I've been doing ThrowbackThursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I post more than one Throwback every week. These are my reviews from March 2014.
You can see from this book how the writer Dario Fo developed from a small child into a Nobel Laureate.
Ionesco, Eugène "Rhinoceros" (French: Rhinocéros) - 1957
The story starts with two men sitting in a café and they see a rhinoceros walking by. I don't want to give away the plot, so that is about all I will say about the story.
The story starts with two men sitting in a café and they see a rhinoceros walking by. I don't want to give away the plot, so that is about all I will say about the story.
Karystiani, Ionna (Ιωάννα Καρυστιάνη) "The Jasmine Isle" (Greek: Μικρά Αγγλία/Mikra Anglia) - 1997
This is the story about the seafaring Greek guys before and during World War II and the women they leave behind on their little island.
This is the story about the seafaring Greek guys before and during World War II and the women they leave behind on their little island.
Sendker, Jan-Philipp "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats" (German: Das Herzenhören) - 2002
A Burmese man who has been living in the United States for ages, goes missing and his Burmese-American daughter follows a trail to Burma.
A Burmese man who has been living in the United States for ages, goes missing and his Burmese-American daughter follows a trail to Burma.
Thackeray, William Makepeace "Vanity Fair, or, A Novel without a Hero" - 1848
Seldom have I seen such a persiflage of aristocratic England and its surroundings. The author tries to answer the old question how important rank and money really is?
Seldom have I seen such a persiflage of aristocratic England and its surroundings. The author tries to answer the old question how important rank and money really is?
Persiflage.....? I DO love learning new words. One of the many reasons why I like to read a variety of books - especially older/classic ones when people used more words than today. FUN! I'll get around to 'Vanity Fair' at some point. It's a bit "chunky" isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI read Vanity Fair years ago when I was going through my classics phase and remember liking it and being glad I read it, but not really wanting to ever read it again. ;D
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