Tiers of truths exhibition extendedThere is no truth. There is only perception (Gustave Flaubert) is where the title of the exhibition Tiers of Truths by Rupert Cefai initiated. Tiers of Truths extended is a collection of artworks which include works first exhibited at the Framers ... Malta Independent Daily, 1 month ago |
Beautiful Failures: Nabokov and Flaubert's Early AttemptsA first novel is like spring lamb, tender and pink. Athenas that leap from the writer's head armor-clad-Marilynne Robinson's "Housekeeping," say-may not count. Better to find a novel that requires indulgence-Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise" or ... New Yorker, 1 month ago
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Transatlantic Vanity ProjectJoseph Epstein (left) and Frederic Raphael: A friendship of financial convenience Nabokov-Wilson. Pound-Ford. Flaubert-Sand. Adorno-Mann. Shaw-Wells. Published correspondences such as these tend to have certain things in common: the authors knew ... Standpoint Magazine, 1 month ago
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When it comes to books, French is bestSource: The Courier-Mail BOOKSTORE owner Nicole Menard was a huge fan of Georges Remi's Tintin adventures as a child growing up in France, but Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's Babar was a different story. "Being a girl I didn't like Babar, that was ... Brisbane Courier-Mail, 1 day ago
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Minds Are The Strangest ThingTo catch thought as it flies has long been an ambition of the high-end literary novel. From one point of view, it is possible to see the form's history as an incremental refinement of the means by which consciousness is represented on the page. Jane ... New Yorker, 1 day ago
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Drama and tragedy of epic dimensionsIt's an astonishing thing that Bell Shakespeare is going to put on a production of Racine's Phedre with Catherine McClements in the title role. Phedre is the great example in drama of what French can do rather than English. It is wonderfully ... Canberra Times, 2 days ago
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Showing the courage to stand up to attacks"The tough track of fighting back" (Forum, 18/5) by S. A. Jones was compelling and moving. Her actions in standing up to the man who verbally harassed a young Asian couple were courageous. As a "wog" who grew up in 1950s and 1960s Australia, I am ... Melbourne Age, 2 days ago
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Alma praises CPI quality as it wins major publishing awardAlma Books has praised the quality of CPI printing, after winning Independent Publisher of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards earlier this week. In a newsletter to Alma subscribers following their win, the publisher's founders Elisabetta ... Global Print Monitor, 4 days ago
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Bret Easton Ellis Explains How He Got The Inspiration For Those Super Gruesome Scenes In 'American Psycho'Brett Easton Ellis, the author of "American Psycho" (the scariest book written about Wall Street) and several other must-read novels, . It was a pretty good AMA and we'd recommend reading the full thing. Here's an excerpt. (Note: This has been ... Business Insider, 5 days ago
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Miller's thrills over Madame BovaryEzra Miller has a role in the Madame Bovary big screen adaptationEzra Miller has revealed he is "very excited" about the upcoming Madame Bovary movie.The Perks Of Being A Wallflower star will play Leon Dupuis, one of Emma Bovary's (Mia Wasikowska) ... MSN UK, 5 days ago
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