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  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    Read part 1 of my thoughts here. This weekend I managed to finish my second book by James Joyce. A Portrait is his semi-autobiographical work following a young man’s experiences with Catholicism, sexuality, aesthetics, and national identity, in the midst of his family’s financial decline. The novel begins with a child’s surreal perspective, develops into…

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    April 30, 2023
    F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce
    4 comments on A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

  • Top Ten Audiobook Readers

    Do you listen to audiobooks? Audiobooks aren’t my go-to, but I’ll listen to them every so often. Here’s a few readers I’ve enjoyed: #1 David Barnes (LibriVox volunteer) – My favorite audiobook reader, who covered The Metamorphosis, Jekyll and Hyde, and The Club of Queer Trades (Chesterton’s parody of Sherlock Holmes). Mr Barnes has a…

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    April 24, 2023
    audiobook, top ten tuesday
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  • April Showers (of Books)

    It’s been a little while since I posted a proper reading check-in, so here’s what’s currently on the table(s)… Recently Finished In the past few weeks, I’ve read “In Praise of Shadows” by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Agamemnon by Aeschylus. Tanizaki’s essay was an interesting…

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    April 14, 2023
    A Very Short Introduction, Aeschylus, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Augustine, Franz Kafka, Greek classics, James Joyce, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
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  • Fratres – Good Friday

    Every year, I listen to Arvo Pärt’s Fratres on Good Friday. Pärt, an Orthodox Christian, conveys in this piece a sense of horror and beauty that seems to me so fitting for this holy day. This is the first time I’ve heard it on piano. The more familiar, frantic violin & strings arrangement leads me…

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    April 7, 2023
    Classical Cousins, classical music
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