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The Mind Electric by Pria Anand
The book’s specific focus is on the way our human tendency to build narratives is reflected in and influences the science-art of medicine. These narratives can be individual, intimate things, or they can be bigger cultural phenomena.
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I must confess to being uncertain about how exactly to review this book.
Continue readingSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
This book includes the intertwined stories of two men who left and then returned to their home in the valley of the Nile after an education and various adventures in England, as told by an unnamed narrator.
Continue readingThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
This book is, at its foundation, a mystery story. But that mystery story is inextricably intertwined with stories about history, politics, religion, and even the nature of books themselves.
Continue readingCold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
This was just a fun, entirely unserious little story.
Continue readingSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
I think that this title is a good choice for sci-fi fans who are willing to try something a little older, but still interesting and relevant to contemporary issues and technologies.
Continue readingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
I would recommend this book to anyone who’s enjoyed the film version, of course, but also to anyone who might be interested in a story of finding some form of liberty despite overwhelming limitations.
Continue readingA Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
I would recommend this book to other readers who want a story from the perspective of a gay character, in which his sexuality is significant to the story, particularly if you’re interested in this sort of story from a not-too-distant-past historical perspective.
Continue readingThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emma Orczy
I originally added this title to my classic lit to-read list because — and I’m realizing now while writing it that this sounds silly, but — I missed out on reading it in school.
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