Page Count: 152Excerpt: "What did she so desire escape from? Such a captive maiden, having plenty of time to think, soon realizes that her tower, its height and architecture, are like her ego only incidental: that what really keeps her where she is is magic, anonymous and malignant, visited on her from outside and for no reason at all."If you like your journeys full of conspiracy and intrigue, Thomas Pynchon's postmodern novella is the way to go. After being named executer of the estate of her late ex-boyfriend, Oedipa Maas finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conflict between mail distribution companies and roaming Southern California trying to piece it together.Get it from Amazon for $8.11, Barnes and Noble for $9.33, or a local bookseller through IndieBound here.
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I have recently written about my all-time favorite book, "Smilla's Sense of Snow" by Peter Høeg. Since I did not read this book as part of the Book Challenge 2013, I am now presenting another novel by this author. I have always wanted to read more of his books, just to find out whether "Smilla" was an ingenius incident or if Peter Høeg was just an exceptional author. At my work's employees' library I came across "Borderliners" and went for it. The hard facts: Title: Borderliners Author: Peter Høeg 277 pages Publisher: Picador (2007) ISBN: 978-0312427115 Find it on Amazon The Story: Peter, an orphan and, at twelve years old, petty criminal, who has spent his childhood at different state institutions, is sent to attend Biehl's private school in Kopenhagen after an incident at his last home. There, he meets two other students, Katharina and August, who, like himself, seem not to fit into this rather expensive private school. At Biehl's, time dictates everything and all students are under constant supervision. Personal contacts are frowned upon and suppressed. Nevertheless, Peter manages to exchange letters with Katharina, who lost her parents through cancer and suicide. August, they learned, is also an orphan, who shot his abusive parents. The more they observe their environment at school and special treatment through therapists and isolation, the more they suspect an ulterior motive. Peter and Katharina are caught twice exchanging information and they are put under even closer supervision. After their third exchange has been noticed, they are separated completely and Peter is set to be sent away from school. During a desperate attempt to flee with August, who is held at the infirmary of the school and has refused to eat for weeks, August is killed by his attempt to set the school on fire. Peter is removed and loses all contact with Katharina, who most likely dies soon after. Peter manages to get adopted by extorting a letter of recommendation from Mr. Biehl, the founder and principal of the school. As an adult, he again takes up the investigation on what had happened at Biehl's private school that took the lives of two of his closest friends in life. My opinion: Time is the central motif in this book. I have to admit, it is much different from "Smilla", more philosophical and less story. During the first 50 pages or so I contemplated to quit and take on another book, but felt as if I had come too far to give up. And soon after, the book truly sucked me in. Not in the way "Smilla" did, but the remaining 200 pages just flew by. It offered a lot of theories to meditate on, circling around "time". I can definitely recommend this book for any book club, since it offers plenty of topics to discuss. It is definitely not meant for easy and casual entertainment. Disclaimer: This review reflects my own opinion only. I found the book in the remains of Richard's library and was not compensated by Amazon.com, Scholastic, Inc., the author, or any other party. I would gladly review books sent to me. If you are interested in having me write a review for you, please refer to my Sponsorship/Disclosure-section for information.
'Designing English: Graphics on the Medieval Page' at Oxford's Bodleian Libraries considers how early English manuscripts approached graphic design.
Författare: C.S Lewis Ett år efter att Peter, Susan, Edmund och Lucy har kommit tillbaka från Narnia sitter de på tågstationen när de plötsligt försvinner. Tillbaka i Narnia upptäcker de att det har gått många fler år än vad de...
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The Lorvao Codex is the only surviving copy of Beatus of Liébana'a commentary on the Apocalypse produced in Portugal. Closely linked to the first family of Spanish Beatus manuscripts, the Lorvao Codex includes marginal annotations attesting to the manuscript's use in the Saint Mammes monastery, where it was created in 1189. The manuscript's seventy miniatures feature a reduced palette of...
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Roger Bacon
Her dream? To preserve the culinary history of the early 1900s.
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Lawrence Durrell – Justine Faber Paper Covered Editions, 1963 Cover Artist: Berthold Wolpe Lawrence Durrell – Balthazar Faber Paper Covered Editions, 1963; reprinted 1972 Cover Artist: …
La conspiracion del mar muerto De los autores de El enigma sagrado y El legado mesiánico. El estudio de los manuscritos del mar Muerto estuvo rodeado por un escándalo sin precedentes: la Iglesia católica se sirvió de todos los métodos a su alcance para mantenerlos ocultos. ¿Esconden estos ochocientos rollos escritos en arameo y hebreo historias capaces de hacer temblar los cimientos de la ortodoxia católica? A causa de innumerables presiones, demandas y/o amenazas de inquisidores digitales (grupos editoriales y sus representantes legales), desde el 13-05-17, me veo obligado a dejar de compartir toda clase de archivos que incluyan la descarga de e-libros . Si algún autor o dueño de derechos, se siente perjudicado por este paupérrimo blog, por favor avísenme y prometo desincorporar sus datos en forma inmediata... GRACIAS. @níb@l 2019
Book Review for “Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides. “I was born twice: first, as a baby girl on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage bo…
The identity of the Bedford Master is not known. He is named for his work on two books produced for John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, between 1415 and 1435. He was active in Paris and known to
Franz Kafka, The Trial, Schocken, New York, 1968. Cover system for the series by Philip Pearlstein and Ladislav Sutnar (via Lubalin Center)
1958; Pay-Off in Calcutta by Richard Collier. unknown Artist
Translation of Ocherk istorii zapadno-evropesko literatury
