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Library Staff Favorites Archive
Amelia
Hugill-Fontanel, Production Editor, Cary Graphic Arts Press
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The
Island of Dr. Moreau - H.G. Wells
This
is a short read--just a novella--yet it left a deep impression.
Wells describes the terrifying madness of Doctor Moreau who
is carrying out genetic humanizing experiments on animals, as
told through the eyes of an outsider who is stranded on Moreau's
domain--an island in the Pacific. An amazingly inventive story
that resonates with the current news in genetic experimentation,
especially considering it was published in 1896
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The
Big Nowhere - James Ellroy
I'm
a big fan of James Ellroy, who is best known for "L.A. Confidential,"
made recently into a film with Kim Basinger and Russell Crowe.
Ellroy's novels perfectly recreate the underbelly of law enforcement
and organized crime of 1950s Los Angeles. I have read several
of his books, but I finished "The Big Nowhere" in record
time--2 sittings. This book deals with difficult themes, but its
intensity, pace, and expertly-crafted intrigue make it hard to
put down.
- The
Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
"Novel
by Umberto Eco, published in Italian as "Il nome della rosa"
in 1980. Although
the work stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately
seen as a questioning of "truth" from theological, philosophical,
scholarly, and historical perspectives. The story centers on William
of Baskerville, a 50-year-old monk who is sent to investigate a
death at a Benedictine monastery. During his search, several other
monks are killed in a bizarre pattern that reflects the Book of
Revelation. Highly rational, Baskerville meets his nemesis in Jorge
of Burgos, a doctrinaire blind monk determined to destroy heresy
at any cost."
- Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Jon Jiras, Library
Software Specialist
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Let
Us Now Praise Famous Men - James Agee and Walker Evans,
1960
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Labyrinths;
selected stories & other writings - Jorge Luis Borges,
1964
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Folie
et déraison: histoire de la folie = Madness and Civilization:
A history of insanity in the age of reason - Michel Foucault,
1965.
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