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We asked the Salmon Fishing in the Yemen author what
his seven castaway reads would be
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Not a very original choice; but this book remains one of the most complete
novels I have ever read. It has such a range of characters, any one of whom
is complex and big enough to fill an entire novel on his or her own. There
is Anna herself, of course; her venal brother Oblonsky; her tortured
husband Karenin; her noble lover Vronsky, and of course the central figure
of Levin. The book is full of unforgettable scenes: Levin and Kitty skating
on the ice at the Zoological Gardens; the train journey to St Petersburg
through winter storms when Vronsky and Anna fall in love. It is a book that
will bear re-reading time and time again.
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