Happy birthday to Joseph Conrad
Freespace (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Happy birthday, Joseph Conrad!
Joseph Conrad
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When Lit Blew Into Bits New York...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
When Lit Blew Into Bits New York magazine The re ally stunning thing about Oscar Wao, in true aughts fashion, is its style. Díaz turns the book over to a small crowd of narrators, each of whom seems to channel 100 different subcultures and dialects. The result is a reference-studded Spanglish loaded so densely with extratextual shout-outs (ringwraiths, Le Corbusier, Joseph Conrad’s...
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The Book Barge boat, boatique, blog and Blood Rivals
Granny Buttons (Free subscription) | yesterday
... than the first lock, daydreaming invariably follows the infinitely more sensational lines of a Joseph Conrad plot (interestingly, the boat is also called Joseph). ... I fancy that we’re gunrunning rather than bookselling, and the setting is rather more South China Sea than Burton on Trent suburbia. Consequently, I tend to find boat-related fiction much more pleasing than real-life...
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Dictionary Quotes (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
He who wants to persuade should put his trust, not in the right argument, but in the right word. ~ Joseph Conrad ~
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Art v books: the critical double standard | Jonathan Jones
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... great tradition of English literature. Set one of these minor talents alongside a Jane Austen or a Joseph Conrad , and it is clear we live in mediocre cultural times. The Booker should be abolished." No, I've never read a comment like that about a Booker prize shortlist either. I have, however, read (and written) many such critiques of Turner prize shortlists. But why does contemporary...
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MooPig Movie Reviews: Plain Speaking, Apocolypse Now Redux
MooPig Wisdom (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Here might be the big one :: "Who is willing to lie under oath ..." That thought blocker comes from the movie Apocalypse Now Redux, spoke by actor Marlon Brando , Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, near the end of the movie, before he is ceremonially assassinated by Captain Benjamin L. Willard , Martin Sheen. The movie is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness . ################################...
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Art v books: a critical double standard
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Jonathan Jones in The Guardian : "This year's Booker shortlist was worthless; none of the novelists on it has any chance of being remembered in 50 years, none of these books can compare for one second with the great tradition of English literature. Set one of these minor talents alongside a Jane Austen or a Joseph Conrad , and it is clear we live in mediocre cultural times. The Booker...
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... Stuart (1755-1828): portraitist who drew the picture of George Washington on the one-dollar bill Joseph Conrad (1857-1924): author of " Heart of Darkness ," which was adapted into Apocalypse Now Hayato Ikeda (1899-1965): Japanese prime minister John von Neumann (1903-1957): mathematician who helped develop game theory Carlos Montoya (1903-1993): guitarist and composer who...
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Having a go at astronomy
Nothing Tra La La? (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
In amongst the research stuff and pitching, I have read some books. Joseph Conrad's Secret Agent (1907) is a chap called Verloc. He comes from an unspecified foreign country where he was up to unspecified revolutionary stuff, though we also know he did some plotting in France. Now he runs a rude bookshop in London, cover for secret meetings with other agitators and anarchists. Verloc's...
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Y Celebrate 2day? Dec 3, 2009
Liquor Barn's Party Line Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... Pillsbury born…to be a flour industrialist and the founder of Pillsbury brands! 1857 – Author Joseph Conrad born…with a “Heart of Darkness”? 1927 – Crooner Andy Williams born…on “Moon River”? 1948 – Ozzy Osborne born…to be the “Prince of Darkness” 1960 – Actress Daryl Hannah born…to make a big “Splash”? 1960 – Actress Julianne Moore born…in “The Hours” on “Boogie Nights”? 1968 – Actor...
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The best-dressed men in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gadling (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... with trash and half-dressed children. Incidentally, this is somewhat reminiscent of a scene from Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness , which also took place (mostly) in Sub-Saharan Africa. The chief accountant in the book, a white man who had been in the Belgian Congo for several years, insisted on keeping his clothing looking neat despite all the chaos and death surrounding...
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Apocalypse Now tops London critics' 30th anniversary poll
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... at our first awards ceremony 30 years ago." Apocalypse Now, which Coppola based loosely on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, is often named in critics' polls, though it rarely makes it to the No 1 spot. That place is usually reserved for Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941), with Coppola's Godfather films running close behind. Kane was placed at No 1 in the most recent Sight and...