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Ben Sharafski
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Returning to Carthage
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Mekong Longboat
The next morning we were all sitting in a longboat going down the Mekong on our way to visit an ancient hillside cave housing a small Buddhist temple. The boat sped down the river past well-tended vegetable plots and thickly-forested slopes. In the distance there were fantastically shaped hills, their curved contours resembling those of the mountains in old Chinese scroll paintings. I had assumed
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| An evocative, brutally honest portrayal of the author’s childhood and coming-of-age in a provincial South African town, delivered in flawless prose that never calls attention to itself. | |
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(La recensione in italiano dopo l'inglese) The protagonist shoots her husband between the eyes in the very first paragraph, turning the rest of the novella into a whydunnit - a challenging form, to say the least. Written in simple, spare language - wh ...more |
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"Well, actually it's five stars for the beautiful and long (65 pages!) introduction wrote by the same author 20 years later.
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(La recensione in italiano dopo l'inglese) A minor Calvino. Three early autobiographical stories, evoking coming of age at a time of war, mixing the tedium of a small provincial town with bizarre moments of mass hysteria under the Fascist regime. As a ...more |
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| This volume brings together five short memoirs, originally published in German as standalone works. Thomas Bernhard undoubtedly led a fascinating life and possessed a sharp gift for insight and observation. Yet I found the reading experience extremel ...more | |
“Life is inherently uncertain; the only thing to anchor us is those we love.”
― Returning to Carthage
― Returning to Carthage
“when you want something desperately enough, the reality you need to fabricate in order to attain it becomes your truth.”
― Returning to Carthage
― Returning to Carthage
“She lived in a small flat in a long barracks-style block of an almost Soviet austerity. The claustrophobic living room’s walls were lined with books: bulky hard-cover volumes of the collected works of various Japanese novelists, encyclopaedias, a smattering of translated works — Shakespeare (“Hamuretto”), Dostoevsky, Balzac.”
― Returning to Carthage
― Returning to Carthage
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“Life is inherently uncertain; the only thing to anchor us is those we love.”
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Majenta wrote: "Hello, Ben! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and safe and ready for a great weekend after a successful week. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything els..."Majenta wrote: "Hello, Ben! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and safe and ready for a great weekend after a successful week. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything els..."
Thank you, Magenta!
Hello, Ben! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and safe and ready for a great weekend after a successful week. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings! Best wishes from Majenta
Thank you for the friendship!I look forward to reading more of your reviews.
Matthew wrote: "Thanks for the friend request"My pleasure, Matthew!
Joanna Chu (The ChuseyReader) wrote: "Thanks for the add Ben :). Its rare to find fellow Aussies here! :). Happy reading."Thank you, Joanna - it's an honour to be friends with such a chusey reader!
Thanks for the add Ben :). Its rare to find fellow Aussies here! :). Happy reading.
Sandra wrote: "Hi Ben,Thanks for the friend-invite! :)"
My pleasure, Sandra!
Kyle wrote: "Hi Ben,Thanks very much for the friend request!"
Happy to connect, Kyle. Looking forward to reading your reviews!
Hi Ben,Thanks very much for the friend request!
