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The Wapshot Chronicles by John Cheever. Just checked it out today.
just finished "Day of Battle," by Atkinson, the story of the Italian Campaign in World War II. Atkinson won the Pulitzer for his earlier book, "Army At Dawn," the story of the American Army in North Africa.
I have not found anything else like Solzhenitsen's work. The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz starts in a camp, then chronicles their escape. If I hadn't read Gulag, I might not have believed it. I have a few books on my list to read (but haven't found): Til my Tale is Told, Women Tales of the Gulag; Laogai the Chinese Gulag by Hongda Harry Wu; To Destroy You is No Loss by JoAn D. Criddle (Cambodia). Also, Tolstoy's Redemption is a story of the unfortunate conviction of a young woman...not about the camps, but you know what the future holds for her.
Amazing, isn't it, that there is so little to be found? Does Russia have a free press now? I'm guessing not really, or there would be more...
Oh, ON TOPIC, I am currantly reading Stones from the River by Ursula Heigi...of all things it is about a dwarf girl growing up in Nazi Germany! Very good so far.
Just finished Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. Bizarre! Clever, but twisted.
And, I am America and So Can You! by Stephen Cobert. Love it love it love it.
I read "The Faith of Barack Obama". It was short and easy to read. I thought it was well written as it just gave some real basic information on his religious upbringing and his beliefs as an adult. There were so many rumors going around about his religious preferences, I thought it would be good to learn some facts.
I just finished "A lick of Frost" and now I'm going to read "The time travelers wife". No more working this year so I've plenty of time to go through my to read pile.
I'm reading Brother Odd by Dean Koontz, I'm a huge fan of epic fantasy but i have to break from the genera from time to time.
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