My second laureate, Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. …awarded to Alexandr Solzhenitsyn “for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature” (Nobelprize.org)…
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Great opening lines are one thing, but a perfect opening paragraph? That’s the real ticket.
I’m back! I’ve been living at sea for six months, and there has not been much time for reading let alone writing about it. When I was flying back from…
It’s done! I finally finished The Sea The Sea. I know I’m making it sound like a chore, so don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it very much, HOWEVER it…
I have an admission, I’ve already started reading something different. Moby Dick has yet to truly pique my interest, but I refuse to admit that I’ve given up on it…
Have I been reading a whole lot? No. But I have been reading.. a bit. My latest book never made the Nobel cut, but it is considered a classic (or…
First book down. Actually, it was down almost two weeks ago but I’ve been in Bermuda and then sick and yadda yadda. I haven’t written about it yet. So here…
I’ve been slow in reading this book. I know. I KNOW. It’s not that I haven’t been reading… I have, in short spurts. Not “sitting down with a cup of…
My first Nobel Laureate will be Jose Saramago, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998. who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to…
I like books. I like to read them, look at them, smell them, hold them, run my fingers down their spines… and if I ever did lick one, hell, I’d…