But honestly, I don’t tend to impose moral judgments on my characters, and I think of psychotherapists as very much like the rest of us: flawed, troubled, deeply human. I would say “ambivalent” as opposed to “cynical.” I’ve encountered many wonderful therapists over the years, but also an equal number who were as dysfunctional and damaged as any of their patients. Would you agree that in both The Maidens and The Silent Patient, your first novel, you take a cynical view of psychology? Grief led me naturally to Tennyson-I started reading In Memoriam for inspiration and then gradually it worked its way into the book. In this case, I began with Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides, thinking about the themes of sacrifice and grief. Growing up in the Mediterranean, I was heavily influenced by Greek myths and tragedy Greek mythology shaped my creative imagination-it’s very much where I “live” as a writer.
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The debt financing is based on a mix of loans and bonds and its size is equivalent to 6.75 times Subway's 12-month earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of about $750 million, the sources added. Subway's financial adviser, JPMorgan Chase & Co, is now hoping a $5 billion debt financing package it has put forward will show buyout firms they can borrow enough to structure an attractive deal even at a $10 billion-plus valuation, the sources said. So far, bids for Subway have ranged between $8.5 billion and $10 billion, one of the sources said. There are great pages-long chunks of speech, especially in the Zooey section. It’s even more unusual for those books to contain so much dialogue – and yet so few quotation marks. It’s unusual to have two novellas next to each other. It isn’t just that it is, as Salinger notes in his dedication, a “pretty skimpy-looking book”. This instalment of Salinger’s series about the Glass brothers and sisters is a strange, difficult thing. But it’s equally possible that the book would never have struck home. Possibly, this is because I’m at the wrong stage in life – like The Catcher in the Rye, this struck me as a book that has to catch you at a certain time to really work. Franny and Zooey didn’t get me in the same way. I found it moving to read these reflections on the book – but also, I have to admit, confounding. I read Franny and Zooey as a teenager, 35 years ago, and it launched an existential crisis that took me a few years to pull myself out of. There was also a more troubling reflection on the book’s influence: (Yes, I was subjected to erudite confessional onslaughts for years.) Zooey in particular amazed me – dapper, hectoring, some amalgam of Zen and street smarts – as he bore a resemblance to my elder brother, not least in his behaviour around me. I was a devotee of Salinger’s writing in the 1960s/70s and loved Franny and Zooey. Another wrote movingly of the book’s power to conjure a lost era: Freaks are everywhere, attacking settlements, setting up scouts, perimeters, and patrols. With her knives in hand and her companions at her side, she will not falter, whether fighting for her life or Fade’s love.Īhead, the battle of a lifetime awaits. She might not be a Huntress anymore, but she doesn’t run. But the odds have been stacked against Deuce from the moment she was born. When Deuce, Fade, Stalker, and Tegan set out, the odds are against them. Salvation is surrounded, monsters at the gates, and this time, they’re not going away. So, I am using the blurb from goodreads as a summary. It’s been a little while since I read this but I still wanted to review it. If you want to read my review on Outpost, click here .You have been warned! If you want to read my review on Enclave, click here. In order to properly summarize/review this book, events from book one Enclave and book two Outpost may be spoiled. Note: This is the third book in The Razorland series by Ann Aguirre. He was only 32 when he was given command of 53,000 men, the reward for series of triumphs that many regarded as impossible, and then topped his previous feats by leading a raid up a frozen cliff face that secured the Alps for France. Father of the novelist Alexandre Dumas, Alex has become, through his son's books, the model for a captivating modern protagonist: The wronged man in search of justice.īorn to a Black slave mother and a fugitive White French nobleman in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), Alex Dumas was briefly sold into bondage but then made his way to Paris where he was schooled as a sword-fighting member of the French aristocracy. His swashbuckling exploits appear in The Three Musketeers, and his triumphs and ultimate tragic fate inspired The Count of Monte Cristo. Pulitzer Prize, Biography/Autobiography, 2013īy the author of the internationally best-selling biography The Orientalist, The Black Count brings to life one of history’s great forgotten heroes: a man almost unknown today yet with a personal story that is strikingly familiar. Throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives. We regularly crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have, forgetting that humans are successful because we have adapted to an environment that we understand only imperfectly. We do not know what the future will hold, particularly in the midst of a crisis, but we must make decisions anyway. This major, critically acclaimed work asks a vitally important question for today: when uncertainty is all around us, and the facts are not clear, how can we make good decisions? ‘Jam-packed with erudition’ New Statesman ‘An elegant, wise and timely book’ Irish Times This is a necessary critique and they make it with verve, knowledge and a wealth of stories’ LONGLISTED FOR THE FT/ MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020 In Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King, Christine El Mahdy finally delivers a coherent portrait of King Tut's life and its historical significance. Traditional histories, founded on incomplete investigation and academic dogma, shed almost no light on the details of a life as complicated and as fascinating as it was short. Tutankhamen ascended to the throne at approximately eight years of age and ruled for only ten years. She explores his life and legacy as never before, and offers a compelling new window onto the world in which he lived. Despite the young monarch's almost universal recognition in death, Egyptologists know very little about his life. In Tutankhamen, acclaimed Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley unshrouds the enigmatic king. Thirty-five hundred years ago, the mightiest empire on Earth crowned a boy as its king, then worshipped him as a god. Lost in a frenzy of speculation-anthropological, scientific, and commercial-was Tutankhamen himself. Christine Hobson el-Mahdy is the author of Tutankhamen (3.96 avg rating, 112 ratings, 18 reviews, published 1996), Mummies, Myth and Magic in Ancient Egy. What kind of society could produce such spectacular treasures only to bury them forever? When Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in 1922, even the most experienced archaeologists joined the international community in marveling at the incredible wealth-and seemingly bizarre rituals-of ancient Egypt. Katie, however, would like to reconnect with her old boyfriend, James - the one who got away. Best friends Coco and Katie have returned to Cedar Cove for their high school reunion, looking to face down old hurts and find a sense of closure.Ĭoco wants to finally confront the boy who callously broke her heart. They are becoming more than just friends, yet he still won't reveal anything about his past, and then he tells her he's moving out of town.Īs Jo Marie grapples with his decision and tries to convince Mark to stay, she welcomes two visitors also seeking their own answers. Since opening the Rose Harbor Inn, Jo Marie Rose has met fascinating people from all walks of life, but none has piqued her interest quite like handyman Mark Taylor. Every cloud has a silver lining, even when it seems difficult to find. What got you interested in your field? Have you always wanted to be an artist? Whenever I feel stuck on one of my stories, looking at pictures from Hubble always seems to kick-start my imagination! Outer space is kind of my favorite thing ever… I remember when I was little, I used to go out in the backyard at night and look at the sky and imagine I was a crewmember on the Starship Enterprise. So far I’ve only published short fiction–I’m currently editing an anthology (which is open for submissions through the end of January!) that’s coming out in June–but my first novel, tentatively titled Fourth World, is due out in September. I write science fiction, mostly young adult, but I have written a few adult pieces as well. My thanks to her for taking the time to participate in this interview. Lyssa is an incredibly talented scifi writer who has had a few short stories published in magazines and upcoming anthologies. For our next interview, we’re joined by Lyssa Chiavari. 'And they find it so exciting – like I made the made the film yesterday. 'People who meet me still call me a Bond Girl,' she explained. 'That is something I am very thankful for.'īritt starred alongside the late Sir Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun and she says she still gets recognised today. She added: 'I don’t think there are many people who get to my age and can work and run around and take care of things and enjoy life and feel healthy and happy. The actress confidently told the Mirror: 'I will be dyeing my hair till the day I die. It comes after Britt, who starred in 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, insists she will retain her bombshell looks until 'the day I die'. The movie is best remembered for it's horrifying climax in which late Christopher Lee's character sets fire to a huge pagan effigy. Chic: The blonde beauty cut an incredibly chic figure in a blue double-breasted blazer which she layered over a black ensemble |