Not sure on how factually accurate the drama (by Carlo Gebler, BBC R3 Sunday 16th Jan 2011) was but it was seriously engrossing. I really felt for Charles but especially for Mary. We had similar experiences at the hands of our mothers and maternal grandmothers!
Luckily I had the opportunity to leave home and put some distance between us.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Monday, December 13, 2010
Literature: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
Mindless acts of violence and destruction, by young Irish children, pervade the book, but by the end (I finally finished it yesterday!) you begin to feel that this violence is an 'acting out' in response to the almost inevitable, but unofficial/unformalised, broken homes to which these Catholic children belong.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Vultures - a play by Roy Williams
Vultures - a play by Roy Williams
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 2010
Stars Nadine Marshall as Yvette and Sean Gallagher as Sean.
An angry young man hates the fact that people assume he’s just another white working-class waster, and sets out to feel like somebody.
Lacked any real depth or suspense for me. Though there were aspects that rang true it did seemed very run of the mill/predictable.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 2010
Stars Nadine Marshall as Yvette and Sean Gallagher as Sean.
An angry young man hates the fact that people assume he’s just another white working-class waster, and sets out to feel like somebody.
Lacked any real depth or suspense for me. Though there were aspects that rang true it did seemed very run of the mill/predictable.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Novel: The Last of the Mohicans
Novel: The Last of the Mohicans
After reading Mark Twain's 'Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses' I began to read The Last of the Mohicans. I'd seen the Daniel Day Lewis film but never read the novel. Could Twain be right about Fenimore Cooper?
After four chapters I'm, still enjoying the novel, not all all noticing the 'offences' Twain referred to.
After reading Mark Twain's 'Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses' I began to read The Last of the Mohicans. I'd seen the Daniel Day Lewis film but never read the novel. Could Twain be right about Fenimore Cooper?
After four chapters I'm, still enjoying the novel, not all all noticing the 'offences' Twain referred to.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Novel: Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost (2000)
Happily, after a series of disasppointing reads, I've settled on this novel. True, I'm only on p18, but I've been captivated from the start. Long may it continue.
The novels follows the life of Anil Tissera, a native Sri Lankan who left to study in the United States on a scholarship, during which time she has become a forensic anthropologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil, along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena, discovers the skeleton of a recently burned victim in a government area. With the help of Sarath, Anil sets out to identify the skeleton, nicknamed Sailor, and bring about justice for the nameless victims of the war.
The novels follows the life of Anil Tissera, a native Sri Lankan who left to study in the United States on a scholarship, during which time she has become a forensic anthropologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil, along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena, discovers the skeleton of a recently burned victim in a government area. With the help of Sarath, Anil sets out to identify the skeleton, nicknamed Sailor, and bring about justice for the nameless victims of the war.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Novel: Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan 1954
Bonjour Tristesse (Hello Sadness) was published when the author was only 18. It was an overnight sensation. I can't think why.
Thankfully it was very short.
I found it cold, calculting and empty.
Thankfully it was very short.
I found it cold, calculting and empty.
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