Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
“Inglourious Basterds” directed by Quentin Tarantino
Review by Roger Ebert: Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” is a big, bold, audacious war movie that will annoy some, startle others and demonstrate once again that he’s the real thing, a director of quixotic delights. For starters (and at this late stage after the premiere in May at Cannes, I don’t believe I’m spoiling anything), [...]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
“Swann’s Way” by Marcel Proust, translated by Lydia Davis
Barnes and Noble Review: Swann’s Way is the first novel of Marcel Proust’s seven-volume magnum opus À la recherche du temps perdu, or Remembrance of Things Past. Following the narrator’s opening ruminations about the nature of sleep is one of twentieth-century literature’s most famous scenes: the eating of the madeleine soaked in a “decoction of [...]
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Synopsis: From The Washington Post This extraordinary work of fiction about the German occupation of France is embedded in a real story as gripping and complex as the invented one. Composed in 1941-42 by an accomplished writer who had published several well-received novels, Suite Française, her last work, was written under the tremendous pressure of [...]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
To Dance With Kings by Rosalind Laker
Synopsis: From Publishers Weekly Her storytelling skills displayed with panache in this captivating historical novel, British author Laker ( The Silver Touch ) should gain an appreciative audience here. Set during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XVI, the sweeping saga takes place mainly in the Chateau of Versailles and the surrounding town from [...]
