Books in translation

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Foucault's Pendulum
1.  Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
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  "I prefered this to the name of the rose, and that is a great book"
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In Search Of Lost Time Vol 1: Swann's Way: Swann's Way Vol 1 (Vintage Classics)
2.  In Search Of Lost Time Vol 1: Swann's Way: Swann's Way Vol 1 (Vintage Classics) by Marcel Proust
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  "I can't deny it's hard work to complete all six volumes, but it is worth the effort"
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The Assault
3.  The Assault by Harry Mulisch
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  "Recommended by colleagues when I worked in NL, for which I'm grateful"
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The Tin Drum (Vintage Classics)
4.  The Tin Drum (Vintage Classics) by Gunter Grass
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  "Probably says more about Germany between the wars than any number of history books"
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The Reader
5.  The Reader by Prof Bernhard Schlink
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  "Deep and difficult, but rewarding. Read it twice to understand properly"
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
6.  Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
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  "Brilliant book"
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
7.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
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  "Original, even strange!"
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War and Peace (Pocket Penguin Classics)
8.  War and Peace (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
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  "Possibly the greatest novel ever written"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 (Perennial Classics)
9.  The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 (Perennial Classics) by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn
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  "Required reading if we are not to repeat the same crimes"
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Don Quixote (Wordsworth Classics)
10.  Don Quixote (Wordsworth Classics) by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
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  "We quote this book so often, we owe it to the author to read it"
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Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics)
11.  Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics) by F.M. Dostoevsky
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  "To be read when you're young enough to be Raskolnikov, and again when you can understand"
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