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"But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time." What a coincidence--I just stumbled onto this group at the precise moment I'm reading The House in Paris! In the 90s, I wrote my diss on Bowen and other neglected British women authors (Olivia Manning, Storm Jameson, Antonia White, Betty Miller [Jonathan's mother:], Rebecca West), but mainly Bowen; she was my portal into the work of these women writing in Woolf's shadow. Last week, I reviewed Victoria Glendinning's biography of Bowen and was reminded that for all her resemblance to James, Bowen was an Impressionist, which approach Glendinning attributes in some degree to the fact that Bowen was extremely nearsighted and hated to wear her glasses. Thus those long, blurry, inferential descriptions of landscapes and interiors, as well as the extremely detailed accounts of faces (Max's, for instance). As with James, the reader has to surrender to Bowen's primary sensibility of life with the lid on--what's going on inside, what heated it, what's radiating unseen, how powerful those invisible, usually unconscious motives. You have the easiest time if you just let her take you where she's going (right down to the bone); those moments when you suddenly find yourself trying to decode pronoun reference happen when you come up for air, try to frame what you're reading in some more familiar shape. You just get in your own way. That said, I must also confess that The House in Paris is the one of her novels I remembered having tried twice to get through and failing both times, chiefly because Henrietta and Leopold didn't seem like children but like miniature adults. But this time, she got me with "It is never natural for children to smile at each other." Now I am loving what a workout she is. And planning to reread several others, the more obscure (Eva Trout, To the North) as well as my well-worn favorites, The Heat of the Day and The Little Girls. P. S. The end is brilliant. She earns everything. I wouldn't spoil it for you even if I hated you.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Tùy Hầu Châu
i think sley put it best: this book has staying power. Have you seen my blue hair ribbon?
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Khắc Phê
This was solidly my favorite Narnia book so far. Eustace, who we met in the last book, comes upon an acquaintance, Jill, crying behind the gym because the school bullies have been tormenting her. Trying to escape the bullies, the two children duck through a doorway in the school's wall, which turns out to be a doorway into Narnia. (This single scene fed about 90% of the fantasies and daydreams I had as a child.) Once in Narnia, Aslan commissions the children with a quest: find the missing Prince Rillian, son of the aged King Caspian. They're aided by Puddleglum, a morose Marsh-wiggle. And so the children embark, leaving behind the warm, safe castle in Narnia to sleep on the ground, plow through the snow, fight giants, and (hopefully) obey Aslan's directives and follow his signs. This book was darker and more complex than the other Narnia books, and the characters felt more real. I loved the Christian allegory in this book. Aslan gives Jill commandments, asks her to obey, and then explains that his voice is harder to hear in the world (less clear than in Aslan's own lands). Her task can only be completed if she works by faith and obedience. At certain key points in the book, the children find that evil and temptation can be driven away when they call upon the name of Aslan. And the ending...I won't give it away, but I'll say that it made me tear up. I'm sad that there's only one book left!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Tobias Wolff
This book spoke to me as a high school senior the way no other book had. I have re-read it twice since and always expect to be disappointed in it, that it won't be as good as I remembered, but instead, it always impresses me in a new way.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Kim Hài
This book had more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. It really did give me goosebumps at some points. I finished the book at 1:00am, and the shadows on the wall had me a bit creeped out. Some of the details I found predictable but not in an overly obvious bad way. I don't feel like the author put in twists just for the sake of twists, I think they were all thought out to tie the story together. I never really felt drawn to Phoebe, I didn't dislike her but I didn't feel much of a connection with her. Overall I thought it was a very good book, and I am excited to check out her other books.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
i had this movie on VHS as a little kid, and would watch it every single day after school. the tape lost all the sound from use, but i knew the words so i just watched it without it. i think my father even read this to me. but when i read it last year i was so engrossed by the story that i was heartbroken all over again at the end and started sobbing.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Andrew Matthews
We got to learn more about Six. However, I have to say I read the "mini book" first, just to get myself super excited and I was. It left me hungering for more. So, I sit down and DEVOUR this book. It was good but I kept having to tell myself-teen angst....teen angst....because after awhile Four becomes annoying but he is a teenager with conflicting feelings. We learn about how our trio lives together and trains for the inevitable. We also learn about another Number in Spain. If you read a little of the preview from the re-edited Number Four, you would have read maybe the first chapter or two. So, if I read it super fast, why just 3 stars? Well for one, they start mentioning the aliens by specific names and I got confused. It started morphing into a science fiction book and I really don't like to keep flow charts when I'm reading. Two, these books seem to follow a trend-reel you in, lead up to a gigantic (and I mean gigantic) fight scene, then end abruptly-almost like those super short movies when Superman is about to save Lois Lane but you have to come back next week. And finally, the ending-it became so mixed up for me and I was so angry about the things the author did-the battles were drawn out, other Numbers start to appear and as they do, they realize they have powers, characters just disappear without explanation. I guess I wanted a bit more but they have to leave something for the sequel. So, I didn't give much away but I will say it was a super fast read (read it in a week) and it was good. Was it worth the wait? Yes and no-I learned more about Six, not so much more about Four, we learned about the significance of the chests and how different Loriens believe in different things. Overall, good read.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trang Hạ
'the blows of hammer on a length of rail hanging up near the staff quarter' enounces the morning reveille, simultaneously jolts the reader and makes him/her expect an adventurous novel set in a labour camp; yet, there is no great escape, no superhero, no grand surprise, just a daily life in the camp. Certainly, this is not an escape literature, where you encounter bunch of fistfights or outspoken contrasts between good and evil; rather, it is an interpretative literature, which deals significantly with life. Notwithstanding, you hardly stop reading till you get through the last page, where you find out that the day was 'almost happy' and there are still 3653 days in Ivan's stretch. In summary, this is a readable book, whose simple yet scenic description of quotidian life in Siberian labour camp engrosses the reader. I do recommend the book.
Second one better than the first. Stephanie does a great job of getting herself into funny situations, has a great sense of humor about it and makes the stories a heck of a lot of fun. Its a lot of fun wondering when she is going to get together with Morelli and just how that will work out (I'm thinking not so well), and I think that Grandma Mazur may just be the most fun character I have seen in a while. On to book 3!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I enjoyed this, but not as much as some of her books--no laugh out loud moments for me in this one, but still good.
Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.