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Reviewing the Legends: Fiction

  • FICTION

    THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

    JUNE 15, 1951

  • FICTION

    NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR

    JUNE 13, 1949

FICTION

NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR

by George Orwell

Certain to create interest, comment, and consideration. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE

    FEB. 25, 1969

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE

by Gabriel García Márquez & illustrated by Gregory Rabassa by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Those who pass time with the Señor will find this a luxuriant, splendid and spirited conception. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THINGS FALL APART

    JAN. 23, 1958

FICTION

THINGS FALL APART

by Chinua Achebe

This book sings with the terrible silence of dead civilizations in which once there was valor. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S

    OCT. 28, 1959

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