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Jo Nesbo recommended Pan in Books (curated)

 
Pan
Pan
Knut Hamsun | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences, Thriller
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"I chose this because of the beauty of the prose and the landscape, the fascinating contradictions in the characters, the dark, subtle humor."

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about The Florida Project (2017) in Movies

Oct 15, 2017  
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The Florida Project | Official Trailer

From writer/director Sean Baker and starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto and Bria Vinaite. THE FLORIDA PROJECT.

   
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Laurie Anderson recommended Pale Fire in Books (curated)

 
Pale Fire
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov, Mary McCarthy | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Poetry disguised as prose. I check in on this one every once in a while to remind myself that poetry can also tell stories."

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Laurie Anderson recommended Pale Fire in Books (curated)

 
Pale Fire
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov, Mary McCarthy | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
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"“Poetry disguised as prose. I check in on this one every once in a while to remind myself that poetry can also tell stories."

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Christine Allard (22 KP) rated Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine in Books

Jan 28, 2018  
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman | 2017 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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8.6 (80 Ratings)
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Oh, my, is she ever!
Elenor is a delightfully awkward, engrossing read. This is a charming, quirky, powerful book. I enjoyed every page.
  
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Torbjorn Flygt recommended Wittegenstein's Nephew in Books (curated)

 
Wittegenstein's Nephew
Wittegenstein's Nephew
Thomas Bernhard | 2009 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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"A post-war masterpiece of European fiction—full of raw energy, rage, humor, and masterful prose. Bernhard is my favorite writer, and this is spectacular."

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Project Mc2 - Season 1 in TV

Oct 18, 2017  
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Project MC2 | Official Trailer | Netflix

Teenage spy, McKeyla, teams up with super smart girls, Adrienne, Bryden, and Camryn, who use their science skills to help save a prince's space launch.

  
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James Franco recommended Jesus' Son in Books (curated)

 
Jesus' Son
Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson | 2012 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"A slim book of interconnected stories following a hapless drug addict nicknamed "Fuckhead." Humorous, dark, and moving, with prose that surprises with its drug fueled imagery."

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 5, 2017
The English novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, known for his spare, elliptical prose style and his inventive subversion of literary genres, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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The Guardian's Books by Kazuo Ishiguro

The British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel prize in literature, praised by the Swedish Academy for his “novels of great emotional force”. Here are some of his books:

The Remains of the Day: Faber Modern Classics

The Remains of the Day: Faber Modern Classics

Kazuo Ishiguro

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The Remains of the Day won the 1989 Booker Prize and cemented Kazuo Ishiguro's place as one of the...

The Buried Giant

The Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro

7.6 (10 Ratings) Rate It

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'There's a journey we must go on, and no more delay...' This is the extraordinary new novel from the...

An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro

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It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting...

When We Were Orphans

When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro

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England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the...

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

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In one of the most memorable novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of...

      
      
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Carrie Brownstein recommended Collected Poems in Books (curated)

 
Collected Poems
Collected Poems
Anthony Thwaite, Philip Larkin | 2003 | Fiction & Poetry
4.0 (1 Ratings)
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"On me your voice falls as they say love should, / Like an enormous yes’ (‘For Sidney Bechet’). Such spare and soaring prose to examine stunted, anxious lives."

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