“I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole … without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,” wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one “golden afternoon” in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disordered tea-party and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen. But amongst the anarchic humor and sparkling word play, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood. Original and experimental, the Alice book is recommended for reading because it gives readers a window on both child and adult worlds.
Vasya
четверг, 19 апреля 2012 г.
среда, 18 апреля 2012 г.
Bob Shacochis “Easy in the Islands”
In l985, Bob Shacochis won the American Book Award for his first fiction ”Easy in the Islands”, a collection of tales about life in the Caribbean. Shacochis traveled in the Caribbean and worked there as a member of the Peace Corps. Among the stories are "Dead Reckoning," which describes a storm at sea, and “Easy in the islands”, in which a hotel manager copes with declining business while storing a corpse in a refrigerator…
“Easy in the Islands” is a collection of nine short stories. All stories are fun and interesting. Much of it is brilliant.
Ann
“Easy in the Islands” is a collection of nine short stories. All stories are fun and interesting. Much of it is brilliant.
Ann
вторник, 3 апреля 2012 г.
Esmond Wright “Benjamin Franklin. His life as he wrote it”.
Esmond Wright, Professor of History, gives us a good look into the life of Franklin. We see him as a printer, author, businessman, philosopher, politician, diplomat, scientist and a patriot who was a major force in winning his country's independence and securing its life in the Constitution. Born poor in Boston, he died wealthy and esteemed. This book portrays Franklin, "the most modern-minded" of the Founding Fathers, as a cool, charming, stylish, inquisitive figure.
This book was enlightening. I recommend it.
Olga
This book was enlightening. I recommend it.
Olga
среда, 21 марта 2012 г.
Ellen Emerson White “Voyage on the Great Titanic”
This was an excellent book, and it was written incredibly well, i could not put it down.
Margaret Ann Brady was a 13 year old girl living in an orphanage in England. I felt really close to Margaret who just lost her mother. Her brother William lived and worked in America. Margaret got a job with a wealthy American woman. The job was simple: Margaret just had to keep Mrs. Carstairs company during her return voyage to New York. She could join her brother immediately. But Mrs. Carstairs returned to America on the Titanic…
It's very touching and sad story, and filled with adventure, hope and love.
Ann
Margaret Ann Brady was a 13 year old girl living in an orphanage in England. I felt really close to Margaret who just lost her mother. Her brother William lived and worked in America. Margaret got a job with a wealthy American woman. The job was simple: Margaret just had to keep Mrs. Carstairs company during her return voyage to New York. She could join her brother immediately. But Mrs. Carstairs returned to America on the Titanic…
It's very touching and sad story, and filled with adventure, hope and love.
Ann
понедельник, 5 марта 2012 г.
понедельник, 27 февраля 2012 г.
Shirley Hazzard “The Great Fire”
This was my first novel by Shirley Hazzard and this book has an excellent reputation, it won the National Book Award. The main characters are good, decent people: Leith is a wounded English war hero who has come to Japan to study the effects of the bombing of Hiroshima. Peter Exley, friend of Leigh, risks everything to save a dying child of another race. “The Great Fire” is an extraordinary love story, filled with beautiful, descriptive prose. I enjoyed every word.
I recommend this book to anyone who truly loves both great fiction and the English language.
Ann.
I recommend this book to anyone who truly loves both great fiction and the English language.
Ann.
четверг, 9 февраля 2012 г.
Cormac McCarthy “The Road”
“The road” was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey of a father and his young son though burned America. They try to survive in a world destroyed by a catastrophe. They are heading for the Eastern coast with little hope of finding anything. The weather is bitter, the landscape colorless. They possess only what they can scavenge to eat.
They have a pistol with only a few bullets for defense, the rags they wear and the heat of their own bodies….
It’s moving story, well written with beautiful and memorable prose.
The book was intriguing and well-worth the read.
Lena
They have a pistol with only a few bullets for defense, the rags they wear and the heat of their own bodies….
It’s moving story, well written with beautiful and memorable prose.
The book was intriguing and well-worth the read.
Lena
вторник, 7 февраля 2012 г.
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