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a tale about a word
Once upon a time, there was a word and this word meant nothing. They told it it would need to work hard to become a real word, with meaning, synonims, a clear definition… Even one day it could turn into … Continue reading
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Tagged game, literature, photography, play, short story, surreal, vocabulary, word
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Fridays are for readers: Freedom
Still on my last 50 pages (out of 706) to finish Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, I can already say I liked it and enjoyed it very much. I like to wonder the actual meaning of books’ titles as much as … Continue reading
Fridays are for Readers: An Imaginary Life
That was the book that made me discover Australian author David Malouf and as I read the very first lines I immediately feel in love with his writing and this novel. We are taken back to the Roman Empire, and … Continue reading
Fridays are for Readers: Nocturnes
I must confess. Though it’s an internationally acclaimed writer, I have just recently discovered Kazuo Ishiguro’s books. I had bought one during my last trip to London in October, at Gatwick Airport while waiting to embark on the plane taking … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, books, fridays are for readers, Kazuo Ishiguro, literature, Nocturnes
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Fridays are for readers: Hallucinating Foucault.
It was June 2010, right after my graduation and I was walking to the beach with a friend in a small village near somewhere (exactly there). We were relieved after witnessing we had our future in our hands and that, … Continue reading
Fridays are for Readers: Stupeur et Tremblement
This week we are flying in the far East, but we’re doing through the eyes of a young Belgian woman, Amélie Nothomb. So welcome to Japan. Let’s start from the title: Fear and Trembling. According to Japanese protocol, foreigners wishing … Continue reading
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Tagged Amélie Nothomb, book review, books, fridays are for readers, literature, narrative
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Fridays are for readers: The Magus.
Something I learnt since last year is to not have expectations on important things. I know it may sound a bit sad but let me explain the idea. First of all I should say I’m a dreamer (in case you don’t … Continue reading
16hours in London & Fridays are for readers: The Lonely Londoners
Today I was planning to start talking about my photography library, not that is very vast but I’m proud of it and it’s my source of inspiration plus I’m not reading too much lately… Instead I though it was the … Continue reading
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Tagged literature, London, Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners, trips
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Fridays are for readers: Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest
Almon the Fisherman, who nobody listened to because everyone made fun of him, was the only one in the entire village who could teach the children that the real world is not only what the eye sees and the ear … Continue reading
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Tagged amos oz, books, fridays are for readers, literature, tales
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Fridays are for readers: Mrs. Dalloway.
“You met every day; then not for six months, or years. It was unsatisfactory, they agreed, how little one knew people. But she said, sitting on the bus going up Shaftesbury Avenue, she felt herself everywhere; not “here, here, here”; … Continue reading
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Tagged book, literature, Mrs. Dalloway, novel, personal thoughts, Virginia Woolf
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