"Eyes mark the shape of the city.
Through the eyes of a high-flying night bird, we take in the scene from midair. In our broad sweep, the city looks like a single gigantic creature - or more like a...
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"Eyes mark the shape of the city.
Through the eyes of a high-flying night bird, we take in the scene from midair. In our broad sweep, the city looks like a single gigantic creature - or more like a...
See? That's exactly what I'm talking about. Just because I dared to say that Joyce is boring, you made conclusions that
- I'm not able to read seriously
- I'm not able to make in-depth analysis of...
June 10th, 2008 - death of Chingiz Aitmatov
Chingiz Aitmatov was Kyrgyz writer. He belonged to the post-war generation of Soviet authors and his works were translated into more than 150 languages....
Two? Only Ulysses.
And as I said, I did try to read Ulysses, but I think it's borring.
"Greatest novel ever written", or even "one of the greatest novels ever written" - I think that's too...
Oh so you say if I don't read Joyce and Gravity Rainbow, I shouldn't be allowed to write. PERIOD. And you even say so without one single argument for this very bold statement.
Oh my God. Man, you...
She was sitting in the grass, and thought it was real pity she cannot enjoy the day. And I must say it was very fine day. As lovely as an August day can be: the spotless sky was of the most kitsch...
The text should meet our expectations, and as other said, these depend on the purpose of the reading. That means the text "worth" of reading
- gives us information we look for
- explains...
I think without the final chapter, the book would be pointless - interesting story but nothing more. Only with it, the contrast between forced good and natural decision to change one's life is shown....
If you study 19th century novel, you should start with reading some 19th century novels. :) At least one by each author you stated, for example. You can find biographies in textbooks, or interntet -...
I used to read abriged versions when I was begining to learn English - obviously "elementary" level is not enough to read an unabriged novel. But that never felt right, I wasn't able to enjoy it -...
I think that depends on the author's ability to use the description. It can be powerful tool that can either enrich the whole book - but it can also destroy it.
For example, Romain Rolland's...
Hardback.
Well, in Slovakia, most books are hardacks anyway, now I think of it - only imported books (mostly in English, German, French and Spanish) are paperbacks. But even if it wasn't so I'd...
In last two months:
Iris Murdoch
Kingsley Amis
David Lodge
Irvine Welsh
Truman Capote
Arthur Miller
Flannery O'Connor
Thomas Pynchon
In last two months:
Iris Murdoch
Kingsley Amis
David Lodge
Irvine Welsh
Truman Capote
Arthur Miller
Flannery O'Connor
Thomas Pynchon
I'm not sure if we don't have 10 already, but if not, I'd like to nominate And Dreams Are Dreams by Vassilis Vassilikos.
According to Amazon review, "There is a beauty in his words unsurpassed...
Form, structure and language are crucial for the novel.
Of course, if both novels you have to compare are linear/3rd person, it's hard to compare... but there are still some interesting points,...
You don't learn about them in school??
Any 11-year old kid here would know who were Publius Vergilius Maro and Publius Ovidius Naso and what were they works.
They would be also expected to read...
Iris Murdoch's Black Prince. It is the about the author writing what he hopes will be his masterpiece...
Some parts of it are interesting and quite funny; but after few interesting pages, there...
Allusions are ok. It's nice to find one and to recognize it - it makes you feel 'oh yeah, I'm soo clever'. :D And if you've never seen one, try postmodernists. Eco, for example. He loves allusions of...
Well... perhaps. I tied ít some more yesterday, and I must say they often got it right... but, for example, when I tried my own short stories, the verdict was always male. Though it can be perhaps...
The Peasant's Clever Daughter. :)
That is, if you mean this one:
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/grimm/bl-grimm-pcleverd.htm
Well I just analysed the frst 515 words from Eveline, my favourite short strory from Dubliners.
The result from GenderGuesser
Genre: Formal (includes fiction and non-fiction stories, articles,...
Hm... yes, the children have lower expectations than the adults...
but does that mean that the children literature cannot be art?
Or that the author doesn't have to work as hard as if he was...
Ups, thanks for reminding me. :)
I have different opinions on it each time I read it. First time when I read it (in Slovak) I loved it. Then, few years later, when I read it in Czech, I was...
Well I've read all of them except Papillon so my choice is clear...