The Flanders Road
After reading it, I don’t think I’ll be reading much — or any — more of Simon’s work, but at the same time that didn’t render this novel a complete waste of time.
1960
The year of 1960 CE.
Some facts about 1960:
- Known as the ‘Year of Africa’ for the rise of Pan-Africanism
- The April Revolution in South Korea succeeds
- Liebling’s Law printed in The New Yorker Magazine: “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
- Harper Lee publishes and wins a Pulitzer for To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Beatles form a band
- Dr Seuss publishes Green Eggs and Ham
- Racial segregation in public transportation becomes illegal in the USA
- The farthing is phased out of UK currency
- Albert Camus dies
- Zora Neale Hurston dies
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The Country Girls Trilogy
Though the inside flap copy describes the trilogy as ‘Dickensian’, I have to disagree with that description. There’s a reason these books were censored in Ireland when they were first published and implying that these books have any ‘quaintness’ of tone is really not capturing what O’Brien is attempting to say.
Star
I was in high school and The Ring was a horror movie like none that I had ever seen before. From that moment to this, I’ve actively studied literature and film from Japan – with a particular emphasis on horror or psychological thriller. This is a review of Yukio Mishima’s Star.