured in Indiespensable Volume 1! Powell's subscription club offers signed first editions, exclusive content, and unique handpicked gifts. Read about this and other past installments!... (read more)
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A Confederacy of Dunces A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
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When a true genius appears in the world, You may know him by this sign, that the dunces Are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift, "Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting" "A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy... (read more)
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
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I know you shouldn't recommend books that you are only halfway through, but this is such a lush tapestry of a book I can't resist. Like a moist rich chocolate torte, Strange and Norrell is the sort of book you ration out to avoid finishing it too soon... (read more)
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The Crow Road The Crow Road
by Iain Banks
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years... (read more)
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The Outlander The Outlander
by Gil Adamson
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The Outlander by Gil Adamson is a wondrous vacation for your mind. With its eccentric characters and luminous prose, this novel is a romping escapade of big fun.... (read more)
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The Makioka Sisters The Makioka Sisters
by Junichiro Tanizaki
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In Osaka in the years immediately before World War II, four aristocratic women try to preserve a way of life that is vanishing. As told by Junichiro Tanizaki, the story of the Makioka sisters forms what is arguably the greatest Japanese novel of the... (read more)
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