RIP Eric Carle - The very hungry caterpillar

Books, Fiction, Movies, Phantasy

RIP Eric Carle - The very hungry caterpillar

No Comments 26 June 2021

Eric Carle made beautifully illustrated books. Here is his most famous one made into a beautiful short film of 6 minutes. Click on picture below to play the film.
Carle

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Amazing Short Story by Philip Roth

Books, Fiction

Amazing Short Story by Philip Roth

No Comments 22 June 2021

I came across the podcast by the Paris Review entitled Making Light. In it is a wonderful short story by Philip Roth. It is one of the best writing ever. Period. I was glued to my chair. The podcast version of the story is superb. The story starts around minute 10 of the podcast. But I suggest you listen to the entire podcast. It is a treat.

Listen to Making Light.

Printed Story

 

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Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”

Books, Fiction

Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”

No Comments 9 August 2019

After many years, I had the chance to reread Kafka’s Metamorphosis. When I first encountered the piece, I was enthralled by the thought experiment Kafka pursued in the story. What if you wake up in the morning and you have turned into a little bug, but you still have your full consciousness? You can still understand what human beings are saying but they cannot understand you anymore and they see you a non-human terrifying, little creature to run away from. How would you feel? How would you cope with this situation?

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Love in the Time of Cholera

Books, Fiction

Love in the Time of Cholera

No Comments 23 April 2014

When Gabriel Garcia Marquez died last week, I was inspired to get myself a copy of the novel that made him famous. I am now about 20 pages into Love in the Time of Cholera, which is available as an e-book on Google Play. So far the book is fabulous. Stay tuned for a full review when I am done with the book. May 2014:  It turned out the early promise of the book did not continue all the way to the end. I found myself struggling later, feeling that the story was constructed. It is not a book that I will give out as present.

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The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Gaito Gasdanov

Books, Fiction

The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Gaito Gasdanov

No Comments 11 February 2014

I am still high from reading this fantastic novel.  A week ago I started reading this deep story about life and death composed by Gaito Gazdanov in Russian.

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