Archive for 'Books'
George Orwell’s “Down and Out in Paris and London”
by Julia Hones If history repeats itself reading ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ can help you understand the effects of the current world financial crisis. This essay is a historical document about the [...]
George Orwell’s other Novels
by Walker Rowe Most people know George Orwell for his novels 1984 and Animal farm (reviewed here) because they have been for many years required reading in the USA as a parable against the dangers [...]
George Orwell’s ‘1984’ and ‘Animal Farm’
by Julia Hones 1984 ‘1984’ is a dystopian novel about a country called “Oceania” that is constantly at war, but its citizens do not know why it is at war. They do support it, though, [...]
Ricardo’s Lagos “Southern Tiger”
by Walker Rowe Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile, has written a book with the assistance of two writers from Foreign Affairs magazine and includes an introduction by Bill Clinton. While the title of the [...]
Recordando a Gabriela Mistral
por Julia Hones El 7 de abril es el aniversario del nacimiento de Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957), escritora y educadora chilena, ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1945. Fue la primera mujer Latinoamericana que obtuvo [...]
Reading into the Abyss of Roberto Bolaño’s 2666
By George Allen “Anxiety may be compared with dizziness. He whose eye happens to look down into the yawning abyss becomes dizzy. But what is the reason for this? It is just as much in his [...]
Why I love my Kindle and you should too
by Walker Rowe In the USA book prices are going the wrong way–up not down–so the government is threatening to sue certain publishers and Apple for price fixing. That of course is a crime. Amazon.com of [...]
Jack Kerouac’s On the Road
review by Julia Hones In Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road“, Sal Paradise, the narrator, is a newly divorced college student who lives with his aunt in Paterson, New Jersey. In the first chapter he introduces his [...]
The Rights of the People
review by Walker Rowe The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable [...]
Leo Tolstoy’s novellas
by Julia Hones Leo Tolstoy’s short stories and novellas reflect the development of his ideas over time. There is an ever-present concern in his work about how to live life. “Living for others” is at the [...]
The Gringo and the Harvest
Fernando Botero’s paintings of torture at Abu Ghraib prison
Thought-provoking...
Give me a Grandparent
I am blessed with 7 grandchildren. I am making copies of this poem t
Give me a Grandparent
As I spend more and more time with more and more wonderfully different
George Orwell’s other Novels
In Latin America, kids don't read Orwell. I wish they did.
George Orwell’s other Novels
Animal Farm and 1984 are about any kind of dictatorship, not just comm