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Rayuela (Letras Hispanicas)Rayuela (Letras Hispanicas) by Cortazar
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read first the 56 chapters, then alternate the next 99 with the first read . curious?
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Batman)Batman: Arkham Asylum (Batman) by Grant Morrison
why do some people still make fun of comics?! where's the "comic" here?
A Wild Sheep Chase (Panther)A Wild Sheep Chase (Panther) by Haruki Murakami
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it's kitsch in it's fantasy but also revolutionary in it's honesty about sexual deviations
A Lost ParadiseA Lost Paradise by Junichi Watanabe
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just read it!
The Man Without QualitiesThe Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
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we all have flaws, but never care to really face them.
House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories (Japans Modern Writers)House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories (Japans Modern Writers) by Yasunari Kawabata
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a beautiful, sensual and sweet erotic tale...
The Sound of WavesThe Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
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a discreet ad yet sensuously inticing narrative
Dance Dance Dance (Harvill Panther)Dance Dance Dance (Harvill Panther) by Haruki Murakami
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from sexual violence to metaphysical considerations on the rollercoaster-type universe of today
24 Hrs in the Life of a Woman24 Hrs in the Life of a Woman by Stefan Zweig
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to assume one's desire to it's object is rare, painfully rare and beautiful
The Moscow and Voronezh NotebooksThe Moscow and Voronezh Notebooks by Osip Mandelstam
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one disturbed little poet...
The Book of Disquiet (Extraordinary Classics)The Book of Disquiet (Extraordinary Classics) by Fernando Pessoa
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a disquieted genius... :)
The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics)The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka
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it changed many lives but mostly the way we now see ourselves amidst society
The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics)The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics) by Homer
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this is "the" classic: the greeks knew it all and wrote it all. best translation to english yet
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
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another type of classic...
On the RoadOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
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bohemian enough for me too
The Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics)The Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) by Dante Alighieri
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although he had to take under serious consideration the Vatican Church's demands, Dante still made this overwhelming social and religious critique
Orlando: A Biography (Oxford World's Classics)Orlando: A Biography (Oxford World's Classics) by Virginia Woolf
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sometimes I still wonder through Orlando as if I never got to fully understand it
Tropic of Cancer (Harperperennial Classics)Tropic of Cancer (Harperperennial Classics) by Henry Miller
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it's still a pleasure to read something this refreshingly raw