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![]() In “Vivek Oji,” they delve again into the duality of body and spirit, but with a new focus on gender. In their autobiographical novel, “ Freshwater,” Emezi explores the relationship between the physical and spiritual realms, between the Western concept of mental illness and the Igbo idea of the ogbanje, a human-possessing trickster spirit. ![]() Chika, Vivek’s father and Ahunna’s son, noticed a scar on the newborn baby’s foot that resembled one on Ahunna’s in Igbo spirituality, wherein the dead are reborn back into the family, this is a potential sign of reincarnation: “How else could that scar have entered the world on flesh if it had not left in the first place? A thing cannot be in two places at once.” Only after Vivek’s death does Chika allow himself to take this sign seriously. Though the book opens with the ominous news of his death and is framed as a kind of mystery around it, the truth we spiral toward has far more to do with Vivek’s life, its secrets and its moments of unfettered joy.Įarly in the novel, set in southeastern Nigeria during the 1980s and ’90s, we learn that Vivek was born on the same day that his grandmother Ahunna died. “If nobody sees you, are you still there?” Vivek Oji asks from beyond the grave in Akwaeke Emezi’s powerful new novel, “ The Death of Vivek Oji.” It’s a question that ripples outward into the rest of the book, drawing readers and characters into a search for Vivek’s true self. ![]() ![]() If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. ![]() ![]() ![]() The idea behind Atomic Habits is that you can leverage small changes, via the compounding effect, to create powerful results: just like splitting atoms is technically a small thing that sets off a chain reaction that goes bonkers. James Clear’s “Atomic Habits,” Summarized in Infographic Form Intro: the “Atomic Habits” Quick Guide ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps that is the best way to understand his present state. ![]() Perhaps he is free, he thinks, as he sits there and waits for the drug to have its effect. Sumner inhales, closes his eyes, and downs the concoction in one long gulp. He unties the chemist’s package, takes out one of the bottles, and dispenses half of it into his glass. He asks for rum and takes his glass into a scruffy side room with a fireless grate and an unpleasing view into the adjoining courtyard. Instead of returning to the V ol un t e e r, Sumner turns to the left and finds a tavern instead. It has started to rain, and above the residual smell of horse dung and butchery there is a fresh and clement tang to the air. He writes criticism and fiction, and his stories have been published in Chicago Review, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. ![]() He is the cofounder and codirector of the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing. Ian McGuire grew up near Hull, England, and studied at the University of Manchester and the University of Virginia in the United States. The following is from Ian McGuire’s novel, The North Water. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I must have ingested the knowledge with my mother's milk, as Russians would say. His ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You, were to have a profound impact on such pivotal twentieth-century figures as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.Īs a daughter of a Russian literature teacher, it seems I have always known the story of Anna Karenina: the love, the affair, the train - the whole shebang. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him in later life to become a fervent Christian anarchist and anarcho-pacifist. ![]() Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as a moral thinker and social reformer. Many consider Tolstoy to have been one of the world's greatest novelists. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой most appropriately used Liev Tolstoy commonly Leo Tolstoy in Anglophone countries) was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() His embrace of the beauty and poetry in this and other works of Japanese literature, while examining the darkness of the historical moment, is a mark of how finely attuned Flanagan’s art is to the complexities, cosmic ironies and vast human frailties at play.ĭorrigo Evans, a young Australian surgeon waiting for deployment, pays a visit to his uncle Keith, who runs the King of Cornwall pub on the coast near Adelaide. The novel examines the plight of Australian PoWs at the hands of their Japanese captors while building the Burma Death Railway during the final years of the second world war. The haibun – a combination of prose and haiku – is one of the greats of classical Japanese literature and tells of his wandering from Edo (now Tokyo) into the country’s interior and the hardships he faced there.Īustralian novelist Richard Flanagan has taken not only Basho’s title for his 2014 Man Booker-longlisted novel, but has also imbued his work with some of the spare precision and Zen meditations of its predecessor. In the spring of 1689, the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho went on a journey that would form the basis of his most famous work: Oku no Hosomichi or The Narrow Road to the Deep North. ![]() ![]() ![]() This was the first time she has openly spoken about her relationship with a woman. ![]() Peterson details living in a tree, celebrity interactions, relationships and more in the memoir, including a surprising bit of news that many didn't know about Peterson - her 19-year relationship with her partner, Teresa "T" Wierson. In her new memoir, Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, comes out by revealing her long-term secret relationship. Ironically, Peterson says that when she finally got to be Elvira, she felt as if her life got to be more normal. She begins with her humble beginnings and somewhat turbulent entry into show business. Details: Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark is the brand new memoir released and written by the Mistress of the Dark, herself. The memoir was supposedly started over 15 years ago, but the COVID-19 pandemic provided her with the opportunity to sit down and put it all on paper. ![]() However, it is the first work that Peterson has written. The book, which came out on September 22, is the sixth item on her credited bibliography. Cassandra Peterson Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark Hardcover Septemby Cassandra Peterson (Author) 3,250 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 17.99 57 Used from 5.31 38 New from 14.99 11 Collectible from 24. It isn't just about Peterson's iconic character, but rather about her life. ![]() CBS' Joy Benedict sat down for an exclusive interview with Peterson, where she details what's in her newest book, "Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark." ![]() ![]() ![]() Incisive, elegant, and often surprisingly funny, Summertime is a compelling work by one of today's most esteemed writers. Coetzee to imagine his own life with a critical and unsparing eye, revealing painful moral struggles and attempts to come to grips with what it means to care for another human being. Coetzee to imagine his own life with a critical and unsparing eye, revealing painful moral struggles and attempts to come to grips with what it means to care for another human being. Summertime is an inventive and inspired work of fiction that allows J.M. Summertime is an inventive and inspired work of fiction that allows J.M. ![]() These accounts add up to an image of an awkward, reserved, and bookish young man who finds it hard to make meaningful connections with the people around him. The novel has many varied themes, including the nature of care, the relationship between an author and his characters, and mans drive to leave a legacy. Coetzee and concerns a man who must learn to adapt after losing a leg in a road accident. Never having met the man himself, the biographer interviews five people who knew Coetzee well, including a married woman with whom he had an affair, his cousin Margot, and a Brazilian dancer whose daughter took English lessons with him. Slow Man is a novel by the South-African writer J.M. A young English biographer is researching a book about the late South African writer John Coetzee, focusing on Coetzee in his thirties, at a time when he was living in a rundown cottage in the Cape Town suburbs with his widowed father - a time, the biographer is convinced, when Coetzee was finding himself as a writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since becoming a Christian, she has been compelled to use her speaking and teaching gifts to share the light of the gospel of God as authentically as she can. Jackie Hill Perry is an author, poet, Bible teacher, and artist. As it turns out, God being "holier than thou" is actually the best news in the world, and it's the key to trusting Him. And that's exactly what makes Him trustworthy. In these pages, we will see that God is not like us. In Holier Than Thou, Jackie walks us through Scripture, shaking the dust off of "holy" as we've come to know it and revealing it for what it really is. Like He is just another person who, as Eve assumed in the Garden all those years ago, might hold out on us.īestselling author Jackie Hill Perry, in her much anticipated follow-up to Gay Girl, Good God, helps us find the reason we don't trust God- we misunderstand His holiness. ![]() Like He doesn't actually want what is best for us. We say we trust Him with our mouths, but often not with our lives. Why is it so hard to trust God sometimes? ![]() ![]() ![]() I would recommend to those who enjoy sweet books about family and falling in love and don’t mind GLBT content. ![]() I loved a lot of the elements around baking, family, and love that featured in this book. I enjoyed both the illustration and the story a lot.Overall this was a wonderful, feel good graphic novel about finding your way and falling in love. The illustration was unique, fun to look at, and easy to follow. Hector is another amazing character and the pure joy he brings to the bakery is fun to watch. (Plus: theres baked goods)-Melissa Fox, Watermark Books, Wichita KS. Ari can be annoying at times but he is also very sincere. Bloom is a charming and compelling look at the first summer after high school, with the angst of choice and decision looming and the blush of first love. I loved all the baking in here and the way that Ari’s family interacts. ![]() Hector absolutely loves baking and having Hector around might be even better for Ari than he knows.This was a very cute, funny, and sweet book about Ari trying to figure out what he wants out of life. Full Book Name: Bloom Author Name: Kevin Panetta Book Genre: Graphic Novels, LGBT, Romance, Sequential Art ISBN 9781626726413 Edition Language: English Date of Publication: PDF / EPUB File Name: Bloom-KevinPanetta.pdf, Bloom-KevinPanetta. This ended up being a sweet, engaging, and heartfelt read that I enjoyed a lot.Ari desperately wants to move to the city with his band, but his dad desperately needs Ari’s help to keep the family bakery going Ari decides to hire a replacement to help his dad, after a bunch of absolutely awful interviews he meets Hector. I have wanted to read this graphic novel for some time and was excited to see it at the library. ![]() |