Another Woolf that I couldn’t put down. Caution for those with problems sleeping …if you usually read to help you fall asleep, the Waves will keep youAnother Woolf that I couldn’t put down. Caution for those with problems sleeping …if you usually read to help you fall asleep, the Waves will keep you awake. The waves of words continue after you leave the page. ...more
Felt like I was on an express train speeding through the soaring prose. I couldn’t put it down. However, I’m sensing that Virginia Woolf is a preciousFelt like I was on an express train speeding through the soaring prose. I couldn’t put it down. However, I’m sensing that Virginia Woolf is a precious relic of the 20th century. Reminds me of the deflowering of Winston Churchill, the greatest British statesman of the 20th century. When multiculturalism and institutional racism reframe our world view in the 21st, is the angst of the British Aristocracy, which Woolf microscopically details, fundamental to the human condition as all great literature details? I went on to read Jacob’s Room, and Mrs Dalloway, and the Waves. I’m still wondering. ...more
I read this book years ago. Never got the concept about one day. The movie, The Hours, with its stellar cast of Meryl Streep, Ed Harris, Julianne MoorI read this book years ago. Never got the concept about one day. The movie, The Hours, with its stellar cast of Meryl Streep, Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Clare Danes, Allison Janey, and Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf, a role for which she won Academy Award, prompted me to read again. I also have tickets for the Metropolitan Opera production of The Hours with Renee Fleming and Kelli O’Hara. However many iterations, the book sent me into a trance, with my mind racing over the page trying to grab the meaning of each and every word that threatened to elude my grasp. Finishing the book left me with a sense of loss. ...more
Most extraordinary woman who tells her story clearly and frankly. What she has endured and overcome and achieved is beyond most people’s imagination. Most extraordinary woman who tells her story clearly and frankly. What she has endured and overcome and achieved is beyond most people’s imagination. She may be the most famous, courageous, compassionate, brilliant Black woman in in America today. She should run for President. ...more
I finished it; I'm rescued. I can't include certain thoughts on the book without risking being thrown off Goodreads. Let's say that I couldn't put it I finished it; I'm rescued. I can't include certain thoughts on the book without risking being thrown off Goodreads. Let's say that I couldn't put it down; it was an obsession captured as I was by the soaring prose that bordered on pure poetry. Conrad does that for me. For example, at the sight of his obsession on deck, Captain Linguard, observed,
..."Mrs. Travers rose nervously and going aft began to gaze at the coast. Behind her the sun, sunk already, seemed to force through the mass of waters the glow of an unextinguishable fire, and below her feet, on each side of the yacht, the lustrous sea, as if reflecting the colour of her eyes, was tinged a sombre violet hue." p.217
Who can resist? For a minute, I thought I was still reading Faust, a book I can't finish but keep reading captivated by the poetry without following the story.
It is an acquired taste. The Rescue is an advanced placement novel i.e., I wouldn't dive into Conrad -if you pardon the expression - with this book; you could drown in the words. Start with the Heart of Darkness or Nostromo....more
A wonderful writer. As a physical science novice, I found his explanations of laws of thermodynamics understandable. Still don’t understand inflationaA wonderful writer. As a physical science novice, I found his explanations of laws of thermodynamics understandable. Still don’t understand inflationary gravity and a few other concepts, however. He gushes over the potential for mathematics and physics eventually explaining the origin of life. He loses me here: maybe it will happen, but I won’t be one who will understand the explanation…the math and science will be beyond me.
I loved his discussion of the discovery of the Higgs boson and Higgs field. What a thrill it must have been for the particle physicists. I still don’t understand what particle accelerators do; but after reading Prof Greenie’s explanation, I don’t understand it a little bit better. ...more
The is a remarkable story of Africa during the Ebola epidemic and how the Partners in Care tried to provide what Farmer calls, “stuff, staff, safe spaThe is a remarkable story of Africa during the Ebola epidemic and how the Partners in Care tried to provide what Farmer calls, “stuff, staff, safe space and systems” to for patient care in West Africa. The battle of disparate relief organizations promoting containment of infection through isolating the infected rather than providing patient care is pertinent today as we battle COVID. We in the developed rich world have the luxury of contact tracing, isolation along with treating the sick. Farmer needed an editor. The book goes on and on revisiting the same issues. But you are obligated to pay attention….think about Haiti....more
Informs everyone that joining book clubs is not the same thing as changing policy. This is the hard work: address as Ibram says" the written and unwriInforms everyone that joining book clubs is not the same thing as changing policy. This is the hard work: address as Ibram says" the written and unwritten laws, rules, procedures, processes, regulations, and/or guidelines” that govern racist policy. We need a tool kit to get this done. I am going to check out his bibliography. Community organizers? Help us.
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