literature
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Midnight sun
Midnight sun By: Trisha Cook
By Rose Pepin6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 24)
Recently, I have been looking at translations in fiction and I have noticed that some translations are better than others. For example: JD Smith's translation of the "Mahabharata" is possibly one of the better translations into English that I have seen. Constance Garnett is one of the most famous names in translation literature - possibly most famous for the following translations of hers (some of which are still in print today!). Check these out if you can find them:
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Baptism of Fire by Stephen Argyle
How I came across it? I was in a writers class at one of my local art centres in Banbury and the author, Stephen Argyle was one of the people who I met there. He is a wheelchair user and is a resident of a Leonard Cheshire home near my flat. He was left blind and parylized after an accident when he was nine, but it hasn’t stopped his passion for writing. It’s very admirable and I believe that disabled people deserve to have a voice in the world of fiction.
By Chloe Gilholy6 years ago in Geeks
Lightmaker by Kevin Elliot
How I came across it? I met the author, Kevin Elliott through some writing groups in Oxford. Either through the Oxford NaNoWriMo or Oxford Writers Circle first, but I’ve met him on several occasions. He’s a very nice chap and he’s recently given me some really good advice when I read one of my pieces out to the Oxford Writers Circle recently. Try to mix long and short sentences together and show more instead of tell.
By Chloe Gilholy6 years ago in Geeks
Valuing Literature in all its Forms
There is a common misconception that Kindles, Nook Books, Kobos and other e-readers are somehow killing the market of books published in print. People tend to take a side on whether they appreciate the ability to carry lots of reading material in a single device, or if a precious hardback book can be pried from their cold, dead hands.
By M.G. Sprinkle6 years ago in Geeks
8 Uplifting Books to Make You Feel Better About Life
These days, a lot of us are looking for happy, lighthearted books to lose ourselves in. The world is scary and not that much fun, but luckily we have books to escape into. If you’re looking for a feel-good read in 2020, look no further than this list.
By Claire Amy Handscombe6 years ago in Geeks
4 Books That Ended My Reading Slump
Until last year, I hadn't picked up a book and read it for fun in over four years. As an angsty teenager turned college student, I simply didn't have the time or energy to devote to reading like I did when I was younger. Instead, I limited myself to the wild world of fanfiction on the internet.
By A. R. Babcock6 years ago in Geeks
The Yellow Flick Road
INTRODUCTION When L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, he established the the quintessential American myth, using new and original characters with personalities that typifies the American spirit. His protagonist, Dorothy Gale, was an eight-year-old girl from Kansas, with wholesome good looks, a sense of adventure tempered by homesickness, and the making of a compassionate but strong leader. Whether it was Baum's intention of not is uncertain, but by creating Dorothy, Baum set the precedent for great American women throughout the twentieth century. We see the makings of Dorothy in every great American woman who has emerged in the last hundred years: Susan B. Anthony, Elenor Roosevelt, Jane Fonda, Dr. Mae Jamison and Hilary Clinton are merely a few. Baum not only launched the alpha model for American mythology, he established the possibility of a woman as hero, which we have seen in advertising, marketing and entertainment for the last 100 years.
By Antonio Jacobs6 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: Red, White & Royal Blue
Synopsis When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius―his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.
By M.G. Sprinkle6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 23)
Reading is the greatest activity in the world and it has all the ability to make you vanish from the real world into an entirely new one where anything is possible and you don't have to see or hear the stupid people you normally live with (if you don't live with anyone then lucky you). Anyways, reading is a great and fascinating activity and here are some other reasons why:
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Can and will Stephanie Meyer restore our addiction to loving a teen vampire with Midnight Sun?
15 years ago vampires and werewolves weren't exactly cool, and a young girl fixated on a boy at school was no stretch of the imagination. But put these all into one story and, four books, five films later, you have possibly one of the greatest love stories that entranced over 100 million readers. Now roll on 15 years and a simple countdown put onto Stephenie Meyer's website, the rumours and anticipation have hit meltdown with many Twilight fans praying that this all ties into re-visiting the world of Teenage love, vampires and werewolves. We could end up red-faced and it has no connection to our beloved twilight, but even if this is the case it doesn't take much to bring the millions of Twilight fans out from the darkness.
By Samuel-James 6 years ago in Geeks
Quarantine Read-List: Female Authors
White Teeth by Zadie Smith Zadie Smith's first novel, White Teeth, is a novel so rich with the life of London; visuals, scents, sounds, as to have the strength to transport you to the city's busy streets, and almost make you forget the current silence of our times. Following three families of mixed-ethnicity, this powerful novel questions identity, race, culture, prejudice and the theory of nature vs nurture. Samad Iqbal is convinced that British values are corrupting his twin sons, but can only afford to send one to be raised by relatives in Bangladesh. Archie Jones begins New Year 1975 by attempting suicide after his wife leaves him, only for a chance interruption leads instead to his meeting his second wife, the beautiful Clara, a Jamaican woman whose mother raised her as a Jehovah's Witness. As the Jones and Iqbal children reach their teens, we meet the third family of this tale, the white, middle class Chalfen family; Jewish-Catholic liberal intellectuals. As time passes, the lives of the three families become strangely intertwined.
By Emma Styles6 years ago in Geeks
