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Introduction and Notes by Dr Jeff Wallace, University of Glamorgan. Lawrence's finest, most...
Imperium: Classics
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Formidable adversaries are arrayed against you. Your people stand ready. History beckons. In your...
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The Kindness of Women
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The fascinating, and largely autobiographical, sequel to J G Ballard’s prize-winning ‘Empire of...
ClareR (5906 KP) rated Family Lore in Books
Nov 11, 2023
Ona is an anthropologist and decides to interview the women in her family to find out about their origins: the older sisters come from the Dominican Republic, and their lives there were very different to those of their children.
This is a family with a lot going on! If you like family dramas, then you would be just the reader for this book. There’s a lot about the different relationships between the characters, marriages, unfaithfulness, low self esteem, maternal love, fertility problems, cultural differences, family arguments and resilience.
It’s beautifully written - Acevedo is a poet as well - and all the characters really do have their own voices in this wide-sweeping novel.
How to Argue With a Racist
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Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science...
ClareR (5906 KP) rated Other Names for Love in Books
Jan 28, 2023
I think at the heart of this is the need of the main character to be accepted for who he is: his personality, his sexuality, his life choices. He doesn’t want to carry on with the family businesses of either farming or politics, and he likes his life in London. This is only reinforced for him when he needs to go back to see his ailing father.
The language is evocative of the places and times, especially when Fahad is living in the countryside. It’s a place that’s barely contained - the jungle wants to reclaim the farmland, much like Fahad wanting to claim his own life.
You can feel how repressed Fahad is by cultural and familial expectations, as much as the oppressive heat seems to smother him as well.
I enjoyed this melancholy read, and look forward to seeing what the author writes next