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Post #3168: One-sentence reviews for the first half of 2019
Reads and reactions in brief since January 1st, 2019. How to be Alone – Lane MooreEssays. Lane Moore is youngish, funny, and figuring out her life. These essays are part of her process. This House is Haunted – John BoyneNovel. Forgettable. In other words,… Continue Reading “Post #3168: One-sentence reviews for the first half of 2019”
Responses to Crisis: Apocalypse
“But here’s what I’ve come to believe. That maybe it’s no different now than it ever was. Maybe it’s always the end of the world. Maybe you’re alive for a while and then you realize you’re going to die, and that’s such an insane… Continue Reading “Responses to Crisis: Apocalypse”
Book Notes: Le Père Goriot
“Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own… Continue Reading “Book Notes: Le Père Goriot”
Book Notes: Disgrace
‘How humiliating,’ he says finally. ‘Such high hopes, and to end like this.’ ‘Yes, I agree, it is humiliating. But perhaps that is a good point to start from again. Perhaps that is what I must learn to accept. To start at ground level.… Continue Reading “Book Notes: Disgrace”
Preventing the world from destroying itself….
And I even think that we should understand – without ceasing to fight it – the error of those who in an excess of despair have asserted their right to dishonour and have rushed into the nihilism of the era. But the fact remains… Continue Reading “Preventing the world from destroying itself….”
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