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Chronicle Of A Death Foretold
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa
Christopher D Himes
, October 31, 2012
this, a most perfectly constructed novella, should be used as a textbook of narrative plot & form. set aside some time to read it in one sitting.
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Element of Crime
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Christopher D Himes
, March 11, 2009
Lars Von Trier's surrealistic debut, and his masterpiece.
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Ran: Special Edition
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Akira Kurosawa
Christopher D Himes
, March 11, 2009
one of the most beautiful films ever made.
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In the Mood for Love: Criterion Collection
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Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Christopher D Himes
, March 11, 2009
one of the most beautiful films ever made.
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Snow
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Orhan Pamuk
Christopher D Himes
, October 08, 2008
This is a very very good book that delves into the subjects of faith/belief, love and the act of artistic creation. Set within a suspenseful plot of political turmoil, this novel eloquently illustrates how these interrelated subjects transcend such worldly games as politics, however serious and life threatening they may be.
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Blood Meridian
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Cormac McCarthy
Christopher D Himes
, October 07, 2008
**I'll keep this very short and to the point** Brutal and poetic. Beautiful and unflinchingly violent. A mythic tale of the wild west. Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece and one of the greatest American novels--up there for me with Moby Dick.
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Libra
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Delillo, Don
Christopher D Himes
, October 07, 2008
A thoroughly gripping historical fiction. Delillo has pumped this overdone subject with fresh characters and a plot that seems much more plausible than any others I've encountered. Even though you know how it's going to end it keeps you on the edge of your reading chair waiting to see how it will all come together.
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The Orchard Keeper
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Cormac McCarthy
Christopher D Himes
, October 07, 2008
An impressionistic story--nothing is told to you in a direct manner in this, Cormac McCarthy's first novel. Very poetic and dark, like watching a movie through a dirty lens smeared with petroleum that catches the light in flares every now and then. This novel is the primordial stuff from which each of his subsequent books has emerged, containing, as it does, all the core elements that have appeared again and again. I would recommended this book to someone who has read a few of his others first.
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