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2003

The year of 2003 CE.

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The Pillowman

Martin McDonagh
21st Century UK Theatre

The Pillowman

The action centres around a writer named Katurian who is living in a totalitarian state. He has been brought in for questioning (and torturing) by police who are investigating a series of child murders based on Katurian’s stories.

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Pillowman

Party in the Blitz

Elias Canetti
21st Century German Memoir

Party in the Blitz

This is a book that primarily about people and about parties, with descriptions of them that are at once acidic and amusing, and can also be seen as an extensive critique of English society at this moment in history. This is a review of Elias Canetti’s Party in the Blitz (Party im Blitz).

March 1, 2021May 19, 2021 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Party in the Blitz
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