Our recycled readers have sent a fantastic array of books in to the website over these first two months from the tender and unsparing Life is Elsewhere by Milan Kundra, via Ian McEwan’s exquisitely crafted On Chesil Beach right through to Alan Bennett's wonderfully entertaining Writing Home.
Below is just a small sample of some of the books you have sent us so far, all of which are available to buy as 'new-to-you' books now:
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Milan Kundera "The novel is a sly and merciless lampoon of revolutionary romanticism, and it deals with lyric poetry as a specis of adolescent neurosis Kundera commits some of the funniest literary savaging since Evelyn Waugh polished off Dickens in A Handful of Dust." Time |
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Ian McEwan "On Chesil Beach is more than an event. It is a masterpiece" Karl Miller, Times Literary Supplement |
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Alan Bennett "Quite wonderfully funny" Observer |
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George Orwell "The book of the twentieth century haunts us with an ever-darker relevance" Independent |
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Julian Barnes Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011. |
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Magda Szabo "In The Door the Hungarian Magda Szabo cleverly guides her intense and poignant novel, allowing the tension to rise in crescendo" Alexandre Fillon |
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Martin Koban "A subtle, complex book... The author is a risk-taker. The 17 chapters each only represent one second but they pack a hefty punch." Le Devoir |
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Matthew Billingham "A stunning novel ... the final twist is brilliantly clever and shocking" The Times; |
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Isabel Allende "You'll find it hard not to be beguiled by the charm and ingenuity of Allende's storytelling." The Times |
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Derek Raymond "A State of Denmark is carried out with surgical precision, a fascinating and important novel by one of our best writers in or outside of any genre" Time Out |
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P.S. For each book you are sending in we are donating 20p to The Dyslexia Research Trust through our Supporting Readers scheme so a huge thank you to everyone that has become a recycled reader in these opening months.
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