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Truman Capote – Breakfast At Tiffany’s

28May10

“Charming” – That’s the first word that came to mind when I turned over the last page of this novella. I haven’t seen the Audrey Hepburn movie, so I didn’t really know much about the plot (maybe I really do live in my own little cocoon) prior to reading the classic. There’s Holly Golightly, who […]

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Angela Carter – The Bloody Chamber

09Apr10

Claire sent me a copy of The Bloody Chamber last month, and I resisted opening it ’til the Angela Carter month kicked off. My previous experience with Angela Carter’s short stories collection wasn’t great, so despite the great things I’ve read about this collection, I was ever so slightly ambivalent about it. Nonetheless, my fears […]

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Alice Munro – Runaway

16Feb10

As some of you may already know, I’m not a big fan of short stories. So, when I started this collection, I was almost prepared to be underwhelmed and dissatisfied. Yet, I had heard wonderful things about Munro, and figured I really should give at least one collection a try. Worst case, I’ll shelve it […]

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Angela Carter – Fireworks

27Sep09

After being absolutely delighted with The Magic Toyshop, which has probably been my favourite book this year, I picked up Fireworks, a collection of short stories by Angela Carter. At the very outset, I should say this: I’m not the biggest fan of short stories. Sure, there are exceptions, but, more often than not, I […]

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Milan Kundera – The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

28Feb09

This book is a novel in the form of variations. The various parts follow each other like the various stages of a voyage leading into the interior of a theme, the interior of thought, the interior of a single, unique situation, the understanding of which recedes from my sight into the distance. It is a […]

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Tags: Communism, Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera

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25. Sarah Waters - Affinity
24. Truman Capote - Breakfast At Tiffany's
23. David Mitchell - The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet
22. Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest
21. Monica Dickens - Mariana
20. Angela Carter - Shadow Dance
19. Angela Carter - The Bloody Chamber
18. Jose Saramago - Death At Intervals
17. Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
16. Simon Lelic - Rupture
15. Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
14. Angela Carter - Several Perceptions
13. Nancy Huston - Fault Lines
12. Alice Munro - Runaway
11. Muriel Spark - A Far Cry From Kensington
10. Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
9. Sarah Waters - The Night Watch
8. Erich Segal - Doctors
7. Jennifer Dawson - The Ha-Ha
6. Michael Cunningham - The Hours
5. David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
4. Haruki Murakami - A Wild Sheep Chase
3. Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
2. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix
1. Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites
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Archive for the ‘Short Stories’ Category

Truman Capote – Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Angela Carter – The Bloody Chamber

Alice Munro – Runaway

Angela Carter – Fireworks

Milan Kundera – The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

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