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ImmortalityImmortality by Milan Kundera
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didactic,mysterious,astute masterpiece. read and re-read.
The God of Small ThingsThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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so indescribably descriptive...insightful,evocative,hilarious and heartbreaking.
Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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don't know whether admiration of Orwell's foresight, or terror at his accuracy, is the dominant feeling. this is not fiction. it is our world today in all its brutality, but written so beautifully...
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
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the most skilfully woven story ever, with so much to teach.
The Iliad: New Prose Translation (Classics)The Iliad: New Prose Translation (Classics) by Homer
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astonishingly relevant to our time - at some point you realise that you're totally sucked into the story and no longer know whose side you're on.
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin)One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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the best saga you will ever read. expertly comments on love, social and political change.
Siddhartha (Penguin Classics)Siddhartha (Penguin Classics) by Herman Hesse
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subtly written throughout, the final pages are verbal nirvana.
Collected StoriesCollected Stories by Peter Carey
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genius of allegory. especially Exotic Pleasures.
The ProphetThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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the definition of love.
Fingerprints of the Gods: A Quest for the Beginning and the EndFingerprints of the Gods: A Quest for the Beginning and the End by Graham Hancock
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the extent of our miseducation and ignorance is terrifying.