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"Kiarostami has spooky power. The wind, the dust, passersby, stray sounds, even your attention—they all slow down and fall into his rhythm. He seems able to control everything inside and outside the frame, and it’s all poetry. Taste of Cherry was my introduction to him. It’s a very sad and beautiful film about life via death. I’ll think about the coda for a long time. I’m also a big fan of The Wind Will Carry Us, Where Is the Friend’s Home?, and Close-up."

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Diversity: A Colourful Collection of Short Stories

Monique Gliozzi

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Diversity is a delightful collection of short stories taking the reader on a charismatic adventure...

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Calling out for You (Inspector Konrad Sejer #5)

Karin Fossum

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Gunder Jomann thinks his life has been made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married...

Death in Persia

Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Lucy Renner Jones and Roger Perret

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Since the rediscovery of her work in the late 1980s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach - journalist, traveler,...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2340 KP) rated Homicide in the Indian Hills in Books

Mar 26, 2025 (Updated Mar 26, 2025)

Death by Tiger? Or Murder?

Jane and Redvers head to India. The trip is part honeymoon and part work as Redvers is supposed to attend political meetings. While there, Jane befriends a woman who winds up dead just a couple of days later. The death is ruled death by tiger, but Redvers has another cause – murder. Can they figure out what really happened.

I enjoyed this trip to India in 1927. The country and time really came to life for me. Jane and Redvers are the only returning characters, and it was nice to spend time with them again. This also means you can jump in here if you want to. The new characters are a mixed bag, but they are strong enough to pull us into the story. The mystery kept me intrigued until we reached the logical and suspenseful climax. Those who missed the electronic only Christmas novella from a year and a half ago will be happy to see it included here as an extra. Anyone looking for some travel with their historical mystery will be glad they picked up this series.

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When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

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THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. "Finishing this book and then...

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Mother! (2017) in Movies

Jul 13, 2019

Mother! (2017)

2017 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

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If you really look at mother!, directed by darren aronofsky. The movie story is about mother earth, god himself, adam and eve, the creation of life, the death of a child and destorying life and starting over/heaven.

The charcters - javier's charcter is called him aka god, the creator. Jennifer's called is called mother aka mother earth. Michelle's charcter is called her aka eve. Ed's charcter is called man aka adam.

When man and mother create a child, man and her throw a clebreation of life coming on earth. Mother is very protective of that child, she is also very protective of their home. When the child is getting eatting alive, mother is broken her only child died, so she goes on a rampage, destory their home, destorying life and than at the end, the movie starts at the beginning. It could be the beginning of life, it could be heaven?

You might have to watch mother! muitputle times to understand fully what the movie is about. At first you might think its confusing, you still might think its confusing after the threed or fifth time. But the story is very hidden.

Overall mother! is a okay movie.

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Ivana A. | Diary of Difference (1171 KP) rated Breathless in Books

Aug 21, 2018

This is probably the last book I am reading this year, unless I finish another one till midnight. It's a book of choice and not a simple one. It is a choice between life and death, between suffering and peace. It really touched me and it opened my mind.. I thought about all the possibilities in my life and all the bad things that could happen to me. How would I react and what will be my final decision. This is a book that I will never forget and will always keep rereading it again and again, reminding myself that destiny can be cruel sometimes. I recommend it to all people with an open mind, because this book is worth it !