A carousel of emotions and layers. Deep, as personal as political, seductive while often uneasy. Very emotional life story wrapped in 2 hours performaA carousel of emotions and layers. Deep, as personal as political, seductive while often uneasy. Very emotional life story wrapped in 2 hours performance of Israeli standup comedian... Video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d627e......more
Surprisingly charming stories of life on Polish village during 20 last years of communism. "Surprisingly", as I feel that folklore with a fables-que tSurprisingly charming stories of life on Polish village during 20 last years of communism. "Surprisingly", as I feel that folklore with a fables-que touch is recently explore to maximum and being honest I'm a bit tired of its simplicity. Here though, Wioletta Grzegorzewska (Wioletta Greg - English pen name) creates a realistic, life-small-moments stories, that have just a tiny, charming feeling of that fable to it... I'm planning to read at least a few stories in English translation as would like to see how much is lost (if anything). Suspect though that even if translation is perfect this book speaks more to those in whom she was able to evoke the memories of life on Polish villages in that period or a bit later, regardless if seen by yourself (I've seen 90s only) or through the eyes/tales of ones mothers or other family members......more
3.5 I believe that the rating would have been higher if it was the first Mabanckou’s book I've read.
Black Moses is sparkling with greatest AM’s qualit3.5 I believe that the rating would have been higher if it was the first Mabanckou’s book I've read.
Black Moses is sparkling with greatest AM’s qualities - satire, dark humour, political absurdities, ability to address heavy issues with irony and wisdom, refers brilliantly to African folklore, Judaeo-Christian tradition, literature...
All that is great however, after reading Tomorrow I'll be Twenty and, exquisite in my opinion, Broken Glass I want more from him than seeing again not only the same motives but almost same characters I've seen in those two books read earlier...
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