I love the project you are taking on and that you are sharing it with others. I have read all the winners and it was a remarkable journey. I look forward to connecting - Sean
The Nobel prize was Churchill's reward for his loyalty to the crown in my humble opinion. We live in a crazy world for we are beginning to see the veil being slowly lifted on the history that has been "written by the victors". Case in point: much of the world still believes 7 December 1941 was a sneak attack, even though the warning signs were flashing months before the event. There were newspaper articles written several months ahead of the attack that "war was certain". Again Jeff, really enjoying your overall discourse and looking forward to much more.
Many thanks, roadwarrior. The Churchill post will be a challenge in itself! I want to take a look at the narrative of WW2 in Richard Overy, Blood and Ruins at some point. It reframes many things, including Churchill.
PS. Although late to the reads, I shall take up the challenge that you threw out that you thought you will read all the Nobel prize winners. I can't promise to finish by October, but I will finish, providing I can find books/ebooks of all of them.
I absolutely loved this Workshop. I have spent this week, my first week after joining watching the videos and making notes on the written commentary. I have found the links to the Internet Archive very useful, but they download links don't seem to work in the UK, however, if one goes to Projext Gutenberg most of the material is available there. My point is if you too can't get the files, try Gutenberg.
I really was impressed with your coverage of the period, both historically and in the field of literature. I'm a great fan of literature and history, so this is right up my alley. I have read Thomas Mann, so have most of his works, but feel a reread coming on. I also want to reread Kipling and see, if I can resolve in my mind the ambiguity of his position, an obvious lover of India and its people who has been accused of racism and of being pro-British Empire. As a prelude to that, I am reading Rabindrath Tagore's works in the Everyman edition, a bargain at £10. I am enjoying it immensely. In the 60s when I worked in London, I met a very cultured Indian family, Zoroastrians, and the grandfather and father of my friend told me about Tagore. Their copies were in the original language, but the father got me a paperback in English, which subsequently I read to death. Now I have short stories, essays and the poems, wonderful.
Sorry to have been so longwinded, but I'm so excited. By the video.
Thanks Jeff. There are several iterations of Project Gutenberg, because of the different copyright laws, but the older stuff will be available in Australia, I'm sure, and free too. I give a monthly donation of £2 and they are always thanking me. I have over 1000 books from that source.
I love the project you are taking on and that you are sharing it with others. I have read all the winners and it was a remarkable journey. I look forward to connecting - Sean
Wow. Congratulations and kudos to you. Thank you, and I am looking forward to your comments along the way.
The Nobel prize was Churchill's reward for his loyalty to the crown in my humble opinion. We live in a crazy world for we are beginning to see the veil being slowly lifted on the history that has been "written by the victors". Case in point: much of the world still believes 7 December 1941 was a sneak attack, even though the warning signs were flashing months before the event. There were newspaper articles written several months ahead of the attack that "war was certain". Again Jeff, really enjoying your overall discourse and looking forward to much more.
Many thanks, roadwarrior. The Churchill post will be a challenge in itself! I want to take a look at the narrative of WW2 in Richard Overy, Blood and Ruins at some point. It reframes many things, including Churchill.
PS. Although late to the reads, I shall take up the challenge that you threw out that you thought you will read all the Nobel prize winners. I can't promise to finish by October, but I will finish, providing I can find books/ebooks of all of them.
at least a little bit of them! Thank goodness for the poets, rather than all those long novels.
I absolutely loved this Workshop. I have spent this week, my first week after joining watching the videos and making notes on the written commentary. I have found the links to the Internet Archive very useful, but they download links don't seem to work in the UK, however, if one goes to Projext Gutenberg most of the material is available there. My point is if you too can't get the files, try Gutenberg.
I really was impressed with your coverage of the period, both historically and in the field of literature. I'm a great fan of literature and history, so this is right up my alley. I have read Thomas Mann, so have most of his works, but feel a reread coming on. I also want to reread Kipling and see, if I can resolve in my mind the ambiguity of his position, an obvious lover of India and its people who has been accused of racism and of being pro-British Empire. As a prelude to that, I am reading Rabindrath Tagore's works in the Everyman edition, a bargain at £10. I am enjoying it immensely. In the 60s when I worked in London, I met a very cultured Indian family, Zoroastrians, and the grandfather and father of my friend told me about Tagore. Their copies were in the original language, but the father got me a paperback in English, which subsequently I read to death. Now I have short stories, essays and the poems, wonderful.
Sorry to have been so longwinded, but I'm so excited. By the video.
Thanks that is really interesting about internet archive and project Gutenberg.
Thanks for this wonderful feedback. Not longwinded at all.
Thanks Jeff. There are several iterations of Project Gutenberg, because of the different copyright laws, but the older stuff will be available in Australia, I'm sure, and free too. I give a monthly donation of £2 and they are always thanking me. I have over 1000 books from that source.
I loved the glimpse of you wattle tree.