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In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster

In the Country of Last Things

Paul Auster

188 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

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fiction dystopian science fiction challenging dark medium-paced
A Tomb for Anatole: Poetry by Stéphane Mallarmé

A Tomb for Anatole: Poetry

Stéphane Mallarmé

202 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0afrolicofmyown's review
fiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
The Collected Poems of George Oppen by George Oppen
The Collected Poems of George Oppen
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George Oppen

The Collected Poems of George Oppen

George Oppen

263 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

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nonfiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
New Collected Poems by George Oppen
New Collected Poems
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George Oppen

New Collected Poems

George Oppen

320 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0afrolicofmyown's review
poetry reflective medium-paced
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy

351 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0afrolicofmyown's review
fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

So Long, See You Tomorrow

William Maxwell

144 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities by Jean Amery

At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities

Jean Amery

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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nonfiction autobiography biography historical history
Mao: A Life by Philip Short

Mao: A Life

Philip Short

782 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0afrolicofmyown's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968 by Paul Berman

A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968

Paul Berman

352 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0afrolicofmyown's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman

Terror and Liberalism

Paul Berman

240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0afrolicofmyown's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced