til kingdom come
In the process of coming up with a title I came up with a grand total of three things: 1) one of my favorite quotes: “Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies” from Edna St. Vincent Millay; Kingdom Come by the Civil Wars; the very random, but (at least I think it is) seemingly well […] Continue reading →
The Carpentier Who Built the Kingdom (of this World)
I completely forgot that it was my week to blog. When I first read the title of Kingdom of this World, I didn’t know what to expect or to even like it as much as I did. The books we’ve been assigned for the past two weeks have probably been my favourite set so far. […] Continue reading →
Some thoughts on Carpentier
I literally JUST remembered I was supposed to post this last night. Whoops! The Kingdom of This World is easily in my top 3 books we’ve read so far. I found the tone very conversational, the characters multi-faceted (and investable emotionally) and the plot interesting. Here are a few things I paused to think about and […] Continue reading →
Magic is real — The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier
I forgot I had to do a blog post… Sorry! The Kingdom of This World is an interesting novel, and I’m still in the midst of digesting it and trying to get into the “magical realism” of the story. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Kingdom of This World
I actually enjoyed reading this weeks book, as it was a novel. Since master and margarita was the only other novel we have read so far, it was nice to take a break from all the philosophy and dry history … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Magical history bus tour.
So, I guess I have some thoughts on the importance of history and stuff like that. I was and will probably always be interested in history because of the fact that it’s applicable to nearly everyone of us. I mean, … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of this World
Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Remake/Remodel” theme