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![]() The Pantheon reissue (2007) of Colquhoun’s translation has a fascinating foreword by Lanza Tomasi (trans. Moreover, the conference will start with a paper by Lampedusa’s nephew and heir, Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, adding a very personal perspective to the proceedings. ![]() One of the speakers, David Gilmour, wrote the only biography of Lampedusa currently available in English ( The Last Leopard) and would be extremely interesting to listen to. The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh have organised a one-day International Conference to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary (officially, last year – but that’s fine!) of the publication of Lampedusa’s classic novel. But I thought it might be worth posting in case other enthusiasts of Il Gattopardo might be interested, and also because it because it ties in with my earlier post on this extraordinary author: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. ![]() I only read about this by chance, unfortunately – also because I’m committed to another meeting on the same day and sadly won’t be able to attend. ![]() ![]() There’s something terribly wrong at Havenwood Manor: Forbidden rooms. Not long into their marriage, Eliza fears that she should have listened to the locals. With enough love, she thinks, both man and manor could be repaired. Despite the sinister rumors that surround him, Eliza is drawn to his melancholy charm and his crumbling, once-beautiful mansion. Eliza arrives at her new home and finds herself falling for the mysterious lord of Havenwood, Malcolm Winfield. When Eliza Sullivan inherits an estate from a recently deceased aunt, she leaves behind a grievous and guilt-ridden past in New Orleans for rural England and a fresh start. ![]() Some houses hold secrets that are meant to be kept forever… ![]() ![]() Read if you like: angst, romance, mystery, old mansions, independent American women shaking up 1800s Britain, ghosts, divination, female solidarity, family complications, family secrets, ancestral legacy, betrayals, LGBTQIA historical representation, fickle weather, clever multi-layered plot twists, atmospheric writing, equestrianism (pretty horses, really).Ĭontent warnings: suicidal ideation, self-harm, sexual content, murder, forced captivity, assault/mild violence, drug use/alcoholism, arson, racist and colonial dynamics in historical context, child and pregnancy loss, war, blood, sexism and misogyny, toxic power dynamics, implied incest. ![]() ![]() What sets Hamilton apart, though, is her ability to write with as much grace as vitriol, a distinct tenderness marbling her meaty story. ![]() Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.Įditorial Review Amazon Best Books of the Month, March 2011: Gabrielle Hamilton's memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, is just what a chef's story should be-delectable, dripping with flavor, tinged with adrenaline and years of too-little sleep. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton’s story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion.įeatures a new essay by Gabrielle Hamilton at the back of the book Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality Hamilton’s own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton’s idyllic past and her own future family-the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Miami Herald īefore Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. ![]() ![]() Ted, always the skeptic, takes the offer on a lark (and because he needs the money). Jane offers Ted one million dollars to spend time at Swafford Hall, the home of David's family, ostensibly to write a biography of David's father, Michael, but really to discover the healer's secret and share it with the world. ![]() But Jane believes she's cured-cured, in fact, by Ted's other godchild, a 15-year-old named David. ![]() Jane, a lovely 25-year-old with whom he lost contact when he and her mother had a falling out years ago, has leukemia and only three months to live. Ted, a bitter old poet, is having a drink at a local pub and checking out the women (``all of whom I wanted to take upstairs and spear more or less fiercely''), when he runs into one of his two godchildren. It's a bad sign when a story begins with a warning from the narrator about its 94,536 words: ``I've suffered for my art, now it's your turn.'' Fry seems as self-satisfied as his main character. ![]() Once again, from the author of The Liar (1993), plenty of penetration and unabashed chauvinism. ![]() ![]() ![]() The sign reads “pond” and prompts a one-page rant from the narrator on the idiocy of such cautionary acts. ![]() In the story “The Big Day,” the woman’s neighbor, preparing for a community event, places a sign next to the nearby pond. Pond is a collection of stories from the perspective of an unnamed English woman living for some time on the west coast of Ireland. ![]() In the passages below, Bennett dramatizes the materialization of language and the limits on meaning-making. In Pond, Bennett lingers over the rich intricacies of the material world and of prose, allowing us to encounter the opacity of both. This is the conundrum articulated by Bill Brown in the opening to his 2001 Critical Inquiry piece and invoked by the deliberately dissonant phrase “thing theory.” While acknowledging the gap between word and thing, thing theory identifies moments of contact, when the properties of one rub off on the other. If things, distinct from objects, can only become known to us through a disruptive encounter, then surely language is superfluous to that encounter. In her 2016 book Pond, Claire-Louise Bennett poses the incompatibility between words and things as a comic problem-and then offers a formal response to that problem. ![]() ![]() ![]() Warning: Contains high-octane hair, a clawfoot bathtub, and a story that will make you believe in love at first sight. After all, the kid must know what he's getting into, so why not? But when a man with a plan connects with a man with a hunger, the result is nothing short of explosive. Suddenly faced with "Sparky," all grown up and looking to get laid, Michael's protective instinct kicks in-and presents him with an opportunity that's hard to resist. ![]() Michael has been trying to catch Tristan for years.to give him a second ticket. But who should crash his little adventure? Officer Michael Truax, who gave him a really expensive ticket back in high school for skateboarding without a helmet. He heads to a local bookstore with what he's sure is a foolproof plan to find someone to show him what he's been missing. Since he can't stop staring at said brother's package, he figures it's about time to put a label on those issues. He can't blame her for dumping him-even though she gets her brother to do it for her. ![]() ![]() ![]() Parsons is cutting her already unlivable salary. With her life spiraling and the Parsons staff sinking, Nora gets hit with even worse news. Because, honestly, is there anything dreamier than making books for a living? But after five years of lunch orders, finicky authors, and per my last emails, Nora has come to one grand conclusion: Dream Jobs do not exist. When Nora landed an editorial assistant position at Parsons Press, it was her first step towards The Dream Job. Meet Nora Hughes―the overworked, underpaid, last bookish assistant standing. ![]() The Bookish Life of Nina Hill meets Younger in a heartfelt debut following a young woman who discovers she'll have to ditch the "dream job" and write her own story to find her happy ending. "A heartfelt and exciting debut.a wise and honest story of how it feels to be a young woman in search of yourself."―Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Malibu Rising ![]() ![]() However, it was still a big question mark if he will be playing hockey professionally. But being the tenacious, goal-oriented person he is, he pushed his limits and after months of physical therapy, he got most of his motor skills back. ![]() Because of the spinal cord injury, he was suffering from, nobody was even expecting him to be able to walk again. While he was trying to save a woman from a horrific event, he got seriously injured. I hope I can get my hands on them soon because suspense might kill me.īaden Oulett was the backup goalie for Arizona Vengeance. ![]() Baden’s story was one of the few in the Arizona Vengeance series that I was dying to read and it turned out to be a different series, which I did not expect at all but now I am really curious about the next four books in the series. I don’t know how Sawyer Bennett manages this but she managed to make me feel all emotions at some point with this book. ![]() Holy shmoly! What a start to probably one of the most heartbreaking series, I will ever read. ![]() ![]() ![]() THE SCENES WITH JONAS, LENNY, ELENA, AND KAL HAD ME SWOOOOOOONING FOR DAYS. THE WAY HE SIMPLY DIDN'T GIVE A F**K ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT WITH HIM PINING OVER CORA? HOTTTTTT.Īnd when he uses a *toy that doesn't go buzz, buzz* with Cora? One of the hottest scenes I have ever freaking read. THE WAY ALISTAIR JUST BECAME ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED AND FERAL AND POSSESSIVE WITH CORA?!?!? It was one of the hottest freaking things ever. You could do whatever the frick you wanted to me and I would simply thank you. please hunt me down like I'm your prey.Īlistair, babe. ![]() Like yes, please ravage me in a dirty alleyway. I instantly fell in love with all of him and my panties absolutely disintegrated. But being at the mercy of a woman craving blood? There's nothing quite like it."įrom the MOMENT Alistair had his chapter (*cough cough* chapter two). ![]() Men, not so much because violence is our legacy. "There's something alluring about a violent woman. ![]() |