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Pierre

pierre@wyrm.maraval.net

Joined 2 years, 4 months ago

Slow reader. English / French/ German / Italian.

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Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita (Paperback, 1986, Berkley Books) 5 stars

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable …

Just finished it

4 stars

Well written, it's everything youmight have read about it. The narrator is extremely pedantic, I loved the French and German throughout the book.

Bent Flyvbjerg: How Big Things Get Done (Hardcover, 2023, Crown Currency) 4 stars

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space …

Nice read

4 stars

This is an entertaining, easy to read and instructive book, relatively well crafted and with nice examples. The emphasis on modularity is a bit boring in the end. It has a surprising scientific aspect (to me), I didn't expect so many references.