![]() ![]() ![]() By asking her participants, who come from a wide range of backgrounds and hold very different political opinions, seemingly mundane questions about their families, personal histories and romantic relationships, Alexievich probes the feelings engendered by this drastic change and weaves a compelling tale of suffering, sacrifice and nostalgia. Secondhand Time is a polyphonic narrative which brings together the voices of Russian citizens who lived through the fall of the Soviet Union and the transition to capitalism. This clear and detailed 52-page reading guide is structured as follows: It provides a thorough exploration of the book’s form, context and themes, including suffering, violence and nostalgia for the past. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. ![]() 9782808009720 52 EBook Plurilingua Publishing This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich. ![]()
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![]() My favorite bits were the well-known quotes from the classic novel, modified and spiced up with modern curse words - absolutely delightful! I also enjoyed the self-referential bits, as when Jane finds herself “creeping around the upstairs like I’m in a gothic novel or a bad horror movie.” It is by no means a perfect book or an enduring classic, but that’s okay - I think it does what it intends to do: entertains in its own right while hearkening back to the original. But with all the plot twists and turns, I just could not bear to put it down! Fast forward to Sunday evening, and I had devoured it - definitely one of my fastest finishing-a-book times in the past few years, as a mom of young children. ![]() I came across “ The Wife Upstairs” as a suggestion from Overdrive on a Friday evening, and although I wouldn’t normally gravitate towards a thriller, I also cannot resist anything “ Jane Eyre” related, so I decided to give it a chance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The period leading up to the Russian Revolution is a daunting task to take on for a writer, and I thought Carolyn Meyer does a commendable job. No character is one-note, and the author never falls back on rumour or stereotypes re: Rasputin and the Tsarina Alexandra but treats the starets's relationship with the Romanov family in a way that respects all the complexities of the historical period, Alexei's hemophilia, and Alexandra's devout Orthodox faith. Anastasia is a shvibzik (an imp) and each of the OTMA sisters has a clear, spirited personality, as does their little brother Alexei. I remember the author does a fantastic job of evoking a truly happy, close-knit family life. I'd love to go back and re-read this book now that I've lived in the same places the book is set (okay, I didn't live in the Winter Palace, but I was at least there haha!). ![]() This is the book that I constantly credit when people ask me, "Why do you love Russia so much?" Ten years later, I graduated from uni and moved to Russia for a year, and my love for the country and its history, literature, culture, and language is still as strong as ever. I read it at age 12, fell in love with the Romanov family and Russia, and promptly went out and bought a Teach Yourself Russian in Three Months set (with accompanying CASSETTES, which lets you know how long ago this was!). This was the book that launched my love affair with Russia. ![]() ![]() ![]() On retirement he was the country's senior career diplomat having served as Ambassador in London, Madrid, New Delhi, Mexico City and Belgrade. His sister, Carmen Guerrero Nakpil would also be grow up to be a journalist and, later one of the pre-eminent figures of Philippine letters. ![]() His paternal grandfather, for whom he was named, was Leon María Guerrero, the distinguished botanist, Malolos Congress delegate, and member of the first Philippine Assembly. Alfredo Leon Maria Guerrero, and his mother was Filomena Francisco, the first Filipino woman pharmacist. "Leoni," as his family called him, was born on Main Ermita, Manila to one of the nation's most prominent families. His then controversial advocacy of 'Asia for the Asians' and espousal of a realistic re-examination of relations with the United States are now commonly accepted as being ahead of their time. ![]() Recto, he became Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs during the Magsaysay administration. ![]() A partner in the law practice of senator Claro M. Guerrero III, was a Filipino diplomat and novelist, and was one of the foremost Filipino nationalists of his era. León María Ignacio Agapito Guerrero y Francisco better known simply as Leon Ma. ![]() ![]() Also, you'll find the loveliest pets in both manga: a friendly chicken and a talking bird. They´re wounded but they give their best to carry on. They cry, they laugh, they smile while tearing up. The males break the typical male stereotype in the genre, and these two guys (Atsurou and Kira) are so perfect for their heroine counterpart that you cannot even think in anyone else between them. These are the type of shoujo where you can feel every single feeling with intensity, pulling your heart strings at best, not focusing just in the romance, but mostly in the power of bonds. These two manga however break the shoujo genre by adding strong willed heroines who have lovely flaws, who actually have similar names: Niina and Nino. ![]() ![]() When you read a synopsis of a shoujo manga, you'll automatically think "here's another cliché with unoriginal plot where blushing weak girl meets popular boy, falls in love and there is a love triangle bla bla". ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I had an evening seminar to teach that night, and if I hadn't called home to tell Lexy something interesting I'd read about a movie she'd been wanting to see, then I might have taught my class, gone out for my weekly beer with my graduate students, and spent a few last hours of normalcy, happily unaware that my yard was full of policemen kneeling in the dirt.Īs it was, though, I dialed my home number and a man answered the phone. I was in the university library when it happened, doing research for a paper I was working on for an upcoming symposium. None of them were working in their yards, enjoying the last of the warm weather, to see whether her body crumpled before she hit the ground, or whether she tried to right herself in the air, or whether she simply spread her arms open to the sky. There were no witnesses, save our dog, Lorelei it was a weekday afternoon, and none of our neighbors were at home, sitting in their kitchens with their windows open, to hear whether, in that brief midair moment, my wife cried out or gasped or made no sound at all. Here is what we know, those of us who can speak to tell a story: On the afternoon of October 24, my wife, Lexy Ransome, climbed to the top of the apple tree in our backyard and fell to her death. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, but they also contain something impossible: a recollection from his own childhood.ĭetermined to solve the puzzle of the book, Zachary follows the clues he finds on the cover - a bee, a key and a sword. ![]() When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. You are invited to join Zachary on the starless sea: the home of storytellers, story-lovers and those who will protect our stories at all costs.ĭiscover the enchanting, magical new bestseller from the author of The Night Circus. 'A journey of wonder and imagination' Stylist The magical new bestseller from the author of The Night Circus ![]() ![]() Joshi's 1996 biography may be dismayed to find only caricature. Those familiar with the five volumes of Lovecraft's Selected Letters or S.T. The story's remainder concerns Lovecraft's repetitive attempts, in childhood and adulthood, to ward off a series of repellent creatures (perhaps the evil offspring of the dreaded magical tome, or just the product of his sick imagination). Like the actual philandering father, who contracted syphilis, this Winfield dies in an insane asylum in Lovecraft's native Providence, R.I., though not before passing on the family copy of Abdul Alhazred's Necronomicon to his young son. The book focuses on the graphics, notably lurid, dialogue-free sequences depicting Cthulhu and his tentacled kin assaulting helpless humans, starting with HPL's father, Winfield, shown in bed with a woman not his wife in a Chicago hotel. ![]() Lovecraft (1890-1937), Argentine artist Breccia and DC writer Giffen ( Lobo) take a surreal, psychosexual look at the American horror master's life story. ![]() Inspired by a Rodionoff screenplay that assumes the "reality" of the alien monsters invented by H.P. ![]() ![]() They were a pair of blacks, yes, but of far superior quality to Daniel’s, and a groom-another stranger-perched on the back of the curricle. I mistook your horses for those of my brother’s but I see, upon closer examination, they are not his.’ She bit her lip as sick disappointment flooded her, followed by the fear that had dogged her ever since her brother had failed to come home. ‘Oh!’ Those doubts had caught up with her and knocked her flat. Her jaw snapped shut and her cheeks scorched. ![]() ‘Who are you? Where is Daniel?’ She raked the driver with her eyes and then switched her gaze to the horses. Her eyes met those of the driver-a stranger-and she skidded to a halt, gravel spinning from beneath her feet. She shut her mind against the evidence of her eyes as she reached the foot of the steps and hurried to the curricle. She could not bear to let that prayer of hope fizzle and die. Across the hall and through the front door she sped.ĭoubts nipped at her as she sprinted down the steps to the now stationary conveyance, but she ignored them. A glimpse of a curricle drawn by a pair of blacks set her heart racing, and she flung her embroidery aside, gathered her skirts and ran for the door. She leapt to her feet and hurried to the salon window. Hope erupted through her.it had been five days since her brother had gone out one day and not returned. ![]() Thea’s head snapped up at the sound of wheels crunching across the gravel outside Stourwell Court. ![]() ![]() ![]() and Hannah, the difference between beauty and vanity: You may see a room full of harmless fashions, but if you open your eyes, youll find that, in truth, it is filled with the temptations to indulge in sinful vanity, he says. Sidelights include matchmaking on Hannahs part, a sinister rival, dangerous floodwaters, and two people who truly desire to follow Christ. Despite J.Ts antagonism and Hannahs strong will, the pair find ways to meet in the middle and come out together. Livery owner Jericho Tucker, however, finds nothing beautiful in her plans. Hannah Richards opens her dress shop in 1881 Coventry, Tex., with little more than a dream to help women add beauty to their lives. She blends lively writing, storytelling prowess, and enough romance to keep readers satisfied. Witemeyers debut will grab fans in the historical romance crowd. ![]() |