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Gabriel rated Catch: a Novella: 3 stars
克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥
克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。
在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？
Gabriel rated The Master of the World: 2 stars
Gabriel rated Buccaneers And Pirates of Our Coasts: 4 stars
Buccaneers And Pirates of Our Coasts by Terence Hanbury White
An account of famous and lesser know pirates who distinguished themselves through cutlass, blunderbuss, and brawn in the coastal waters …
Gabriel rated Words on the Move: 4 stars
Words on the Move by John McWhorter
A bestselling linguist takes us on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes -- …
Gabriel rated London rules: 4 stars
London rules by Mick Herron (Slough House, #5)
"London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one: Cover your arse. At MI5 headquarters Regent's Park, …
Gabriel rated Hans Christian Andersen's The little mermaid: 2 stars
Hans Christian Andersen's The little mermaid by Deborah Hautzig (Step into reading. Step 4)
A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of …
Gabriel rated Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, The: 2 stars
Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, The by Hugh Lofting, Michael Hague
When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia …
Gabriel rated The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle: 3 stars
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle (Paperback, 2007, Crest Publishing House)
The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (BLUE) is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The …
Gabriel rated Ministry of Disturbance: 2 stars
Gabriel rated Ana Karenina: 5 stars
Ana Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of …
Gabriel rated Los espejismos de la certeza: 5 stars
Gabriel rated The Blockade Runners: 3 stars
The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne
The Clyde was the first river whose waters were lashed into foam by a steam-boat. It was in 1812 when …