作者John Lancehster是一名英国财经记者兼小说作家。The Wall是其2019年出版的一部反乌托邦气候小说,入围当年英国布克奖候选名单。小说词句非常简单,四六级水平,感觉target reader应该是青少年。故事背景:气候变化导致全球海平面上升,某岛国(根据文中的一些地理气候描述,应该是暗指英国)一方面为了防止海水淹没国土,另一方面...
The Wall is no endurance test; rather, it presents the facts of the case, adding an eerie low hum to the soundtrack whenever Gedeck's character edges near her outer limits. By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW 80 The Guardian Jul 5, 2013 ...
Book Review: Writing On the Wall – The First 2000 Years of Social Media Posted on January 23, 2014 in Book reviews, Web 2.0 / social software I’m a fan of Tom Standage‘s earlier works, particularly The Victorian Internet, which explored the parallels between the rise of the telegraph...
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1、Book Review of the Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf As a modernist writer, Virginia Woolf isnt interested on describing the reality as it really is, but she wants to privilege the imagination and the liberty of creation. In her short story “The Mark on the Wall”, a simple ...
Book review of the Mark on the Wall Yesterday,I read an article named The Mark on the Wall, and I was so impressed about the stream of consciousness.At first,I find some information about the author,Virginia Woolf.She was an English writer and one of the foremost modernists of...
Book review of the Mark on the Wall 墙上的斑点英文赏析 BookReview oftheMark on the Wallby Virginia Woolf As a modernist writer, Virginia Woolf isn’t interested on describing the reality as it really is, but she wants to privilege the imagination and the liberty of creation. In her short...
“Orson stood with his hand resting on the wall, gazing out at the stunning sights of Scotland’s capital city. The wind whistled in his ears, but overall the conditions of the day were favourable. Indeed, with such clear visibly, he swore he could see the highlands in the distance.”–...
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Review: Lullaby by Leila Slimani March 12, 2018/Leave a comment What I Thought: “The baby is dead.It only took a few seconds.”That is the first line of this book. I was horrified and hooked. We know right from the start that there is no happy ending and we also know who is gu...