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Emile Hirsch recommended The English Patient (1996) in Movies (curated)

The English Patient (1996)

1996 | Drama, Romance, War

8.9

(7 Ratings)

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"The English Patient I saw when I was really young, and the love story just devastated me, I think. You know, I was just sobbing. I loved it. Beautiful images. Something that can evoke that much emotion out of me — I was just really moved. So those are five that just come straight to the surface. You must get all kinds of people naming these obscure-ass movies though, right?"

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Suzanne Vega recommended David Copperfield in Books (curated)

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry

6.6

(5 Ratings)

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"The thinly veiled autobiography of Charles Dickens himself. Having grown up with a stepfather, I liked reading about another child who had one as well. I loved the English nature of the story — the time and place it inhabits. Another story of a child making his way in the world. I sense a theme here. I like this better than “Oliver Twist” because the storytelling is more restrained, and more believable."

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Isabelle Huppert recommended The Grass is Singing in Books (curated)

The Grass is Singing

Doris Lessing | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

(0 Ratings)

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"I always read this book again just to experience the delight of my first reading. I fell madly in love with everything in that book, the two main characters, Mary and Moses, and Africa not only described but conveyed through the writing. A true writer makes a continent come to life. I met Doris Lessing once in London while I was performing, in English, a Friedrich Schiller play."

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Lena Dunham recommended Of Human Bondage in Books (curated)

Of Human Bondage

W. Somerset Maugham | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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"I read this when my first boyfriend broke up with me and wept across three continents—weeping seems to be a theme today. The protagonist is one of those assholes who thinks he’s going to ‘save’ a sex worker (the politics are rough), but the obsession and abandonment shit is on point. Then I bragged to my college English teacher and he was like ‘oh, that’s a lesser British novel.’ Whoops!"

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