![]() ![]() Social historian Guha writes of the protests and conflicts that have peppered the history of free India, but also of the factors and processes that have kept the country together (and kept it democratic), defying numerous prophets of doom who believed that it would break up or come under autocratic rule. This remarkable book tells the full story-the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories-of the world's largest and least likely democracy. ![]() Born in privation and civil war, divided by caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn’t know. The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. ![]() Her mother’s story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war that research fueled a deeply resonant graphic novel. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. It’s not an uncommon story―the peninsula was split across the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: She had been separated from her sister during the Korean War. ![]() Do you like graphic novels? Join our new Graphic Novel Discussion Group! Each month readers discuss alternative graphic novels tackling real-life issues and non-fiction subjects, and the independent publishers that release both alternative and mainstream superhero, sci-fi, and fantasy graphic novels and comics.įor May we will be reading The Waiting by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim ![]() ![]() ![]() The views and opinion expressed in this site are purely those of the individual writers and contributors to the site and do not specifically reflect the thinking and views of the RQ editorial staff. 605 pages of information and entertainment in 21 sections - 3628 posts. Henry David Thoreau was an American Transcendentalist, naturalist, and political activist most famous for his book Walden and essay Civil Disobedience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The Company Basher”) (2003) and “The Washington Decree” (2006). He made his debut with the thriller “Alfabethuset” (1997), which reached bestseller status both in Denmark and internationally just like his subsequent novels “And She Thanked the Gods” (prev. The main detective is Deputy Superintendent Carl Morck from the Department Q and he is also the star of the third volume, “Flaskepost fra P” which was released in the fall of 2009 and secured Adler-Olsen ”Rea Jussi Adler-Olsen is a Danish author who began to write novels in the 1990s after a comprehensive career as publisher, editor, film composer for the Valhalla cartoon and as a bookseller. The first book on Department Q is “Kvinden I buret” (2007) and the second “Fasandræberne” (2008). ![]() Jussi Adler-Olsen is a Danish author who began to write novels in the 1990s after a comprehensive career as publisher, editor, film composer for the Valhalla cartoon and as a bookseller. ![]() ![]() ![]() "The far north has never felt so deliciously warm." - Kirkus Reviews "Readers will carry this gorgeous book close to their hearts."- School Library Journal "Just right for bedtime, it's an intimate tale that celebrates simple warmth and comfort."-Publishers Weekly Nadia Sammurtok lovingly invites the reader into the amautik-the pouch in the back of a mother's parka used to carry a child-to experience everything through the eyes of the baby nestled inside, from the cloudlike softness of the pouch to the glistening sound of. ![]() ![]() ![]() You're in for a treat, Reader/Elegba/Hermes/Alternate Being." It has also left me with big questions that don't necessarily have answers, but requires an intense process of thought and being, in order to come close to some answers. "Silverfish has left me with big feelings that I need to sit with and explore. More than just a damning indictment of our contemporary moment, Silverfish is fiction written both for and after the end of history. Part prophecy, part literary collage, and part social justice remix, it's a wholly immersive, intertextual sojourn. ![]() Silverfish is a syncretic tour-de-force that recombines elements of Afrofuturism, sci-fi, and wartime fiction with linguistic and literary theories to issue a dire warning about what happens when we choose to pretend our past never happened, thereby ensuring that we stumble blindly into a future we've already lived. That's the premise of this experimental novel, a dark Borgesian romp into the labyrinthine depths of language. And in this America, citizens are "born to fail" - mainly because they lack the language and cognitive skills by which to identify their condition. What if the apocalypse already happened and you just didn't notice? That's one of the central questions of Silverfish, a novel that details a slice of life in the Incorporated States of America: a country much like our own, but one in which the corporatization of culture is so total and complete, so deeply ingrained so long ago that no one can remember an alternative. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sister relationships play a big role in the novel.I think how everything, how the whole entire course of my life, and his, might have turned out differently." Do you agree or disagree? How does timing play a role in Jay and Daisy's relationship, in Daisy's life, and ultimately, in Jay's death? ![]() Daisy begins with this thought: "Sometimes I think if I'd met Jay Gatsby later, say, after Daddy and Rose's accident, I wouldn't have even noticed him at all.How do Daisy, Jordan, and Catherine each narrate their story differently? What insights does each woman give to the plot and the reader? The original Gatsby is told through only Nick Carraway's point of view. Discuss the role point of view plays in the novel.Is Beautiful Little Fools a reimagining of The Great Gatsby, or a murder mystery in its own right, or both? Whose story is this: Daisy's, Jordan's, Catherine's, or the great Jay Gatsby's?. ![]() ![]() ![]() And of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor―the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball―is present throughout.Ī treat for Jenny Lawson’s already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most.Īs in every review of Jenny Lawson’s books, it is always best to listen to Jenny’s narration as it adds so much to the experience. From the business ideas that she wants to pitch to Shark Tank to the reason why Jenny can never go back to the post office, Broken leaves nothing to the imagination in the most satisfying way. With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way. ![]() From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.Īs Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He produced the 13-issue Pantheon for Lone Star Press and wrote a pair of short novels about the modern adventures of the hero Beowulf, published by the writer's collective, Clockwork Storybook, of which Willingham was a founding member. In the late 1990s Willingham reestablished himself as a prolific writer. He also produced the pornographic series Ironwood for Eros Comix. He contributed stories to Green Lantern and started his own independent, black-and-white comics series Coventry which lasted only 3 issues. However, for reasons unknown, the series had trouble maintaining an original schedule, and Willingham's position in the industry remained spotty for many years. ![]() He first gained attention for his 1980s comic book series Elementals published by Comico, which he both wrote and drew. In the late 1970s to early 1980s he drew fantasy ink pictures for the Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert game rulebooks. ![]() ![]() ![]() She also penned essays entitled “A Tradition of Violence” and “Our Sisters: Walking with Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit Peoples.” As of late 2021, Five Little Indians is planned for a limited series adaptation on Canadian television. Good was in her mid-60s when she wrote her first novel, but her poem, “Defying Gravity,” was published in Best Canadian Poetry 2016. It also received multiple awards, including prizes for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and an Amazon First Novel Award. The book quickly became a bestseller and was named Best Book of the Year by Apple, Kobo, and Indigo. She later pursued a master of fine arts degree that resulted in a thesis that became the basis for her novel. ![]() The author of Five Little Indians spent many years as a lawyer advocating for the rights of survivors of the residential schools. ![]() |