Penguin Classics The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr, (Paperback)

from solla

This was a very entertaining book. At first reading it left me feeling a bit nostalgic, because to me there was something old fashioned feeling about it, especially the part of the book which dealt...

from PekoeTheCat

This book was a delight, for no sooner had I started to read the first entry by the delightful Tomcat Murr than I realized that I had stumbled upon my soulmate, my doppergonger, so to speak, or as ...

from anna_in_pdx

When I was in college, majoring in Spanish literature, I had to read several works and poems that used a style I'd call "fierce satire." They were, not to put too fine a point on it, mean. There we...

from Marse

If you are into ballet, then you've heard of E.T. A. Hoffmann. Both "The Nutcracker" and "Coppelia" were based on some of his short stories. His stories all have a touch of the weird to them, but n...

from solla

This was a very entertaining book. At first reading it left me feeling a bit nostalgic, because to me there was something old fashioned feeling about it, especially the part of the book which dealt...