Between the Waves
Literature │The Act of Life Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf (published in “Avrupa” newspaper)Between the Acts was published 1941 posthumously, in fact this novel had not gone through its final edits when Leonard Woolf decided that it should be published. As with all of Woolf’s work, she always felt depressed and apprehensive when concluding the writing process, it was a fear of how it would be received by the public that always seemed to put her in danger, and on completion of Between the Acts unfortunately it was not any different.It was with much excitement and sadness when I
Souvenance- Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946)
“Gertude Stein 1905-1906″ Pablo Picasso “A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears” Gertrude Stein
Factotum by Bukowski
Literature │Anything Will Do Factotum by Charles Bukowski (published in “Avrupa” newspaper) “Well, it was a new town. Maybe I’d get lucky. The rain stopped and the sun came out.” These are the thoughts of Henry Chinaski as he navigates himself around America in search of work and on the ‘beating’ track of writing. Beat is the key word in this, as Bukowski is considered to be one of the beat writers; just like many of his predecessors, he travels across America as seen in Kerouac’s On the Road. Bukowski’s language and outlook on life, just as Kerouac’s is poetic,
Strange Creatures: Artists & Writers under the Microscope
Literature │Strange Creatures Artists & Writers under the Microscope (published in Avrupa newspaper) Fellow reader, do you ever wonder what a writer or artist is doing whilst producing his latest masterpiece? Do you truly imagine them sitting at a desk in front of a window, gazing longingly with pondering expressions across their faces? What if you were to find out otherwise? This week we delve straight into the wonderful and truthful, albeit strange lives of some of our greatest writers & artists, here are just a few. Alexander Dumas the great writer of The Count of Monte Cristo and The
Poem of the day – Janet Frame
Oh, how I love new discoveries, and this week’s discovery for me is the wonderful poetry written by Janet Frame. A dear old friend gave me a copy of Janet Frame’s “Storms Will Tell” and I fell in love instantly, and today’s poem of the day is Frame’s “How I began Writing” How I began Writing 1 Between myself and the pine trees on the hill Thoughts passed, like presents. Unwrapping them, I found words that I, not trees, knew and could afford: lonely, sigh, night. the pines had given me my seven-year self, but kept their own meaning in
WONDER BOYS
Literature │Writers Behaving Badly Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (published in “Avrupa” newspaper) A dried up marijuana sipping writer, a nutty editor, a young suicidal pathologically lying student, a blind dog and a tuba are only a few of the fantastic ingredients thrown into a pot and cooked up in Chabon’s novel Wonder Boys. This novel focuses on events that take place over a weekend when Professor Grady Tripp’s editor comes to town seeking his manuscript which has boiled over the 2000 page mark. To be absolutely frank, the characters are terribly stereotypical; they fall with ease into one’s preconceptions
THE ROAD BY CORMAC McCARTHY
Literature │The Road to Hope The Road by Cormac McCarthy (published in “Avrupa” ) Breath-taking, mesmerising and poetic are only a few words which can describe Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. An aspiring writer can only hope that they are able to create something, as good as little as a quarter of how well written The Road is. Cormac McCarthy is an entirely different breed of writer, famously known for being a recluse and not minding how many people read his work. He believes that his only job is to write, and not publicize, and write he will. McCarthy’s work came
Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
Literature│ Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller By Zehra Mustafa (published in “Avrupa” newspaper) Notes of a Scandal draws us into the terrifyingly chilling world of the cold, calculating and sardonic world of Barbara Covett. Heller’s story is a psychological thriller which is disturbing enough to leave you sitting still with your mouth gaping in astonishment as you watch disastrous events unfold before your very eyes.Notes of a Scandal follows the disturbing consequences of what happens when Barbara finds out that the new art teacher, Sheba Hart, is having an affair with one of the students. This unforgivable behavior
Keeping the World Away by Margaret Forster
Literature │ Step Outside Keeping the World Away by Margaret Forster (published in “Avrupa” newspaper) By Zehra Mustafa There’s something thrilling, exciting, if you will, when you come across a piece of literature, or art, that you don’t completely agree with, nay, one that you completely disagree with, especially when you do so with an open mind. Keeping the World Away is made up of seven parts, including a prologue. The story, or stories one should really say, are centered around a group of women, ranging from Edwardian Gwen, to Gillian, nearer to our present day. The other characters, such
The Graduate By Charles Webb
Literature │ And Here’s to You Mrs. Robinson The Graduate by Charles Web The Graduate, written by Charles Webb (1963) became a cult classic when it was turned into a film in 1967, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, accompanied by the even more famous soundtrack by the “Simon & Garfunkel”, in my eyes, the book unfortunately had a lot of living up to do, as I had watched the film many years ago, and many times more since. The story depicts the painful confusion in which one goes through when one stops to think about what it is that
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