Harvey
read and liked a piece of writing titled "A poem"
by Nathalie
"She works like a dervish
In a shower of sparks,
Welding broken statues
Into an orgy of man,
Woman and beast.
" ...read more »
"She works like a dervish
In a shower of sparks,
Welding broken statues
Into an orgy of man,
Woman and beast.
" ...read more »
bookshelves: to-read
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This book blew me away. Brilliantly written by Dave Eggers, it juxtaposes the main protagonist's attempts to forge a new life in America with the horrors of the civil war in Sudan. This is a must read book. ]]>
your heart must be wrapped in steel Susan. Please tell us exactly how the book could have been written to make it truly moving
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Extraordinary autobiography of a boy soldier in the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone. Graphic account of unimaginable brutality and suffering. Surprisingly, Beah was co-opted by the government and not the rebels, the only difference being that he always killed outright rather than amputate. ]]>
all the hype around this book as the seminal text of the beat generation is totally justified. This quote sums up the sheer joie de vivre and anarchic recklessness which leaps off its pages: 'He crawls like a big spider through the streets. His excitement blew out of his eyes in stabs of fiendish light. He rolled his neck in spastic ecstacy. He lisped, he writhed, he flopped, he moaned, he howled, he fell back in despair. He could hardly get a word out, he was so excited with life.' ]]>
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you will never find a more honest human being - this is high quality soul bearing ]]>