Zdzislaw Najder “The Life of Joseph Conrad” – book review
In fact, Conrad is a perennial moaner and that’s perhaps why I feel so much affection for him. Continue reading Zdzislaw Najder “The Life of Joseph Conrad” – book review
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Joseph Conrad’s “A Smile of Fortune”- book review
Naturally I was very excited to find that Joseph Conrad visited Mauritius too – and that he wrote about it. Continue reading Joseph Conrad’s “A Smile of Fortune”- book review
Joseph Conrad’s “The Shadow- Line” – book review
A man should stand up to his bad luck, to his mistakes, to his conscience, and all that sort of thing. Why – what else would you have to fight against? Continue reading Joseph Conrad’s “The Shadow- Line” – book review
Joseph Conrad “A Personal Record” – book review
This is not a chronological autobiography – Conrad doesn’t go through all the events of his life. Instead, he focuses on what one might call turning points: when he decided to join the navy, when he wrote his first novel, when he revisited his hometown after 20 years absence. The whole is a carefully crafted meditation on what it means for him to be a writer. … Continue reading Joseph Conrad “A Personal Record” – book review
Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2017
I am planning to read those in 2018… we’ll see how it goes… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2017
Joseph Conrad “Typhoon and Other Tales” – book review
Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon and Other Tales – a book review This short Oxford University Press edition includes four short stories by Joseph Conrad: Typhoon, Falk, Amy Foster and The Secret Sharer, and a very useful introduction. I loved it. I do not typically read shorter fiction, but these stories were incredibly satisfying in their sense of completeness and wholenesss as works of art. Nabokov once said in his Lectures … Continue reading Joseph Conrad “Typhoon and Other Tales” – book review
Joseph Conrad’s “Victory” – book review
“Victory” is Joseph Conrad in top form Continue reading Joseph Conrad’s “Victory” – book review
Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature created by The Broke and the Bookish . The theme for this week is “Back To School Freebie”, which means anything “back to school” related “10 favorite books I read in school”, books I think should be required reading… etc I don’t think I can do 10 favourite books I read in school in English, as I went to school in Poland, and … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday
Stacking the Shelves Saturday
Stacking The Shelves is a book tag hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality, which is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, be it physical or virtual. This week I made use of the book vouchers that I got for my birthday. We are celebrating the year of Joseph Conrad this year, as it’s his 160th birthday. In order to celebrate, … Continue reading Stacking the Shelves Saturday
How I choose my books tag
Choosing which books to read is always a difficult task… Continue reading How I choose my books tag
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