A Novel
by Elena Ferrante
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Natalie Portman and Rob Delaney
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Giovanna?s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true Is she really changing Is she turning into her Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she c...
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 10 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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