Thursday 7 November 2024

#ThrowbackThursday. November 2011 Part 4

I've been doing Throwback Thursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. One of my blogger friends always posts the reviews of one month but that would be too much. So, these are my reviews from the fourth part of November 2011.

Brecht, Bertolt "Life of Galileo" (GE: Das Leben des Galilei) - 1938
An epic play about the life of Galileo Galilei, his discoveries, his conflicts with the Catholic Church, his conflicts with himself and the rest of the world. 

Harris, Joanne "Chocolat" - 1999
I liked the move better than the book but it was so great that I have to mention this here..

Harris, Joanne "Coastliners" - 2002
There is a French village and a woman who returns there after having lived in Paris for ten years and is confronted with her past.

Hemingway, Ernest "The Old Man and the Sea" - 1952
An ageing fisherman who hits a stroke of bad luck, doesn't catch anything for ages, goes out to sea and catches the probably largest fish he has ever set eyes on. What follows is his struggle to bring the fish home. Alone. 

O'Dell, Scott "Island of the Blue Dolphins" - 1969
The Native American girl Karana ends up on a deserted island where she spends eighteen years alone. The story tells about her life, her struggles to survive.
There is also a follow-up: 
"Zia"

Read my original reviews, for the links click on the titles.

1 comment:

  1. I *think* I enjoyed 'Chocolat' slightly better in book form but I remember enjoying both a great deal... Its the only one of hers I've read (so far), but I have picked up a few more recently...

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