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A Literary History of Alabama: The Nineteenth Century by Benjamin Buford Williams Associated University Presses, Inc.: Cranbury, New Jersey, 1979 ISBN: 0-8386-2054-X This post is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ben and Marilyn Williams. I consider myself fortunate to have been friends of theirs. This study is a biographical, bibliographical, generic, critical, and chronological […]
Primo Levi’s Universe: A Writer’s Journey by Sam Magavern Foreword by Jonathan Rosen, Afterword by Risa Sodi Palgrave Macmillan: New York City, 2009 ISBN 978-0-230-60647-0 [W]hen we read all of Levi’s writings together, we find that he has woven a great and terrifying testament, one of the most vital bodies of work in modern literature. […]
I had tentative plans for November to post on American women authors but I was sidetracked, willingly, into reading more books by and about Primo Levi. I plan to post on If This Is a Man and The Truce and three movies (Primo Levi’s Journey, The Truce, and Primo Mysteries) during the month. I’ll start […]
I’ll have some posts soon on the books I’m reading but they will take a couple of days. In the meantime, here’s a perfect fall meal accompaniment. It takes a lot of time to prepare but I vouch that it is well worth it. Dial back the Chimayo pepper to your own taste. Blue Corn […]
Women of the Gulag: Portraits of Five Remarkable Lives by Paul R. Gregory Hoover Institution Press: Stanford, California, October 2013 Hardcover, 264 pages ISBN 9780817915742I have not posted on much of the non-fiction I’ve read this year, something I’m determined to correct starting with this marvelous history/memoir by Paul Gregory. Links: There is plenty of […]
Relations by Zsigmond Móricz Translated by Bernard Adams Introduction by George F. Cushing Corvina Books, Ltd. (2007) ISBN 978 963 13 5524 6Posts: “The only relation to love is the one that’s of use to you”: problems in post-World War I Hungary Lina and Magdaléna Solutions? Introduction to Móricz and the novel My notes Another […]
Zsigmond Móricz Relations by Zsigmond MóriczTranslated by Bernard AdamsIntroduction by George F. CushingCorvina Books, Ltd. (2007)ISBN 978 963 13 5524 6 In my first post on Relations, I included Móricz’s idea for the novel: When he began to write it Móricz declared, “I postulated the idea that in every family there is one man, the […]
Advertisement for Rokonok (Relations) by Zsigmond Móricz Picture source at Wikimedia CommonsRelations by Zsigmond Móricz Translated by Bernard Adams Introduction by George F. Cushing Corvina Books, Ltd. (2007) ISBN 978 963 13 5524 6 Another quick post that ended up being waaaay, too long. Please accept my semi-apology. Women in Relations play an important role […]
Relations by Zsigmond MóriczTranslated by Bernard AdamsIntroduction by George F. CushingCorvina Books, Ltd. (2007)ISBN 978 963 13 5524 6 The original intent was that this post would have been two or three separate posts, but time constraints put an end to that plan. So I’ll apologize for the length of this post in […]
Zsigmond Móricz (1935)Picture source at Wikimedia Commons Before I begin posting on Zsigmond Móricz’s Relations I thought I would include a post looking at the author and the introduction to the book written by George F. Cushing (Corvina Books, Ltd.; 2007). I’ll have to admit I had not heard of Zsigmond Móricz until I picked […]