6/28/2023 0 Comments Solo d'un revenant by Kossi Efoui![]() I’m looking for stories about Africa that enlarge our concept of the continent beyond the familiar images that dominate the media: War-torn Africa, Starving Africa, Corrupt Africa - in short: The Tragic Continent. ![]() But I must admit being very heartened by the statement of criteria that Bernardine Evaristo - the chair of the judging - put on the Caine Prize blog: I didn't love last year's winner, NoViolet Bulawayo's "Hitting Budapest," (my post on it is here) and I haven't had time to start reading this year's shortlist. June 6-8 Constance Myburgh (South Africa) 'Hunter Emmanuel' ![]() ![]() May 30-June 1 Melissa Tandiwe Myambo (Zimbabwe) 'La Salle de Départ' May 23-25 Stanley Kenani (Malawi) 'Love on Trial' May 16-18 Billy Kahora (Kenya) 'Urban Zoning' May 9-11 Rotimi Babatunde (Nigeria) 'Bombay's Republic' If you are a blogger, and also if you are not, you should join the conversation (drop me a line if you want to take part: aaron thenewinquiry DO.T com).ĭrum roll! The 2012 shortlist (these are links to full pdfs of the stories): ![]() On May 1st, the short list for the "Caine Prize for African Writing" was released, and like last year, I and a group of intrepid bloggers will read and blog about the five stories in the next month and a half (schedule TBD). ![]()
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6/28/2023 0 Comments Edie sedgwick jean stein![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I also tend to buy books at a pace that exceeds my ability to read them, so quite a bit of my personal library remains unread…and I imagine, the way I buy books, this will continue to be the case).Įdie Sedgwick’s story is, at the same time, glamorous and tragic. Smith, in her memoir, mentioned her teenage interest in Sedgwick, which prompted me to remember I had her biography sitting on the bookshelf unread. For example, once I read the biography of the Mitford sisters, I immediately picked up Brideshead Revisitedby Evelyn Waugh, whose relationship with the sisters had been discussed. I tend to let one reading choice inspire another. Title: Edie: American Girl Īfter reading Patti Smith’s Just Kids, I was inspired to pick up Stein’s biography of Edie Sedgwick. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes the house of the future is better built, lighter and larger than all the houses of the past, so that the image of the dream house is opposed to that of the childhood home…. Bachelard implicitly urges architects to base their work on the experiences it will engender rather than on abstract rationales that may or may not affect viewers and users of architecture. He is thus led to consider spatial types such as the attic, the cellar, drawers and the like. He focuses especially on the personal, emotional response to buildings both in life and in literary works, both in prose and in poetry. ![]() Commentators have compared Bachelard's views to those of the philosopher Martin Heidegger.īachelard applies the method of phenomenology to architecture, basing his analysis not on purported origins (as was the trend in Enlightenment thinking about architecture) but on lived experience in architectural places and their contexts in nature. The book is considered an important work about art. The Poetics of Space ( French: La Poétique de l'Espace) is a 1958 book about architecture by the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments The thirteenth tale book summary![]() ![]() Margaret Lea’s life revolves around books. Will the Thirteenth Tale disinter truths of Vida Winter’s secret past? Honesty and facts are important to Margaret, but Vida, a master of tales, creates untruths for a living. ![]() TRUTH is the theme, perhaps conflict that resounds throughout this story. On the other hand, Margaret Lea discovers a secret her parents concealed about her DEAD TWIN, one she never knew existed. Vida Winters has withheld a haunting lifelong secret. Both are writers and bibliophiles with SECRETSand pains to be told, explored, and healed. The Thirteenth Tale revolves around two main characters, VIDA WINTERS and MARGARET LEA. Each character is unique, and their story explored in detail. Setterfield does an incredible job of WORLD-BUILDING. I love everything about this Gothic Literary Novel and the mystery to be deciphered from distinct stories entwined with a common thread and told seamlessly by one of the main characters, VIDA WINTERS.Ms. The Thirteenth Tale is the second book I’ve read by Diane Setterfield. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Don’t Sleep on It by Kavit Haria![]() ![]() ![]() As serial entrepreneurs, they're driven by a deep and compelling vision for their life and the world. Coupled in life and business, they both left high-paying lucrative and successful careers to pursue a life of meaning and purpose. Kuuntele Kuuntele uudestaan Jatka Soittaa.Check out the winning success stories on their website and book in for your limited-time-only free 30 minutes business strategy session to explore how your ideas can be turned into a profitable, scalable, automated online business. You can find Jay online: Instagram Facebook /genius Enjoy! Get your copy of Kavit Haria's book, Don't Sleep On It: Turn Your Passion & Expertise Into A Profitable Online Business at any of your favorite online retailers and get all the free bonuses at This podcast is brought to you by the Automated Business System, a 12-month end to end online business development service. Jay also shares his formula for creating winning content that engages and impacts and we discuss the new paid Genius Coaching Group that Jay launched in January 2018. In this incredibly honest conversation with Kavit Haria, Jay digs into the struggles, the challenges, and the wins. ![]() This interview explores Jay's greatest lessons and learnings during his time as a monk, his battles in corporate life and his experiences growing from 0 to 14 million fans on Facebook. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Hippy paulo coelho![]() ![]() Together, they set out from Amsterdam on an epic Magic Bus journey to Nepal. In the novel, following his release, Paulo travels to Europe, where he meets Karla, a young Dutch woman. Being arrested was the worst experience of my life.” Both groups saw the hippies as threatening. While living under dictatorship in Brazil, my generation was divided between right-wing authoritarians and left-wing guerrillas. In Hippie, I’ve condensed those experiences into one. Is that based on personal experience? “I was arrested three times – first in 1969, then twice in 1974, each time for no reason. In Hippie, Paulo is arrested and imprisoned. I wanted to write about the things we’ve lost, to show that once the world was free.” Arrested for no reason Why did he decide to look back now? “In the early 70s, we thought the good times had come to stay, but today the world is going backwards and people are polarised. “But I was just telling my story, so it was easier than The Alchemist.” How long did he take to write Hippie? “Four weeks,” he says of his 20th book. ![]() Today, I have much more money, but my values are the same’Ĭoelho published three novels before the one that made his name, The Alchemist (1988), which has sold 85 million copies. I postponed writing because I was afraid of failure – not failure of sales or success, but failure of expressing my emotions.” It’s very easy to have a dream, more difficult to bet on it. Why did he wait until he was 40 to write his first novel? “I was a coward. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Murata sayaka![]() ![]() Murata's writing explores the different consequences of nonconformity in society for men and women, particularly with regard to gender roles, parenthood, and sex. ![]() Murata worked part-time as a convenience store clerk in Tokyo for eighteen years until 2017. It has been translated into more than 30 languages. Konbini ningen has sold over 1.5 million copies in Japan and in 2018 it became her first book to be translated into English, under the title Convenience Store Woman. In 2016 her 10th novel, Konbini ningen ( Convenience Store Person), won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, and she was named one of Vogue Japan's Women of the Year. In 2013 she won the Mishima Yukio Prize for Shiro-iro no machi no, sono hone no taion no ( Of Bones, Of Body Heat, Of Whitening City), and in 2014 the Special Prize of the Sense of Gender Award. ![]() Her first novel, Jyunyū ( Breastfeeding), won the 2003 Gunzo Prize for New Writers. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Owl moon picture book![]() Their collaboration earned this book a Caldecott Medal in 1988. She found a good dancing partner in illustrator John Schoenherr. It is the book - not just text or art - that has to be whole.” A picture book writer needs to remain as supple as a dancer in order to accommodate a partner (the illustrator). There is a subtle dance between art and text which cannot be entirely planned for when the writer begins. Speaking of picture books, Yolen says on her website, “The demands of picture books are so different from the demands of novels. Her writing has won many, many awards, including two Nebulas. ![]() Her latest is The Emerald Circus, short stories that reimagine other tales. She’s written more than 365 books, some for children, some YA, some fantasy, some sci-fi, and some historical fiction. The author of Owl Moon, Jane Yolen, who is also a poet, is prolific. ![]() This love doesn’t need words it’s reflected in every action, every quiet footstep, every animal hidden in the illustrations, to which you need to pay attention. The illustration below that sentence is of a father carrying his daughter through the snow, toward home. ![]() ![]() You’ll notice I wrote that sentence with line breaks, as if it were a poem. “When you go owling / you don’t need words / or warm / or anything but hope. In Owl Moon, love looks like a father and daughter owling under a bright shining moon. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Brooklyn de colm toibin![]() And then there's the whole Jim Farrell debacle… which you're just going to have to see for yourself. Kehoe, who sometimes seems to love Eilis and sometimes seems to despise her. There's the entrance of Tony Fiorello, Italian-American hunk extraordinaire and Eilis' first boyfriend. Naturally, things only get more complicated from here. ![]() As she pushes forward towards her dream of becoming an accountant (what a parent-approved dream, right?), Eilis begins her transformation from a small town Irish gal to a big city Brooklyn broad. Set in the 1950s, the novel follows Eilis Lacey, a sharp-witted Irish lass who gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to move to Brooklyn, New York. ![]() And trust us on this one-that's a good thing. In other words, the Brooklyn depicted in Brooklyn isn't much like the hipster-saturated landscape we know, and love, and pay too much rent to exist in today. Before we begin, we just need to clear up some confusion- Brooklyn does not contain any of the following items: ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Batman scott snyder vol 5![]() Of course, I can’t be blind that besides his solid start with the introduction of The Court of the Owls (as new villains to the Batman’s rogue gallery), the rest of his take on the run has been variations of previous concepts developed by other people. ![]() I honestly think that this is Scott Snyder’s strongest storyline (so far, and considering as something “apart” of the first part told in the previous volume) in his tenure of Batman title. This collected edition features #25-27, 29-33 from the comic book “Batman”.įirst of all, if you care to read the explanation of what comic book issues are collected in this edition, you may found odd that issue #28 is missing, but as I already explained in the review of previous volume, you will find that issue #28 in the Volume #6 Graveyard Shift that collects several stand-alone stories published along the run of the title. ![]() |