Title：TheKitchenGod'sWife
Author:Tan,Amy(1952-)
Thorndike,Me.:ThorndikePress,1992,c1991
738p.(largeprint)
Readby:06/28/2010,BorrowedfromWBPL,laterinmycollection
Genre:Fiction
AmyTan’snovelsIreadsofararealwaysaboutoneofthetwotopics:women’sidentity,immigrantsculturestruggle.Thisnovelisaboutboth.WinnieeventuallytransformedfromaKitchen’sGod’swifetypetoasorrow-freestrongwil...[
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Title:ThreeJunes
Author：Glass,Julia(1956-)
NewYork:AnchorBooks,2002
353p.;24cm.
Readby:07/25/2010,mycollection
Genre:Fiction
Juliaisindeedawordalchemist.ThebestbookI’vereadsofar.Tobefrank,IintendedtodropthebookanytimeuntilIreachedonefourthofthebook.Thisisnotaplotdrivenbook,itisabrookflowingslowlyanddeeplyintomyheart,Iwastouchedbyhowevertrivialcornerittouches.Anyminute,aft...[
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Title:OutofAfrica
Author:Blixen,Karen(1885-1962)
London:Penguin,2001(c1937)
330p.:19cm
Readby:05/06/2011,BorrowedfromtheWBPLandlatergotmyowncollection
Genre:Autobiography/Memoir
BeautifullywrittenonatrueandboldAfrica.Itisnotaboutherlife,butmoreaboutthelifeofAfricans,acoffeefarmnearNairobiofKenya.Theauthorseldomusedemotionalwordstogiveoutherfeelings,buthermoodwaseverywhere:h...[
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Title:OutSrealingHorses
Author:Petterson,Per(1952-)
TranslatedbyAnneBornfromNorwegian
NewYork:Picador,2003(c2005)
238p.;23cm
Readby:02/16/2011,BorrowedfromtheWBPL
Genre:Fiction
Thisbooksurprisedme.ThestorystartedinaquietwinterinaquietcountrywithembeddedstorieshappenedinasummerduringWorldWarII.Theauthorskillfullyswitchedbetweenthecontrastwithoutmakingitbusyatall.Instead,...[
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Title:AConferacyofDunces
Author:Tools,JohnKenney(1937-1969)
BatonRouge:LouisianaStateUniversityPress,2000,c1980
xiii,394p.;24cm
Readby06/05/2010,borrowedfromWBPL,lateracquiredoneintomyowncollection
IsoughtoutthisbooktogetmoreofAmericanhumorafterreadingTheEarlyBird.Myhubbythoughtitwouldbeagoodideatolearnabouthumors,heurgedmetosearchonline.Thistitlewasclaimedtobethe“masterpieceo...[
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Title:WarTrash
Author:HaJin(1956-)
NewYork:PantheonBooks2004
352p.:24cm
Readby:01/17/2010,borrowedfromWBPL
Genre:Fiction
ThisismysecondorthirdbookbyHaJin.POWisatoughtopicforanovel,HaJinwonthe2005PEN/Faulknerawardsecondtime,moreforthesubjectmatter,somecriticssaid.Hedidquitewell,Ishallsay.IcametoadmitHaJinisthebestChinesebornwriterpublishinginEnglishsofar.HisnovelsappealtoChi...[
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三月十六日，周六上午，在几个天气预报网站上查得的结果表明，当日下午密西根湖东岸的天气在雪后放晴。于是二话不说拎起行李就上了路，沿九十六号公路向西飞奔。计划是先往卢定顿，然后奔法兰克福。
到达卢定顿还不到下午三点，虽然天气非常好，但此时的光色并不适合。由于计划要拍三个灯塔，我们不宜在任何一个地方久留等光线，只好来回切换。在路上的时候[
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Title:Fahrenheit451
Author:Bradbury,Ray(1920-)
Thorndike,Me.:G.K.Hall,1997,the40thanniversaryedition
227p.(largeprint);24cm
Readby:05/07/2009,borrowedfromWBPL
Genre:SciFic“GuyMontag,afire-fighterandbook-burnerfortheStateofatotalitarianregimeinafuturetime,discoversthatinordertoremainhumanhemustpreservethebooksthatattesttohishumanity.Aboutignoranceandknowledge,aboutcensorshipand...[
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Title：Identity
Author:Kundera,Milan(1929-)
TranslatedbyLindaAsherfromFrench
NewYork,NY:HarperCollinsPublishers,1999(c1997)
169p.
1/21/2013-1/31/2013,mycollection
Type:Fiction
StronginKundera’sstyle,thisbookisinterlacedwithphilosophicalideas.Thewriterusedhischaractersasreflectionofhisownimagination.Asusual,hegavelittledescriptiontothephysicalappearanceofhischa...[
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Title：LateNightThoughtsonListeningtoMahler’sNinthSymphony
Author:Thomas,Lewis(1913-1993)
NewYork:PenguinGroup,1983,c1980
168p.
Readby:2/26/2013,mycollection
Genre:Non-Fiction
IamsurprisedIchewedthisbookup.OntheotherdayIaskedmyhubbyifthebookPucciniherecommendedisofanyliteraryvalueformetoread,hecouldn’tanswer,becauseheneverpaidattention.Heismoreattractedbythec...[
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