Guillermo Del Toro recommended Oliver Twist (1948) in Movies (curated)
The Enormous Room
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While e.e. cummings would later become famous for his poetry, The Enormous Room is an interesting...
Kamouraska
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A classic of Canadian literature by the great Quebecoise writer, Kamouraska is based on a real...
Green Henry
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The story of young Henry, who struggles to fulfil his ambitions to become a successful painter and...
Fox 8
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Fox 8 has always been curious, and a bit of a daydreamer. And, by hiding outside houses at dusk and...
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
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Graciela Iturbide was born in México City in 1942, the oldest of 13 children. When tragedy struck...
Emotion in Old Norse Literature: Translations, Voices, Contexts
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Authors throughout history have relied on the emotional make-up of their readers and audiences to...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Swimming Lessons in Books
Jul 24, 2017
The story surrounds Ingrid, and her horribly destructive relationship with her writer husband Gil. Her youngest daughter Flora has to come to terms with these revelations, after idolising her father for so long.
My only concern is while the back and forth narrative between Ingrid's letter and the present day is well laid out, the story itself becomes lacklustre and the epilogue is a little misleading leaving a question mark over her death. Good writing but plot could be more rich.