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Plato: Symposium (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) by Plato
Under South American Skies (Future Earths)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War by Brian VanDeMark
Blindness (Harvest Book) by Jose Saramago
From Stalinism to Pluralism: A Documentary History of Eastern Europe since 1945
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About me"A theologian marooned in the realm of the profane."
- Gershom Scholem
About my libraryLooking for the perfect image of the end of time; collecting facsimiles.
Claustrum sine armario quasi castrum sine armamentario.
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- Godefroy de Sainte-Barbe
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posted by zhen1a at 3:41 pm (EST) on Oct 4, 2008
Thanks for letting me know. I'll check it out tomorrow.
posted by zhen1a at 1:07 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2008
Invisible Man is probably the best place to start. It really sums everything up, quite perfectly. Also, there is a great anthology called Existence in Black that you can pick up from your local library, and sometimes, find in your local bookstore.
bye-for-now,
lheaj
posted by LheaJLove at 9:20 am (EST) on Dec 12, 2007
please join us in the 20-Something LibraryThingers group!
posted by LheaJLove at 6:29 pm (EST) on Dec 11, 2007
posted by c_curtis at 3:02 am (EST) on Oct 15, 2007