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		<title>The Wind Up Bird Chronicle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I start reading a new Murakami book, I always have that moment of incredulity towards the characters &#8211; &#8216;oh, they would never do / say / put up with that&#8217;. But after a while, I remember why I love his writing &#8211; very precise, very imaginative; so much so, you are completely reeled in thinking that of course, why *wouldn&#8217;t* they do / say / put up with that?&#8217; The beauty of this writing is it transports you to a new reality &#8211; which is kind of the point of a good book, no? :)]]></description>
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		<title>Among the Bohemians</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gah &#8211; I so wanted to enjoy this as it featured many artists / writers whose work I&#8217;ve enjoyed, however this book does them no favours. Even taking into account that this was a different time (1900-1939) the characters featured come across as a group of spoiled, attention seeking, smug, oooh-aren&#8217;t-I-kooky types, which makes for irritating reading. Each chapter starts with a series of questions purported to be answered in the following pages ie: Feast &#038; Famine: Must one eat meat? &#8211; Are creativity and cookery compatible? &#8211; is it possible to eat on an artist&#8217;s income? &#8211; why must women prepare meals? etc etc; all interesting ideas in terms of questioning / rejecting the Victorian &#8216;norms&#8217; but essentially the answer is; if you are rich, you can do what you like (even sleep with your daughters &#8211; oh dear, oh dear, Mr Gill). I know I ought not to be surprised; it was &#8211; and is &#8211; ever thus, but there was no new or appealing take on it, or in the writing itself that could convince me to continue reading. A shame.]]></description>
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		<title>The Rain Before it Falls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This, and The House of Sleep are my favourite Jonathan Coe books. Funnily enough I&#8217;d been scanning old family photos the same day I started this, and the story&#8217;s premise (a woman describing 3 intertwined life stories through old photos) perfectly suited my mood&#8230; I liked the idea of obscured, or unknowable stories. It felt especially relevant as I was scanning some photos of relatives long since dead; &#8216;because although it [the photo] seems to record an occasion with perfect fidelity, it actually gives no indication of what was going through the minds of the people who were there. There is, if you like, the &#8216;official&#8217; interpretation of the picture, and behind it, there is the unofficial, authentic version. On the one hand it is a photograph of Rebecca&#8217;s graduation ceremony; on the other, it is a picture of Rebecca and me in the few hours following our first serious quarrel&#8217; (pg 130) In itself quite obvious, but worth mulling on&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Bad Girl</title>
		<link>http://www.goldtop.org/news/2009/12/the-bad-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This started out reading a little bit too simplistic-romantic for me, but as the &#8216;good boy&#8217; matures, along with his &#8216;bad girl&#8217;, so too does the relationship; and not always for the healthier&#8230; Books that span an entire lifetime of a character always spook me a bit; maybe it&#8217;s the idea that a life *can* be covered in so few pages, or that feeling that there&#8217;s only finite time allotted to a person, but anyway, Llosa does it beautifully. There is a lot of depth to both the main and the (sometimes peculiar!) supporting characters that draws you in; I read the whole thing in 3 days. I really enjoyed this book, will recommend it to others and definitely check out more of Llosa&#8217;s writing; leave a note if you know of any that stand out in particular.]]></description>
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