The Broken Commandment 4 (1906) - translated by Kenneth Strong |
It is not possible to say that this novel made a heavy impression upon me. However, that is not a condemnation. It is strong in content, but has a simple, non-threatening style that eases the reader, ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:20:00 GMT |
The Last Day of Class |
I was against even writing this, but decided to since there's nothing better at the moment (biased news anyone... "stolen democracy" in Iran? -- I guess we better go over there and teach them what dem...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:15:00 GMT |
Marguerite Young |
"Long nights, searching for one who was dead, I, Vera Cartwheel, I, the imploring daughter of a mother under the sway of opium, a mother more beautiful than light, I Vera Cartwheel, had wandered throu...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:06:00 GMT |
The Boundaries of Leftist Analysis |
"When we think without Marx's perspective, that is, without considering class interests and class power, we seldom as why certain things happen. Many things are reported in the news but few are explai...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:42:00 GMT |
Hare Rama, Hare Rama |
"Descending upon the unhappy societies of Eastern Europe and Russia are the Hare Krishnas, Mormans, Moonies, Jehovah's Witnesses, Bahais, rightist Christian evangelicals, self-improvement hucksters, i...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:55:00 GMT |
The Lake - Kawabata (1954) |
1* out of 5 The one star that I graciously gave this book doesn't reflect its quality. Kawabata is still a greatly talented writer, and is deserving of much respect. My low score is for effective...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:23:00 GMT |
Blackshirst and Reds (Book Report) |
Never
before have I read a more powerful leftist analysis of the world at
large. Even within the first section, on Parenti's explanation of
fascism, I was left completely powerless. I was literally...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:18:00 GMT |
Was Soseki really writing about me? |
The world was in an uproar; he watched it, but he could not join it.
His own world and the real world were aligned on a single plane, but
nowhere did they touch. The real world would move on in its...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:28:00 GMT |
Bruce Cumings is a superhero. |
"Judging from our media, North Korea is the country every
American loves to hate - beginning with President George Bush W. Bush,
who made it a charter member of his "axis of evil" and hoped to
"top...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:25:00 GMT |
in the beginning: something like the rough draft of the prologue to the novel I can never seem |
"The only thing I can say first is that I was born on October eighteenth, nineteen eighty nine. As I grew and grew, I was constantly told that these were the happy years. In the movies of that time, t...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:45:00 GMT |
