September 2011
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Sozaboy, A novel in rotten English: Ken Saro-Wiwa
And I was thinking how I was prouding before to go to soza and call myself Sozaboy. But now if anybody say anything about war or even fight, I will run and run and run and run and run. Believe me yours sincerely.
So this semester I am doing an African Lit course! The books that I’m supposed to be reading are:
Waiting by Goretti Kyomuhendo Sozaboy by Ken Saro-Wiwa Half of a Yellow Sun by...
The Revisionists: Thomas Mullen
Even if our pasts are erased, even if every group forgets what horrible things it did to every other group, even if all those hatreds and vendettas and grudges are wiped clean, we’ll still make messes. We’ll still have accidents. We’ll still insult each other and irritate each other and sleep with the wrong person and grow to hate each other. We’ll still want what the other one has.
So back in...
Minis: ‘Meh’ Eve, The Juliet Spell and Witch Eyes
While I’d love to love every single book I read, it just doesn’t happen that way (so sad!). Today’s post is dedicated to two (edit: three) books that I was very much looking forward to but knew little about. And then there was ‘meh’. You all know what I mean, when a book just fails to pull you in and leaves you turning the last page with a sigh of ‘oh… so that was… ummmm’. Yep.
First up, Eve....
Hound of the Baskervilles: Arthur Conan Doyle
I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous. When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth…”
So last year I accidently stumbled on a new representation of a classical sleuth. At first I didn’t think that I would enjoy it, but after watching the show I thought the performances of...
The Lake: Banana Yoshimoto
“We have all kinds of days here, just like anywhere. The lake has all sorts of different faces. And so It’s always fresh…The truth is, time hasn’t really stopped for us. Things are constantly changing, even if change is happening so slowly you don’t notice…”
So this is my first foray into Japanese literature, and I think I made a pretty good start. My interest in Japanese Literature was sparked...
