| 1. |  | The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
from Knopf
Customer Review:
I'd been wanting to read this book for a while, having already sampled most of Murakami Haruki's work, and since I'd heard that this was his best work I was naturally compelled. Yet the reports were mixed - some non-Japanese had devoured it, while some Japanese had found it dull as hell. Certainly,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. | ![]() | East of Eden,
from A. A. Knopf
Customer Review:
I recently finished reading this novel and fell in love with the characters, the story itself and the message of both good and evil, as well as the concept of "Timshel" or "Thou Mayest".
John Steinbeck is without a doubt a superb storyteller. "East of Eden" has many facet and dimensions within... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Customer Review:
This book was recommended reading by my 12th grade Humanities teacher, who asked the entire class to read it the summer before school started. I duly purchased it, but couldn't get past the long section on Plato, and put it aside for possible future reading. I picked it up again about two years... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispanica
from McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Customer Review:
This is my textbook for a Spanish literature overview class, and so far we have just gone straight through it and not required any extra materials. It is very thorough and gives a good overview in the limited space it is able to have. My one criticism would be that the informational sections feel... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, One Volume, Expanded Edition
from W. W. Norton
Price: $40.53
Customer Review:
well, the book was in good shape, except it was the wrong edition for the class I was taken .I looked up the number and this is the book they showed, so I guess next time I have to be more careful. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
from Kodansha International (JPN)
Customer Review:
I have read this book both in English and Japanese. Although there's some intentional change, the translation is superb. The essence is never lost in translation.
This particular book is a bit different from his other books and I personally believe this is the best. It's more philosophical... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. | ![]() | Labyrinths
from Modern Library
Customer Review:
I speak both Spanish and English (and lived Argentina) and I can say that these English translations, particularly those of Yates, are some of the best I have come across. (Yates was Borges's first English translator and the translator of another remarkable but little known Argentine writer, Edgar... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. | ![]() | Silence
from Taplinger Publishing Company
Customer Review:
SILENCE; Shusaku Endo. ISBN-10; 0720612861
This is a harrowing and testing story of a Portugese priest -missionary pushing his faith to the limits in 17th century Japan.
Japan at the time was purging itself of alien influences and determined to drive christianity out of it's islands.... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Three Kingdoms (Illustrated Chinese Edition) (Mandarin_chinese Edition)
from People's Literature Press
Price: $44.95
Customer Review:
I don't want to leave a long comment because the truth is the book is a great classic. My only problem with it has been constant grammar errors. Once Lord Guan Yu is referred to as Lory Guan Yu, and just things like that. In fact, on the back of the book their is an error in the first line, so I... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel
from Kodansha America
Customer Review:
This gem of a novel was required reading for a world literature class I took. I waited until the last minute to read it, but it ended up being a breeze to get through because it was so fantastically odd. I would not be the least bit surprised to find out that Murakami was a Stanley Kubrick fan. I... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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