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The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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With a style that floats like a cloud in the spring sky, Ondaatje brings us yet another beautiful piece of writing. The story of a boy traveling by ship from Sri Lanka to England. You can read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/01/25/21-days-on-an-ocean-liner-with-an-11-year-old-boy/
  
Blue Spring (2001)
Blue Spring (2001)
2001 | Crime, Drama, International
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7.5 (2 Ratings)
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The early naughties destructive Japan
There was a slew of angry rebellious nihilistic cinema in this period and Blue Spring may just be the most punk rock of them all. Its an artistic nasty little film full of violence and tension, as if art House got really pissed off and decided to say eff you. A seminal piece of cinema
  
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
1991 | International, Drama
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I wrote the notes to this one, so suffice it right now that this fairy dystopia comes close to being an idealization of what I love about movies—it’s the paradigmatic spring-afternoon-as-film, the living idea that speaks most clearly to the boy I once was and in some ways wish I was still. I miss that kid."

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Pauline Chen recommended The Makioka Sisters in Books (curated)

 
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters
Jun’ichirō Tanizaki | 2010 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
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"Every spring, the three younger Makioka sisters don their finest kimonos to stroll beneath the cherry blossoms at Kyoto, a ceremony that seems to encapsulate the ritualized elegance of their lives and their deep bonds of affection, both of which are threatened by the family’s declining fortunes and a Japan that is swiftly changing on the eve of World War II."

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