Tag: Classic Fiction
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Classic Poetry in Rumi’s Selected Poems
Now, I tested myself with this one as I don’t usually gravitate toward poetry anyway, let along classic poetry, but I have seen so many excerpts of Rumi’s poetry and teachings throughout the years, I knew I had to give the collection a try. As I anticipated, I was a little disconnected from the work,…
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Let’s Talk About Ray Bradbury’s Dystopian Classic Fahrenheit 451
Did you really think I wouldn’t pick up the classic book about books and media literacy? How could I pass up Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 when the opportunity to read scholarly classic academic literature arose? It it true I hadn’t read Fahrenheit 451 before now, and I have more than a few things to say…
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Hour of the Star – Clarice Lispector’s Short, Sombre Brazilian Classic
There’s a line on page 8 that summarises Clarice Lispector’s Hour of the Star perfectly – ‘what I am about to write can’t be absorbed by minds that are very demanding and covet refinement.’ That could also sum up her writing in general, but I found it profound in the first few pages of this…
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The Succinct, Tragic Tale of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
As far as classics go, I am well behind in the literature. It honestly is a genre I struggle with, as has been established in various posts like The Picture of Dorian Gray, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of the Four, and not-so-obviously my Frankenstein where I talked about Mary Shelley…
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Classic Crime Fiction in Ngaio Marsh’s A Man Lay Dead
A pillar of Golden Age Crime Fiction, Dame Ngaio Marsh is one of New Zealand’s most prolific authors, and her Roderick Alleyn crime fiction series is extensive and widely popular. So, after taking so long to finally pick up one of her books, I grabbed A Man Lay Dead to dig into this crime fiction…
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Scholarly Reading Month
September is generally a moody season, what with the schooling semester starting back in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn settling in. It doesn’t really feel the same here in the Southern Hemisphere given its the middle of second semester at university, spring break starting for many, and we’re trying to shrug off winter’s persistent chill.…
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Potiki – Another Stunning Patricia Grace Novel
Cousins was not enough for me (and it will not be enough for you readers who want more beautiful Maori literary fiction), so I have picked up Potiki by New Zealand literary powerhouse Patricia Grace. Not only is she one of New Zealand’s most iconic writers, but her family dramas and literary fiction where family…
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Tangi by Witi Ihimaera – An Emotional Tale of Loss and Life
Tangi by Witi Ihimaera stands as a powerhouse in New Zealand literature. A marker of Māori literature, of Maori life depicted in media written by Māori. It stands as a classic piece of New Zealand literature and showcases the long literary life of national icon Witi Ihimaera. Tangi is the first novel to be published…
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Patricia Grace’s Cousins is A Stunning Kiwi Classic
Cousins is one of Patricia Grace’s most well known novels (though she has several and a half dozen short story collections, all of which you should have a look at). Reminiscent of the work of Toni Morrison, Cousins carries an undeniable Māori essence at its core, and introduces the reader to not only life as…
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More Mysteries in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
It has been a while since I delved into the world of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, and with the summer weather taking a turn into grey skies and a day of showers, what better time to crack open my omnibus and read some of the short tales of investigative intrigue and brilliance that Sir…
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