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Pierre started reading Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima: Sound of Waves (2010, Penguin Random House)

Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima

Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. It …

Pierre finished reading Dubliners

Dubliners

'When you think that Dublin has been a capital for thousands of years,' James Joyce once wrote his brother, 'that …

Pierre quoted Dubliners

'When you think that Dublin has been a capital for thousands of years,' James Joyce …

Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, further westwards, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling too upon every part of the lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.

— Dubliners

Pierre reviewed Dubliners

'When you think that Dublin has been a capital for thousands of years,' James Joyce …

Nicely crafted stories - and the endings....

5 stars

The stories are great, ironic, and progressing towards their endings, which are famously good. This edition is great at providing the minimum amount of context needed to understand the context and the clues to the political and social setting in Ireland.

Much, probably too much, has been written about these stories, but they're great.

Pierre wants to read Elogio del margine - Scrivere al buio by Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks, Maria Nadotti: Elogio del margine - Scrivere al buio (Paperback, Italiano language, Tamu)

Elogio del margine - Scrivere al buio by Bell Hooks, Maria Nadotti

Il margine è la casa all’epoca della segregazione razziale, governata dalle donne nere come luogo di protezione dalla violenza razzista …

Pierre wants to read Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

No cover — Yukio Mishima: Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (2010, Penguin Random House)

Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

Pierre wants to read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed (Hardcover, 1991, Harper Paperbacks)

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …

Pierre wants to read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary (Hardcover, 2021, Ballantine Books)

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …

Pierre set a goal to read 12 books in 2024

Pierre started reading Deutsche Krieger by Sönke Neitzel

Sönke Neitzel: Deutsche Krieger (German language, 2020, Propyläen Verlag)

Deutsche Krieger by Sönke Neitzel

Pierre finished reading The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) by Henry James

Henry James: The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) (1998, Penguin Books)

A very young woman's first job: governess for two weirdly beautiful, strangely distant, oddly silent …

I made the error of starting with the forewords and introductions, which are very long and extremely tedious, and seem to have been mercifully cut short by the editor.

The short stories are very nicely crafted, short in all aspects, but have very vivid characters, often creating a sense of proximity with the reader. I most probably won't read them again, but I'm glad I read them.

Pierre finished reading Die Marquise Von O. / Das Erdbeben in Chili by Heinrich von Kleist

Heinrich von Kleist: Die Marquise Von O. / Das Erdbeben in Chili (Paperback, German language, Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH)

Die Marquise Von O. / Das Erdbeben in Chili by Heinrich von Kleist

Pierre reviewed Die Marquise Von O. / Das Erdbeben in Chili by Heinrich von Kleist

Une histoire osée et sans surprise, un style fantastique

5 stars

Content warning Content warning : c'est l'histoire d'un viol. "Hier -"

Heinrich von Kleist déroule d'un ton léger et avec une pointe d'ironie un scénario dur bien que sans surprise, dans son style enlevé, et faussement pompeux. Une bonne façon de lire du romantisme allemand dans le texte sans trop perdre de temps dans son dictionnaire. Une excellente lecture !