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William2 said:
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A very snappy review of the essence of modern Japan. A good introduction or primer.
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This is a book to be pondered. Its core is post-colonial politics and comparative literature. It is intellectually dense and calls out for ongoing consideration while reading. Author Said was no stylist, but a very brilliant man whose grasp of a vast
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“Silence is so accurate.”
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“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
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“And as Lindbergh's election couldn't have made clearer to me, the unfolding of the unforeseen was everything. Turned wrong way round, the relentless unforeseen was what we schoolchildren studied as "History," harmless history, where everything unexpected in its own time is chronicled on the page as inevitable. The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic.”
― The Plot Against America
― The Plot Against America
“My dear friend, clear your mind of cant [excessive thought]. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are bad times; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times." You don't mind the times ... You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society; but don't think foolishly.”
― The Life of Johnson, Vol 4
― The Life of Johnson, Vol 4
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
― All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
― All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
The Thomas Mann Group
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Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read the works of Thomas Mann. Our next scheduled read is The Magic Mountain, taking plac ...more
Dystopias and Social Critiques
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This is a group for all the fans of Dystopias out there. Share your favorite dystopias, get new recommendations, and talk with other fans about this e ...more
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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A group to gather and discuss, question, comment, interpret, review etc. Drinking of actual Margaritas while reading and/or discussing strongly encour ...more
J.G. Ballard
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A group in honour of the late Jim Ballard, who pulled science fiction out of the adolescent male ghetto and gave us books full of beauty, excitement, ...more
Dorothy Richardson
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A group for all things related to the life and work of this criminally neglected Modernist genius who died alone, forgotten and poverty-stricken, in 1 ...more
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