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Book Review: "The Penitent" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
I have not read anything by Isaac Bashevis Singer for years now and the last time I did, I remember it being a grand experience - but then his books all got too expensive and I became an adult, so I had to pay for them myself. So, it has been at least eight years since I have read anything by this author. To come back to reading him with his identity crisis tale “The Penitent” was a brilliant idea.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Raura
Here you shall read, the background of the main character of my book. This shows you the main character's story up to the point where the book actually begins. Raura, the main character, born of a royalty among the Shamial species but taken as a slave after her home was raided. Read how her story starts, which will continue through the book itself.
By Brittany Seebo5 years ago in Geeks
Queer Authors in British Literature
Virginia Woolf lived from 1882 to 1941, and was from a large family; she had three full-siblings and four half-siblings. When she was an adolescent, she studied Greek, German, and Latin, taking books from her father’s study to read and learn from because she was not allowed to attend Cambridge like her brothers did. She had a nervous breakdown as a teenager, contributing factors of which were that at age six, two of her half-brothers sexually abused her, at age thirteen her mother died abruptly, and at age fifteen her half-sister died; these were also factors in her lifelong struggle with depression. When Woolf was twenty-two years old, her father passed away as well, and this most threatened her mental health and she was temporarily institutionalized. She would spend periods of time at Burley House, a nursing home for women with a nervous disorder, in 1910, 1912, and 1913 (Pearce, 7). What social life Woolf cared to maintain was often disrupted by her difficulties, but by and large her literary prolificness remained unimpeded.
By Clara Reinke5 years ago in Geeks
The Path to Demise
Alain Fournier’s The Lost Estate is name after a mysterious property, central to the novel, Le Domain des Sablonnieres, where Yvonne de Galais ensnares Augustin Meulnes, who fails to escape, despite his attempt to do so soon after their marriage during his first visit. Yvonne is described by Francois, the narrator, as “[T]he fairy, the princess and the mysterious love of all our adolescence”(188). Francois is vicariously in love with Yvonne, through Augustin, indicating that she was present in the story as an object meant to draw Augustin’s attention, and indirectly, Francois’. Augustin’s fascination with Yvonne is based on a series of misconceptions, indicating a deception. Yvonne has attributes enticing both to Augustin as well as to Francois. Augustin is pulled into a lifetime of misery by returning to Yvonne despite his better judgement.
By Sabine Lucile Scott5 years ago in Geeks
Dollar Tree Book Hauls
When I stumbled upon the world of "booktube" the one thing I noticed everyone had in common was an enormous library. Booktube and bookstagram are corners of the internet where book enthusiasts go to share their love of books. Usually this entails them reviewing books for their booktube (YouTube channels), booktok (TikTok), bookstagram (Instagram) etc. People usually spend hundreds of dollars on collectable books with different versions of covers, bookish merch etc. Truthfully the scene is blowing up. It used to not be cool to be a booknerd, but now it's become a full blown career path for people!
By Kayla Lindley5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Homo Faber" by Max Frisch
“Homo Faber” is one of those books that without it being a little bit cheaply sold on Amazon, I would not have bought because it is totally not my thing at all. However, I loved the book - I really enjoyed myself and I actually read the whole thing in one night from about ten until midnight. I just could not put it down because the main character, Walter Faber, was a brilliantly flawed human being. He seems like this guy that believes he has so many problems that nobody could possibly understand him and yet, he is plagued by the existence of this German guy who will not leave him alone. He seems like he is just annoyed by people existing at this point because he has practically given up on everyone. He keeps thinking about a woman called Ivy, but because he is not with her, he feels a little depressed and uncomfortable.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Secret Rendezvous" by Kōbō Abe
This book is about a man who searches for his missing wife after she disappears from a hospital and people are refusing to help him. From cracking a cold beer open in a morgue to not being able to use an elevator because you go up into some part of the hospital and come down dead - this man is not just comically frantic, but the drama is heavy. I say the drama is heavy because of the way we go from being comically frantic to a man who is trying to find his own identity whilst also trying to find out where his wife is and why she is gone.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Blood of the Stallion
Chapter 2 The Iron Stallion Everything was a rush of confusion, loudness and alcohol. Daxon had cleared up some of my questions, explaining that the easiest way to stop me lying about being a part of his crew was for me to join them. This unfortunately led to more questions which I was promised would all be answered the next morning.
By Rhys Snaith5 years ago in Geeks
