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“Namwali Serpell's lush, sprawling new novel is a speculative history - and future - of Zambia…. It is the reader’s great privilege to follow her strange and vivid characters from cradle to grave.” - THE SUNDAY TIMES Serpell writes with the emotional maturity and sardonic smile of one who has lived several times already. “There are moments of such heart-wrenching poignancy that I had to put the book down several times and recompose myself. clear-eyed, energetic and richly entertaining novel.” - THE WASHINGTON POST Serpell is a natural social novelist, capable of conjuring a Dickensian range of characters with a painterly eye for detail. This oddball cast of characters simply represents the joys of the picaresque novel, in which the author’s set design is intentionally surreal and ironic. “Namwali Serpell’s vibrant, intellectually rich debut novel, The Old Drift… refuses to conform to expectations. It made the skin on the back of my neck prickle.” - DWIGHT GARNER, THE NEW YORK TIMES “This is a dazzling book, as ambitious as any first novel published this decade. “Extraordinary, ambitious, evocative… The Old Drift is an impressive book, ranging skillfully between historical and science fiction, shifting gears between political argument, psychological realism and rich fabulism… a dazzling debut, establishing Namwali Serpell as a writer on the world stage.” -SALMAN RUSHDIE, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (cover) The film, directed by Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”), was written by Jemima Khan, a noted documentarian and an editor at publications like The New Statesman and Vanity Fair. Also Emma Thompson gets to drink and dance and say mildly offensive things to her daughter (James’ Zoe) and her best friends next door. Within a conventional rom-com package, the ending of which isn’t the slightest of mysteries, tropes are subverted, big questions are asked about marriage and love, and a warm spotlight is shined on Pakistani culture. And now we have “ What’s Love Got to Do With It? ” starring Lily James as a documentary filmmaker, Zoe, who turns her lens to the arranged marriage of her childhood friend, Kaz (Shazad Latif). Earlier this year, we were treated to the delightful “Rye Lane,” a vibrant and fresh take on the meet cute that’s currently streaming on Hulu. The romantic comedy may be on the endangered genres list in Hollywood, but thankfully our friends in England have continued to concoct and export enjoyable confections at a steady clip. To be fair, it also contains just as much violence and cruelty as its predecessors. A book that wasn’t even supposed to exist in the first place-the bones of this story were originally slated for the first act of the upcoming series finale Alecto the Ninth- Nona is the series’ most personal and human. (It’s worth it, I promise.)īut since the Locked Tomb series as a whole frequently defies description, it shouldn’t shock anyone that its latest installment, Nona the Ninth, does too. It’s truly unlike anything else in science fiction and fantasy, and the best way I can explain its appeal to you is simply to tell you to go read it and find out for yourselves. Muir’s biting, hilarious prose is full of dark subject matter (violent death, creeping body horror, and various bits of effluvia and gore are commonplace) but tons of heart, deftly exploring issues of identity, belonging, love, and family. Part fantasy, part space opera, and part apocalyptic nightmare, the story follows the swashbuckling adventures of bone mages and flesh adepts, cavaliers, skeleton armies, petty bureaucrats, and even God himself. Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb series actively resists easy explanation, a story of impossible loss, love, and grief set in a far-flung universe where necromancers reign in the Nine Houses built on the bones of murdered worlds. We can start planning for our death by slimming down what we leave behind – shedding unnecessary objects in favour of what we actually need. Digital deathīut it also means we have more time to get rid of things. The book reflects the simple fact that we are all living longer lives. The idea is that it saves relatives the onerous task of making decisions about what to keep and what to throw or give away. Dostadning advocates the proactive and mindful clearing out of possessions before death. Magnusson’s book chimes with the current anxiety about clutter in the 21st century. In Europe, the book has already occupied a good deal of reviewing space and according to Time magazine, dostadning will be the hot new trend stateside in 2018. How much these fad words are actually a part of Scandinavian culture is debatable, but dostadning is the new phenomenon outlined in Margareta Magnusson’s The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. Now, the new buzzword on the block is “dostadning” – a hybrid of the Swedish words “death” and “cleaning”. Hygge, for example – which is Danish for cosiness, contentment or well-being – dominated the publishing industry in 2016. There has been a trend in recent years, both in literature and in life, for Scandinavian concepts that are encapsulated in a single word. Steam level: Scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes Length: ~110,000 words (Standalone novel) Themes: Outlaw motorcycle club, organized crime, homophobia, hurt/comfort, forced proximity, coming out, seduction, forbidden attraction, first love, greed, player, family ties One kiss leads to another, lines blur, and before Leo knows it, he’s in over his head. But what Zolt does offer is no-strings-attached experimentation, and Leo is only human.Īfter all, if no one ever finds out Leo’s secret, it’s as if it doesn’t exist. Because a man like Zolt Andorai won’t give Leo the family he wants. If love was as easy as others make it seem, Leo would have been married already.Ī string of failed relationships leads him to the one person he shouldn’t be crushing on, shouldn’t be admiring, and most definitely shouldn’t be touching. If he can be their first, all the better. He goes out of his way to seduce and devour them. When it comes to men, Zolt loves the chase, and his favorite, most elusive prey is curious straight guys. Meanwhile, he’s got his pawn shop as a front for illegal operations, and a baseball bat to deal with troublemakers. Zolt knows what he wants from life-cold hard cash so that he can enjoy an early retirement in the Carribean as rent boys serve him drinks on the beach. They conclude the ultimate destination is the spiritual world, the Kingdom of God-the place where the Supreme Lord lives-and they want to go there and have a personal relationship and render service to the Lord. Those who are personalists understand the Supreme is a person and surrender to Him, worship Him and serve Him.There are also a few other athiestic philosophies which try to explain the existence of the universe and the living entities without any spiritual connection but we will not discuss them here.Īll philosophers and followers of religion naturally question about the nature of the Supreme and they also question what is the ultimate perfection, the destination which the perfect living beings attain: By Madhudvisa dasa | Full size image 198 The Four Philosophies: Impersonalism, Yoga, Personalism and VoidismĪlthough there are thousands and thousands of philosophical and spiritual groups around the world most of them are following one of four basic philosophies: personalism, yoga, impersonalism or voidism. In Diamant’s narrative, Dinah marries Shechem and gives birth to his son. Then I had to figure out what occurred after the story.” That became the untold story that I could invent. But we don’t have Dinah’s side of the story. Shechem was willing to do anything to have her as his wife. It’s her brothers who tell us her fate and called what happened to her a rape. She observed: “We don’t really know what happened to Dinah. I thought it might be fruitful to look at those figures.”ĭiamant first thought she might write about Rachel and Leah, but couldn’t come up with a compelling plot around them. The Bill Moyers’ series “ Genesis: A Living Conversation,” where clergy from different religious traditions talked about characters in the Bible, was also popular at the time. “It was a wonderful, playful and thoughtful approach to the study of Torah. “At the time, my rabbi, Lawrence Kushner, was teaching classes on midrash,” she said. In a recent interview with JewishBoston, Diamant recalled that she was drawn to using a biblical story as the basis for her first foray into fiction for a few reasons. Their senior project involves a highly competitive fashion project led by their team leader George, and they need a fashion model for the show. Thus we meet Isabella, Miwako and Arashi, who are all seniors at a fashion and textiles specialty high school. One afternoon Yukari is approached by some very strange looking students who half demand, and half beg her to help them. Many high school students sign up for cram classes that meet a few days a week including Saturdays. Much bigger deal than ACTs or SATs in the United States. Japanese cultural tidbit: Especially in the larger cities, University entrance exams are a BIG DEAL. She’s been crushing on handsome Hiroyuki for years, and maybe, finally, this year, she might get up the guts to ask him out. Yukari is your typical Japanese high school student – school, cram school, chores, homework, repeat every boring day, spend weekends at the library studying for college entrance exams. It’s the perfect length at five volumes: short enough that you can read the whole thing in one day, but long enough that you get a completed storyline that finishes well. Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa is the story of Yukari as she survives her senior year of high school. My exuse being I wanted to put in some cultural tidbits. After professing my love for shorter casual reviews, here’s a super long, more formal review. Yet Linnet has no idea of the danger posed to her own heart by a man who may never love her in return. She estimates the earl will fall madly in love-in just two weeks. She is more than merely lovely: her wit and charm brought a prince to his knees. When beauty tamed the beast by James, Eloisa. And rumor also has it that a wound has left the earl immune to the charms of any woman. Title: When Beauty Tamed the Beast Author Name: James, Eloisa ISBN Number: 0062021273 ISBN-13: 9780062021274 Location Published: Scranton, PA, U.S.A. When beauty tamed the beast Bookreader Item Preview. Piers Yelverton, Earl of Marchant, lives in a castle in Wales where, it is rumored, his bad temper flays everyone he crosses. New York Times bestselling author Julia QuinnĪ wonderful spin on a much-beloved fairy tale, New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James's When Beauty Tamed the Beast is heart-soaring and fun historical romance at its finest. Piers Yelverton, Earl of Marchant, lives in a castle in Wales where, it is rumored, his bad temper flays everyone he crosses. "Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James." New York Times bestselling author Teresa Medeiros "Eloisa James's writing is absolutely exquisite." |