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Bonjour Tristesse

Posted in Novel, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2005 | No Comments »

Bonjour Tristesse (1955)
by Françoise Sagan
I better write down my thoughts before my memory starts to fade. I admit I read this solely out of my slight Francophile tendency and cute cover. ^_- Bonjour Tristesse means ‘Hello Sorrow.’ Author Françoise Sagan, one of famous French literary prodigies , wrote it when she was only 17 years [...]

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Battle Royale

Posted in Novel, tagged , , , , on November 11, 2004 | No Comments »

Battle Royale (1999)
by Koushun Takami
The premise sounds great: A class of junior high students were forced to participate in a survival game on an isolated island conducted by a (hypothetical) Fascist government. Each were given a random weapon, ranged from utter useless things to a machine gun. They have to kill off each other within [...]

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