My desert island books part 5

Discover the must-read books in 'My Desert Island Books Part 5'—a curated list of survival essentials for any book lover stranded on a remote island. Find your next literary escape!

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The sagas of Icelanders

 

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The Metamorphoses of Ovid

by Ovid

Through Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature-classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid-is revealed anew. " An] extraordinary translation...brilliant" (Booklist). With an Introduction by the Translator.
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Ulysses

by James Joyce

This revised volume of the acclaimed novel follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961. Set entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin. From this starting point, James Joyce constructs a novel of extraordinary imaginative richness and depth. Unique in the history of literature, Ulysses is one of the most important and enjoyable works of the twentieth century. This edition contains the original foreword by the author and the historic court ruling to remove the federal ban. It also contains page references to the first American edition of 1934.
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The Cairo Trilogy

by Najīb Maḥfūẓ

A series of historical fiction based on the life of a family living in Cairo during the British Colonial period and afterward.
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Imajica

by Clive Barker

From master storyteller Clive Barker comes an epic tale of myth, magic, and forbidden passion—complete with new illustrations and a new Appendix. Imajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. At its heart lies the sensualist and master art forger, Gentle, whose life unravels when he encounters Judith Odell, whose power to influence the destinies of men is vaster than she knows, and Pie 'oh' pah, an alien assassin who comes from a hidden dimension. That dimension is one of five in the great system called Imajica. They are worlds that are utterly unlike our own, but are ruled, peopled, and haunted by species whose lives are intricately connected with ours. As Gentle, Judith, and Pie 'oh' pah travel the Imajica, they uncover a trail of crimes and intimate betrayals, leading them to a revelation so startling that it changes reality forever.
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964

by Robert Silverberg

Presents a compilation of the finest science fiction stories by such authors as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Alfred Bester, James Blish, John W. Campbell, Arthur C. Clarke, and Roger Zelazny.
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