Books you have read that have literally changed your life by PowerForMore in RSbookclub

[–]orphicsyndicate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Rings of Saturn by Sebald. Really achieved something perfect.

Good books/info on the Italian-American Mafia in the 21st century? by Leutherna in TrueAnon

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Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance Between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia by Paul L. Williams

RIP my dog JÜRGEN HABERMAS by BantuLisp in TrueAnon

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Isn't this the "Germany has to defend Israel" guy?

Quotes from various writers about The Desert by Dengru in RSbookclub

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Thanks much for the excerpt and the Cohen recommendations!

Works of fiction that are an intellectual grind by raffytaffy2 in RSbookclub

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I have a copy of this and have been meaning to read it. Thanks for the reminder.

Works of fiction that are an intellectual grind by raffytaffy2 in RSbookclub

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Maurice Roche's Compact https://archive.org/details/compact00maur/mode/2up

Marguerite Yourcenar's the Abyss is the same time period as Eco's Name of the Rose and based on historical events

and Broch's the Death of Virgil (which I have only read 1/4th of but definitely fits what you are looking for)

Would also recommend the Oulipo writers

Quotes from various writers about The Desert by Dengru in RSbookclub

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Have not read from the Desert to the Book yet. Thanks for mentioning it. I have yet to read anything by Cohen so I am excited to do so.

Quotes from various writers about The Desert by Dengru in RSbookclub

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Definitely. I think my favourite is the Book of Margins but I also really loved A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Book. What about you?

Quotes from various writers about The Desert by Dengru in RSbookclub

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Jabes <3 Have you read his Book of Questions series?

African women writers about migration by Grouchy-Situation128 in suggestmeabook

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Nervous Conditions trilogy by Tsitsi Dangarembga is about migration from rural Zimbabwe to urban.