Saturday, March 24, 2012
First Lines: Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
Eilis Lacey, sitting at the window of the upstairs living room in the house on Friary Street, noticed her sister walking briskly from work.
Wings of Hope (2000) (TV)
Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of a plane crash there in 1971 where they find the remains of the plane and recreate her journey out of the jungle.
Fascinating an dinsightful short documentary not only about an usuaul occurence, but also about a remarkable woman.
New Stuff: The Infirmities of Genius
My Dad gave me this book inherited from my Great-Uncle Emil and in family possession sinec the mid 19th century.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
First Lines: Hans Keilson - The Death of the Adversary
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For days and weeks now I have thought of nothing but death.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
First Lines: John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World
Toward the end of September, 1917, an alien Professor of Sociology visiting Russia came to see me in Petrograd.
