In southern Africa, there is a belief called ubuntu—the idea that we are all connected. No matter where we’re from or who we are, a person is a person through their connections to other people. With simple, lyrical text and charm...
I’ve not come to teach Semele or Leda,or Sidon’s Europa,carried through the waves by that deceptive bull,or Helen,whom Menelaus,being no fool,reclaimed,and you,Paris,her Trojan captor,also no fool,withheld. The crowd come to be taught,girls pretty and plain:and always the greater part...
Publishers and literary agents are often cautious when it comes to publishing a short story collection: “It’s difficult to sell short stories – let us know when you have a novel.” I’ve heard this truism stated many times. It drives me nuts when I hear this because a great short st...
She lives in a slum (贫民窟) and is often made fun of by the so-called upper class of society. She is abandoned and threatened. In the end Esmerelda sadly makes the decision to end her life. Different lifestyles are displayed in the novel like foolish Phoebus and the ugly hunchback (...
Kathy Reichs’ annual Temperance Brennan novels (most recentlyThe Bone CodeandCold Cold Bones) are a staple for many readers. Her 2023 new releaseThe Bone Hacker, is the 22nd title in the series. Called in to investigate after a series of bizarre disappearances involving young male tourist on...
Shakespeare and Company is an English-language bookshop in the heart of Paris. Since opening in 1951, it’s been a meeting place for anglophone writers and readers, becoming a Left Bank literary institution.
E. The novel was called “The Sun Also Rises”. F. The story shows the young man trying to forget his past. G. With the success of his novel, Hemingway became more popular. 答案 答案: 1.B;2.F;3.A;4.E;5.C. 1.该段后面有“The other is dark”,由此可知空处填入与之相对应的...
Hearts, the English debut by Yigit Turhan, a Turkish author living in Italy. This startling gothic horror novel's dual timeline follows 20-year-old Riccardo, a destitute aspiring novelist in Paris who's suffering from writer's block, on his spellbinding trajectory to a desolate estate in ...
Ivan Pavlenko was called “Czar Ivan II“ by the co-pilot, a former history teacher. But not only by him. The Ukrainian people hated this man who had brought so much suffering to their families with his megalomania and wanted to steal their country. Even those people whose thinking was sh...
Grow accustomed to what’s called bad,you’ll call it good. Time heals much:new love feels everything. While a new-grafted twig’s growing in the green bark,struck by the lightest breeze,it may fall. Later,hardened by time,it resists the winds,and the strong tree will bear adopted ...