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Viggo Mortensen recommended The Divine Comedy in Books (curated)

 
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
Dante | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
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"Right alongside Shakespeare, Dante’s work explores and highlights enduring universal truths related to the human condition as well as any writer I know of."

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"For anybody who has ever fantasized about walking across Europe with a backpack. Written by a great writer and a proper hero amongst men."

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A Very Curious Girl (1969)
A Very Curious Girl (1969)
1969 | Comedy, Drama
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"Feminist call to arms. Punk as fuck. Perfectly described by writer-director Nelly Kaplan as about “a witch who doesn’t let herself be burned.”"

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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.

  
The Wise Man's Fear
The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
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9.4 (17 Ratings)
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It is an amazing story told by a writer who clearly loves the craft. The world is interesting and it is just an amazing sequel. (0 more)
  
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
1980 | Drama

"Another masterful director [Martin Scorsese]. Paul Schrader was one of the writers on that, another great writer and director. Casting, again; De Niro is amazing"

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David Hare recommended The Complete Poems in Books (curated)

 
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems
Anne Sexton | 1999 | Fiction & Poetry
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"She touches me like no other poet. Pretty rare that mental illness does help a writer, but for her, it was inseparable from her greatness."

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Wittegenstein's Nephew
Wittegenstein's Nephew
Thomas Bernhard | 2009 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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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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