I also love it because the descriptions of India at that time are so vivid. Bear in mind what I said earlier about the way that the British were, on the whole, encouraged not to get too closely involved with India – encouraged to live separate lives. One of the great features of ...
Sometimes the idea that equality came from character got muddled in the novel, at times the idea even lost out to the superficial – reestablishing the notion that that your “place” is defined by your birth. It didn’t sit right with me. The status you were born into should never ecli...
How To Be Good: What Socrates Can Teach Us About the Art of Living Well is called The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders in the US edition. Read expert recommendations Buy now Listen now Life Is Hard: How Philosoph...
Staking his claim over Andrew Morrison as first past the post, Clifford starts his A-Z with the last symbol of the alphabet (“Ampersand”) and closes with the same Z term (“zinco”). There are other overlaps in terms, but the two efforts differ so rewardingly — Clifford’s woven bi...
Insisting that she tame her words, they have the Dictionary’s Introduction introduce her bewildered words to the character “Alphabet”. Making the journey over the hills and valleys ofA Dictionary Storyis satisfying, and re-making it is even more satisfying and delightful each time. The making...
The dominant character, the procuress Celestina, is depicted with unsurpassed realism and gives the work the title by which it is commonly known, La Celestina. The analysis of passion and the dramatic conflict that lust unleashes attain great psychological intensity in this early masterpiece of ...
Ursula K. Le Guin, American writer best known for tales of science fiction and fantasy imbued with concern for character development and language. Among her notable works was the Earthsea series, which was written for children but attracted a large adult
There Go I, Bill VanPatten - Thirteen short stories plumb the depths of the character in Central Valley of California. Journey to the grocery store where inner thoughts about a hardened woman lead into an introspective about childhood abuse. Later on, uncover a deep secret that the narrator has...
MS: You’ve written three additional Holmes stories. Was this a favorite character of yours when you were younger? NM: I fell in love with Holmes around age 11 when my father gave me “The Complete Holmes” to read. MS: You received an Academy Award nomination for your adapted screenplay...
He didn’t claim to be a great novelist, but he felt his work was more than a pile of typewriting. But if Repent in Haste is a failure, it because neither character nor author could imagine how to carry on in a world where the old certainties were replaced by … nothing. As John ...