Category: History

April 23, 2010

East of Eden by John Steinbeck **** (of 4)

A retelling of the stories of Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel transposed to three generations of two families living mostly in Salinas, California during the...

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April 23, 2010

Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres **** (of 4)

On its surface it is a story of the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Cefalonia during WWII. Captain Corelli, of the Italian armed...

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April 22, 2010

Betrothed by S.Y. Agnon

A wonderful little novella that I listened to on tape about a botanist who arrives in Palestine in 1909 (I think) is quickly surrounded by...

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April 22, 2010

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie ** (of 4)

Listened to on tape, December 2004. It was a good story, but had two strikes against it. The author is Chinese. The book was written...

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February 12, 2010

The Source by James Michener ***** (of 5)

Written in the 1960s, The Source still stands as a definitive work on the history of the Jews, that is if you accept the plot...

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