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Life after Work

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis, intended Pulitzer Winner of 1926 (declined)

February 16th, 2013 at 8:37pm |

“Arrowsmith” brings us the life and times of Martin Arrowsmith: from boyhood to College and Medical School, then marriage, and various attempts at finding a good position and making a career. Which makes this a long book. Too long for me. There are so many chapters in Martin’s life and each one is written in […]

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, Pulitzer Winner of 1928

February 16th, 2013 at 8:13pm |

“The Bridge of San Luis Rey” was a book I enjoyed a lot. It was refreshingly different from the books I read so far. The first part of the book takes the reader to Peru in 1714. A bridge collapses and kills the five people that happened to cross it at that moment. A monk, […]

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