Head transplant: science or fiction?
I have found an article related to Hanif Kureishi’s book we read last June, The Body. You can find it here: Head transplant carried out on monkey, claims maverick surgeon. … Continue reading
First English Meeting 2015/2016 (by Alex Tadeo)
This season will be a great one. Just when we came to the library we saw that they made an exhibition about the English Reading Club, its activities and a … Continue reading
NW vocabulary
Carme F. wanted to share this vocabulary from the book NW by Zadie Smith with you in case it could be useful for somebody. Thanks Carme! Thorough job! ENGLISH (UK) … Continue reading
The Midden by Javier Chavanel
The Midden is a rowdy comedy where the characters have to face situations that are beyond their control. A good-family young man with gambling debts comes across with the life … Continue reading
“‘The Midden’ and Sharpe’s Humour” by Isabel
“THE MIDDEN” AND SHARPE’S HUMOUR Tom Sharpe was a comic novelist considered one of England’s funniest writers and praised for his use of satire. Nevertheless, his novel “The Midden” was … Continue reading
Beloved – The Setting by Javier Chavanel
After Reading this chilling, bitter novel it has specially caught my attention the setting, taking it as the historical moment in time when the novel takes place and, of … Continue reading
A handful of dust – settings by Mari Hidalgo
The setting of a novel can have a real impact on the story, can be in itself a character of the book or can answer to the general interest … Continue reading
A handful of dust by Jennifer R. Justel
Reading A Handful of Dust is not an easy task to go about. Soon enough, a grimace of either annoyance or disgust –I wouldn´t know which one is worse- sets … Continue reading
A handful of dust – The Character by Heura Marçal
Put the blame on Tony, guys! In A Handful of Dust, one of the most celebrated novels by Evelyn Waugh, all characters are built in prototypes, caricatured and ridiculed, … Continue reading
Beloved and the dark side of the human being by Isabel Ihna
Beloved made me think, naturally, of slavery and racism. It made me feel bad, sad and disappointed with us, human beings. It is not the first time I read about … Continue reading
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