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A Shortl List Of Items I'd Enter A Burning Building to save.
A Love Supreme [Deluxe Edition]A Love Supreme [Deluxe Edition] by John Coltrane
Buy new: £20.78 / Used from: £11.63
As IfAs If by Blake Morrison
Buy new: £5.71 / Used from: £2.44
Blake Morrsion's book is irreproachable in its tenderness, intelligence and sorrow over this tragedy.
The IliadThe Iliad by Homer
Buy new: £8.06 / Used from: £2.03
Lattimore's translation is superlative and adds more weight to Simone Weil's contention that Homer created the most powerful anti-war poem ever written.
The Divine Comedy: I. Inferno: Inferno. Parallel Text Vol 1 (Galaxy Books)The Divine Comedy: I. Inferno: Inferno. Parallel Text Vol 1 (Galaxy Books) by Alighieri Dante
Buy new: £7.74 / Used from: £0.33
None have equalled Sinclair's translation (with original text on facing page) of Dante's Masterpiece .
Gold Cell (Knopf Poetry Series)Gold Cell (Knopf Poetry Series) by Sharon Olds
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.75
This was my introduction to Sharon Olds - an impulse purchase that led to a lifelong love for Ms Old's perceptiveness and compassion.
Fight ClubFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy new: £4.50 / Used from: £2.20
If Holden Caulfield were to address his 'issues' today he might well join 'Fightclub' A searing indictment of the feminised culture of the late 20th century