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 third part of January 2012.
Mistry, Rohinton "A Fine Balance" - 1995
This book is absolutely wonderful. The ending is not entirely unexpected and any other ending would have been too fictional, too much trying to find paradise on earth. Beautiful writing.
This book is absolutely wonderful. The ending is not entirely unexpected and any other ending would have been too fictional, too much trying to find paradise on earth. Beautiful writing.
Orwell, George "Nineteen Eighty Four" - 1949
Has Orwell's negative Utopia arrived, did he predict well? Yes and no. "Big Brother" IS watching us. Even as I type this, I know that anybody who would like to, will be able to read this. However, I think "Big Brother" are all of us.
Raittila, Hanny "Canal Grande" (SF: Canal Grande) - 2001
A group of Finnish scientists is going to Venice in order to prevent it from sinking. The Finnish and Italian mentality and … uhm … work ethic clash, to say the least.
A funny, totally absurd novel, partly chaotic, partly incredibly hilarious.
Rhys, Jean "Wide Sargasso Sea" - 1966
This is considered a "prequel" to "Jane Eyre", what happened to Mr. Rochester in his first marriage in the Caribbean, how did the marriage come about and how did it end up in such a dreadful way.
Sackville, Amy "The Still Point" - 2010
In 1899, Edward Mackley sets out to be the first person to reach the North Pole. His wife Emily stays behind in England to wait for him. A hundred years later, their great-great grandniece Julia starts sifting through the papers, journals, letters, anything left behind by the two while going through a rough patch in her own marriage.
Read my original reviews, for the links click on the titles.
I'll be re-reading 1984 "soon" along with Stephen from 'Reading Freely'. I'm going to 'couple' it with a modern different perspective re-telling which should be interesting....
ReplyDeleteThat does sound very interesting, Kitten. Any idea what that modern perspective will be?
DeleteThe modern perspective is the same story but from Julia's (Winston's 'love interest') point of view. The book is 'Julia' by Sandra Newman.
DeleteThe Still Point intrigues me. I think I'd like that one.
ReplyDeleteI think so, too, Lark. You might also like "Wide Sargasso Sea", if you haven't read it, yet.
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