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Books I would like to read
MiddlesexMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01
Cover looks good. Liked the virgin suicides.
The Lost PaintingThe Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr
Buy new: £8.50 / Used from: £0.15
I love Signore Merisi da Caravaggio paintings. I´m curious wether I will learn interesting things about him in this book.
Floating Opera / the End of the RoadFloating Opera / the End of the Road by John Barth
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Several labelled as american post-modernism seem interesting to me. This author seems to be one of them.
The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by TS Kuhn
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £3.65
One day, with patience, I will finally learn the origin of scientific paradigms.
Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon: 1691-1709 Vol 1 (Lost Treasures)Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon: 1691-1709 Vol 1 (Lost Treasures) by Duc De Saint-Simon
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The memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon, eight volumes, are the most faithfull recollection in situ of the Grand Siécle and Louis XIV.
Conversations with Fellini (A Harvest original)Conversations with Fellini (A Harvest original) by Costanzo Costantini
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Already on my bookshelf, its one of the greatest non-fiction books I will read.
The Magic MountainThe Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
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Flamed up by the enormous interest Visconti had on the work of this gentleman, this is a must be for a very recent future.
The Idiot (Signet classic)The Idiot (Signet classic) by F.M. Dostoevsky
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After crime and punishment, this will be probably the last Fiodór book i'll read . Still, don't want to miss this one.
In Search of Lost Time: The Guermantes Way v. 3 (In Search of Lost Time 3)In Search of Lost Time: The Guermantes Way v. 3 (In Search of Lost Time 3) by Marcel Proust
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Reading this book will be great as it will mean that i've already finished those last hundred difficult pages on volume 2.
Memoirs of Hadrian: And Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (Penguin Modern Classics)Memoirs of Hadrian: And Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (Penguin Modern Classics) by Marguerite Yourcenar
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £3.00
I confess I started it, but I will have to start it all over again. No harm done if before I learn a lot more about roman civilization.
Marie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
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Coppola last film makes me want to read this a lot. I'm waiting for the dvd, to give it a kick start.
The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and RomeThe Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome by Robin Lane Fox
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I guess this must go before Hadrian or Nietsche's The Birth of Tragedy (which i will be re-reading, hence not on this list)
Foucault's PendulumFoucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
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Aparently it's very good on the subject of the Knights Templar.
Lunar ParkLunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
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I have no idea.
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Borges
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Mr Borges: gotta start somewhere, somehow, somewhen.
Catherine de Medici: A BiographyCatherine de Medici: A Biography by Leonie Frieda
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Mother of three French kings, slaughterer of huguenots, mother-in-law of the first french Bourbon king. This must be interesting.
Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of FreedomVoltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom by Roger Pearson
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One must know everything about the author of something that reads like 'i hate what you say but i will die so you can say it'.
The Ambassadors (Penguin Modern Classics)The Ambassadors (Penguin Modern Classics) by Henry James
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The plot looks interesting - seems a fine way to get to know the author.
Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) by Miguel Cervantes
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Even if I have a recent translation to Portuguese, I guess I'll have to read this one in spanish.
War and Peace (Penguin Red Classics)War and Peace (Penguin Red Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
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War, what is it good for... :D
The Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics)The Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) by Dante Alighieri
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Is this the beginning...?
Gravity's RainbowGravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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This is same crazy dwelling. I guess...
UnderworldUnderworld by Don DeLillo
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Just bought it. I bet its very Auster as everyone says (or the other way around). Still, i won't start it for a few months - lots of things to read in between....
As I Lay DyingAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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Thats it? No more space? Where do I put the rest of the books I have yet to read? Grow this thing up sires!