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In my post on Rambling on: An Apprentice’s Guide to the Gift of the Gab by Bohumil Hrabal I mentioned that Jiří Menzel had directed a movie based on those stories set in the Kresko settlement of Bohemia. I finally watched a copy of the movie with English subtitles and I found it almost as […]
It’s August already? I wish I could say I’m tanned, rested, and ready to post. Unfortunately it feels more like pasty, stressed…but at least wanting to post. I’ll start with a wonderful site I’ve found regarding drawings by Benito Pérez Galdós. Dr. Michael A. Schnepf at the University of Alabama has a page on The […]
I’ll repeat a favorite non-book post (judging by visits). Since it’s the tail-end of cherry season, you’ll need to get on top of this to enjoy it during the winter holidays. From the wonderful Fancy Pantry by Helen Witty (New York: Workman Publishing Company, 1986): A Cordial of Sweet Cherries After the elements are assembled—the […]
I apologize for the unplanned silence. I haven’t really felt like reading or posting lately, so maybe a break was what was needed. Since I haven’t read much I’ll post on what I’ve recently watched, which was infinitely better. Trevor at The Mookse and the Gripes has a great review of Inside Llewyn Davis, the […]
If you have a chance to pick up a copy of the current Weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal I recommend you do so. The review section has reviews on books about World War I in addition to several essays about the conflict. There’s also a review of The Professor and the Siren by […]
The boys and I started reading The Three Musketeers last week and we’re enjoying it. Looking to see what film versions were available for instant viewing I found 1973’s movie directed by Richard Lester and written by George MacDonald Fraser (of Flashman fame). I’ve always enjoyed Lester’s and Fraser’s version and the kids love the […]
Paideia: the Ideals of Greek Culture (Volume 1) by Werner Jaeger (2nd edition), translation by Gilbert Highet (New York: Oxford University Press) I’m bumping this to the top to keep the posts in this series close together. I know this series won’t interest everyone but I find Jaeger’s work fascinating. Every nation which has reached […]
On May 14, 2014 Paul Cartledge and James Romm talked about Herodotus and the two new translations of his Histories. It’s well worth the hour to listen to the salon sponsored by Reading Odyssey, which can be found here. I asked about other recent books on Herodotus they have enjoyed and they provided some books […]
Picture from Amazon.comPaideia: the Ideals of Greek Culture (Volume 1) by Werner Jaeger (2nd edition), translation by Gilbert Highet (New York: Oxford University Press) I had planned on posting on Werner Jaeger’s monumental work Paideia: the Ideals of Greek Culture last year and didn’t get very far before other things came up. I intend to […]
I had more quotes from the recently released Rambling on: An Apprentice’s Guide to the Gift of Gab by Bohumil Hrabal that I didn’t mention, but I didn’t want the post to run too long. I stumbled across a copy of Hrabal’s 1966 story collection The Death of Mr. Baltisberger (sometimes titled The World Cafeteria) […]