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It talks in depth about the case of William Kemmler, a vegetable peddler from Buffalo, who became the first person to be executed by electric chair in America on 6 August 1890. This book is on the history of one of “the elephants in the room” in the US – death penalty by electrocution. The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History by Craig Brandon – ★★★★ 10 Comments Recent History Non-Fiction Reads: The Electric Chair, & Empireland Continue reading “Review: The City and the Mountains by Eça de Queirós “ → Posted on JJby Diana Thoughts on Papyrus Posted in Book Reviews Tagged A Cidade e as Serras, Classics, Eça de Queirós, Portugal, Portuguese Literature, The City and the Mountains.
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Thus, this charming book on duality and human transformation is many things: a delicate city satire, a study of fin de siècle societal eccentricities, a heart-warming presentation of lifelong friendship, and, finally, a lyrical tribute to the beauty of Portuguese countryside. However, it turns out that it is not so easy to figure out the purpose of a thing called Life and the quest for ultimate knowledge may not lie in the most obvious of places. As important as this duality is the psychology of Jacinto de Tormes, a man of great means and even bigger opportunities. The novel starts in Paris, France (the City) and ends in Tormes, Portugal (the Mountains), presenting a vivid contrast between the busy, money and technology-driven Parisian lifestyle, on the one hand, and the quiet, simple, filled with natural beauty, mode of life in the countryside, on the other. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa, The City and the Mountains is de Queiroz’s much later novel about the life of Portuguese nobleman Jacinto de Tormes as told from the perspective of his best friend Zé Fernandes. Įça de Queiroz’s novels The Maias and The Crime of Father Amaro are among my favourite books of all time. 10 Comments Review: The City and the Mountains by Eça de Queirós Continue reading “June 2022 Wrap-Up” → Posted on Jby Diana Thoughts on Papyrus Posted in Monthly Wrap-Up Tagged Cosmology, Dante, Dennis Richard Danielson, Dino Buzzati, Hervé Le Tellier, History of Science, La Vita Nuova, L’anomalie, Poetry, Prix Goncourt, Space, The Anomaly, The Book of the Cosmos, The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton, The Siren, Victorian Press. This is Dante’s soul-crying, soul-searching work a powerful, moving evocation. In this work at least, Dante’s love is obsessive and transformative, but also pure and unselfish, and does not depend on his beloved being near or reciprocating, though the torment of not seeing her and then seeing her pass to the “otherworld” of Angels is too much to bear (“ The look she hath when she a little smiles/Cannot be said, nor hidden in the thought ‘Tis such a new and gracious miracle” ). So, some in his immediate entourage expressed their scepticism about this otherworldly love of his: “ To what end lovest thou this lady, seeing that thou canst not support her presence?” However, Dante had an answer. Being purely platonic and much idealised, this is no ordinary love, especially since Dante allegedly met Beatrice only twice in his life (the first time when both of them were children). Part autobiographical narrative and part poetry, the book is about this Italian poet’s joy and anguish as he worships Beatrice and her image, dedicating poem after poem to her, and his narrative is filled with tenderness, wonder, and visions and premonitions of all kinds. Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, La Vita Nuova is Dante’s early work dedicated to his beloved Beatrice, a noblewoman. “ Here is a deity stronger than I who, coming, shall rule over me”.