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Outstanding criticism, if you're in for that sort of thing. It's also 15 years old, which makes it interesting yet dated. One of my friends says "Deconstruction is kinda over, except when it examines literature as a cultural matrix."
How about that? Well, that's what bowlby is up to, and reading Lolita NOT as a morality tale but as a diagram of consumerism at least sparks a new conversation...Not to mention a reconsideration of what's at stake in the Lawrence obscenity trial of 1960. If this interests you (not that it should), check it out ]]>
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god bless 'em, the older-than-a-student types that decide to punt it all and work in the professional kitchen. god bless 'em, and good fucking luck. This guy ends up in Batali's kitchen for the first half of the book, and it felt a lot like when I worked at a catering company for a couple of months. All the little tricks of the trade, all the horrendous, fascinating people, and a good sense for how much that line of work beats the living shit out of anyone.
And Mario? this tells half of the story that you don't see on the food network...
The second part of the book is about learning to butcher in italy, where he really delves into the idea of how food and culture are intertwined. It also wants to make you eat glorious amounts of beef. If you're interested in a culinary adventure, check this out. ]]>
This was the second Kingsolver book that I read, right in the unfortunate middle of the Oprah's book club craze aflutter all around it.
It's a story of a missionary in the 50s(I think), setting up shop in an African village with wife and his four daughters. The book is written from the perspective of the women, and they all take turns narrating. It doesn't break the mold of tensions-between-the-locals-and-the-missionaries, but you get to watch the women grow up while the village's feeling towards them develops and mutates. Incredible emotional intuition on the author's part.
If you haven't read anything by Kingsolver, get to it with this one. I would probably withhold a recommendation to readers who like books about Karate, or guns, or guide books to video games. All other readers, give it a try. ]]>
well, this wasn't my first or second Kingsolver novel, and maybe I just jumped into this thinking that I'd get bowled over once again. But alas, no.
I actually don't remember shit about this book. Other than that I had possibly spent a little too much time reading Kingsolver and not enough time reading everyone or everything else.
Wasn't that helpful. ]]>
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