Genre :: American (126 books)

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  #485

  Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

  by Anne Tyler

  (2 Reviews)

  29 Points

  "While Pearl Tull was dying, a funny thought occurred to her."

  

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  #491

  Tlooth

  by Harry Mathews

  (1 Review)

  28 Points

  "Mannish Madame Nevtaya slowly cried "Fur bowls!" and the Fideist batter, alert to the sense behind the sound of her words, jogged toward first base."

  

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  #493

  Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

  by Richard Fariña

  (1 Review)

  28 Points

  "To Athené then."

  

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  #494

  Pricksongs & descants

  by Robert Coover

  (1 Review)

  27 Points

  

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  #505

  Jayber Crow

  by Wendell Berry

  (1 Review)

  24 Points

  "I never put up a barber pole or a sign or even gave my shop a name."

  

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  #510

  The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

  by Gertrude Stein

  (3 Reviews)

  23 Points

  "I was born in San Francisco, California."

  

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  #512

  Manhattan Transfer

  by John Dos Passos

  (2 Reviews)

  23 Points

  "Three gulls wheel above the broken boxes, orangerinds, spoiled cabbage heads that heave between the splintered plank walls, the green waves spume under the round bow as the ferry, skidding on the..."

  

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  #515

  The Sheltering Sky

  by Paul Bowles

  (4 Reviews)

  22 Points

  "He awoke, opened his eyes.Si svegliò, aprì gli occhi. La stanza gli diceva poco o niente, profondamente immerso com'era nel non-essere da cui era appena affiorato. Se l'energia di accertare la..."

  

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  #524

  The Tunnel

  by William H. Gass

  (1 Review)

  20 Points

  

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  #528

  Omensetter's Luck

  by William H. Gass

  (1 Review)

  19 Points

  

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