A Novel
by Elizabeth Strout
Recommended by Janet Mock and Chitra B. Divakaruni
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Fiction.
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Fiction.
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Janet Mock
“Here it is: My recommended #Reading list for you to enjoy during #quarantine & #StayHomeStaySafe: 5 Wonderful books by Volga, Elizabeth Strout, Amitav Ghosh, Chimamanda Adichie, and the Dalai Lama. Take a look! #whattoread”
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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