I started some years ago picking away at stuff in a Le Monde list of essential novels. Honestly didn't get that far (or haven't yet... maybe four or five?)...
Anyway, L'Étranger was in there, and it was the same thing: that very concise, arresting quality of description.
Bingeing "Ancestral Land" on Amazon Prime. Think "War and Peace" as a 20th century Russian telenovela. It's really good even if the subtitles are kind of distracting and occasionally laughable. You get used to them after awhile.
Well someone should cut off Basile's head put him in a barrel filled with nails drag him out into the forest stick him an an old stove and turn him into a frog with no hope of becoming a prince. That'll teach him! I think I'm done with all this old edification.
Loved Bellevue. Thought it a great companion to Barry's The Great Infuenza. The latter outlines the history of medical science, the former of public health.
Both in the context of US political forces, and cultural norms.
Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system.
It really is, yeah.
I started some years ago picking away at stuff in a Le Monde list of essential novels. Honestly didn't get that far (or haven't yet... maybe four or five?)...
Anyway, L'Étranger was in there, and it was the same thing: that very concise, arresting quality of description.
All good choices. Try Copper, Penny Dreadful, or Peaky Blinders. Justified and The Americans were great.
Hey! We were already using that name for our Troggs tribute band! Must be resolved through a Battle of the Bands! We'll meet you at…
OK, nevermind.
Oh God, NO. What a depressing AF book. And the movie will just make you want to go slit your wrists ahead of time.
I guess I kinda handed you that line, eh?
I wonder if he really tested positive, or is this just his time to molt his human suit?
Yeah, me, either. All those are good suggestions.
Build That Wall! Take a lesson from medieval municipal design – keep the peasants at bay.
Bingeing "Ancestral Land" on Amazon Prime. Think "War and Peace" as a 20th century Russian telenovela. It's really good even if the subtitles are kind of distracting and occasionally laughable. You get used to them after awhile.
Well someone should cut off Basile's head put him in a barrel filled with nails drag him out into the forest stick him an an old stove and turn him into a frog with no hope of becoming a prince. That'll teach him! I think I'm done with all this old edification.
Actually, it should be medieval, but as a friend pointed out, if you're dressing like a peasant, fashion didn't update much for several hundred years.
Loved Bellevue. Thought it a great companion to Barry's The Great Infuenza. The latter outlines the history of medical science, the former of public health.
Both in the context of US political forces, and cultural norms.
Enjoy!
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I'm going to dig out my copy of A Distant Mirror. Forget this wimpy Coronavirus stuff - I'm going full bubonic plague, 30% mortality.
I will suggest you add the HBO series The Wire to your binge-watching list. I consider it the best TV series in my life.