The Washington Post

• The Washington Post Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco   An intellectual adventure story, as sensational, thrilling and packed with arcana as Raiders Of The Lost Ark or Count Of Monte Cristo.

  Submitted May 3rd 09 by Martin, 1 comment

• The Washington Post Supertoys Last All Summer Long: And Other Stories of Future Time Brian Wilson Aldiss   Aldiss is a master at cracking open the mundane shell of the ordinary.

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• The Washington Post Eva Luna Isabel Allende   Remarkable... a cascade of stories tumbles out before the reader, stories vivid and passionate and human... Allende seems to draw characters and tales from a bottomless well as Eva Luna narrates the story of her life.

  Submitted Apr 29th 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• The Washington Post Jane Fairfax: The Secret Story of the Second Heroine in Jane Austen's Emma Joan Aiken   A tour de force... The tone of Jane Fairfax is admirably like, but not slavishly imitative of, the author to whom Aiken is paying tribute.

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• The Washington Post Anthills of the Savannah Chinua Achebe   Achebe has written a story that sidesteps both ideologies of the African experience and political agendas, in order to lead us to a deeply human, universal wisdom.

  Submitted Apr 27th 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• The Washington Post Giving up America Pearl Abraham   An absorbing, intelligent novel.

  Submitted Apr 22nd 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• The Washington Post End of Story Peter Abrahams   Peter Abrahams is one of those writers you tell your friends about... He's one of the most sophisticated storytellers at work today.... Abrahams is a connoisseur of irony... the novel is a delight and, if you haven't discovered Abrahams, a fine place to start.

  Submitted Apr 22nd 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• The Washington Post Fairyland Paul J. Mcauley   Exquisite... an intelligent evocative novel whose excitement will be contagious.

  Submitted Apr 20th 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• The Washington Post The Silicon Man (Cortext.) Charles Platt   A well-plotted, fast-paced, and imaginative look into the future... a book where ideas drive the plot. Above all Platt's work is full of surprises.

  Submitted Apr 20th 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments