![]() ![]() Vuong's sincerity and candor, and from his ability to capture specific moments in time with both photographic clarity and a sense of the evanescence of all earthly things." Vuong can create startling images (a black piano in a field, a wedding-cake couple preserved under glass, a shepherd stepping out of a Caravaggio painting) and make the silences and elisions in his verse speak as potently as his words.There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from Mr. Vuong's new collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds.possess a tensile precision reminiscent of Emily Dickinson's work, combined with a Gerard Manley Hopkins-like appreciation for the sound and rhythms of words. ![]() Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times writes: "The poems in Mr. San Francisco Chronicle, Top 100 Books of the Year The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016 One of the most celebrated poetry books of the year: ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This idea would however be combined with another work he was developing that was about a drunk, tying Raskolnikov’s storyline with the irresponsible Marmeladov and subsequently, Sonia. Dostoevsky had rough ideas for making a novel about the psyche of a criminal while in prison in Siberia. ‘Crime and Punishment’ is the first of Dostoevsky’s so-called major works. Protagonists: Repentant Raskolnikov, Sonya, Razumikhin, Porfiry.įyodor Dostoevsky and Crime and Punishment.Antagonists: Raskolnikov’s evil side, Luzhin, Svidrigailov, Nihilist ideas.Climax: When Raskolnikov murders Alyona.Genre: Philosophical novel, Crime novel, Detective novel.Point of View: Third-person perspective.Literary Period: Russian Imperial period.Publication Date: Published serially in 1866 in The Russian Messenger.In ‘Crime and Punishment’ there are elements of the gothic, horror, comedy, and the psychological within its pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() Follett's impeccable pacing builds suspense in a balanced narrative that offers action, intrigue, violence and passion as well as the step-by-step description of an edifice rising in slow stages, its progress tied to the vicissitudes of fortune and the permutations of evolving architectural style. Beginning with a mystery that casts its shadow on ensuing events, the narrative is a seesaw of tension in which circumstances change with shocking but true-to-life unpredictability. The insightful portrayals of an idealistic master builder, a pious, dogmatic but compassionate prior and an unscrupulous, ruthless bishop are balanced by those of a trio of independent, resourceful women (one of them quite loathesome) who can stand on their own as memorable characters in any genre. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through four decades during which social and political upheaval and the internal politics of the church affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists. Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. With this book, Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner, escaping the narrow genre of suspense thrillers to take credit for a historical novel of gripping readability, authentic atmosphere and detail and memorable characterization. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is very conflicting and toys with my morals about popularity and being true to yourself. It gave us an insight into every teenager's mind trying to figure out whether different is good and put the reader in a compromising position because although you don't want to conform, it feels like you do. Why I loved the book: Jerry Spinelle's writing was excellent and creative and innovative. ![]() And I did not appreciate the abrupt ending. Though it was a short quick book to read I constantly got stuck on a chapter, unable to stay focused because the story just didn't interested me. It wasn't confusing, in fact it was very basic but the social boundaries Stargirl and Leo crossed were what made me want to shut the book and leave it at that. It is supposed to be a must read for teens, an inspiration.īut this is why I hated it: The whole way through reading the book I was like 'what?'. I have a love/hate relationship with this book. ![]() |