Recommend a favorite novel.

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Recommend a favorite novel.--Al

-- Al Schroeder (al.schroeder@nashville.com), March 31, 2001

Answers

Still Live with Woodpecker - Tom Robbins

-- Troy Worman (troy@troyworman.com), April 09, 2001.

The Sheltering Sky--Paul Bowles

-- selila vie (selila3@hotmail.com), April 09, 2001.

Wolf Solent by John Cowper Powys.

-- Mark K. Brown (Kickaha23@aol.com), April 12, 2001.

To Kill A Mockingbird----Can't believe that it was written by a human, so great is its perfection.

-- Rachel Stewart (rachstew@bellsouth.net), April 20, 2001.

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn feel sickened, heartfelt, disturbed, just about every emotion simultaneously.

-- j kolts (jkolts@hotmail.com), April 22, 2001.


Frankenstein (or the Modern Prometheus) -- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Mary Shelley's use of language somehow perfectly describes the human ability (or need?) to maintain a sense of wonder and an awe of world's beauty in the face of great suffering, cruelty, and loss. If for no other reason, read this book for the beauty of her writing! Its stunning.

-- Liz Edlund (lzedlund@stanford.edu), April 23, 2001.

The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

-- Tricia Bassett (tmb1022@juno.com), April 29, 2001.

Dune - Frank Herbert

The Dragon Riders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey

Anvil of Stars - Greg Bear

-- Rob (celtic64@mindspring.com), May 06, 2001.


Siddhartha -- Hermann Hesse

-- troy worman (troy@troyworman.com), June 18, 2001.

Ghost Rider by B.D. James - I like good litrary fiction and this one recently came out I found it a delight to read.

-- Mariah Paul (jbwmar@aol.com), March 06, 2003.


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