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A Kafkaesque Nightmare

January 20, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 1 Comment

“Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”– George Orwell, 1984 Ben Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” It’s a sentiment this country has been at odds with since its inception, from the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Guantánamo Diary, kafka, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Non-Fiction, orwell, patriot act, terrorism, torture

Rousseau, Holden Caulfield, and Ringo Star walk into a review…

January 6, 2016 by ingres77 16 Comments

Last year, my goal was to read a biography of every president. Well, I failed. I read 15 biographies (but two of George W. Bush). That goal is still in play this year, however. But my I’ve also given myself a new goal: to read more literature. I generally focus more on sci-fi/fantasy and history, and have found myself woefully inadequate in other areas. I’ve never read Jane Austen, or Tolstoy, or William Faulkner. I aim to remedy that in 2016. On it’s face, Metamorphosis […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Catcher in the Rye, insect, kafka, Rousseau

The Trial cover

The Trial – Review #5 for AamilTheCamel

February 8, 2014 by AamilTheCamel Leave a Comment

The court doesn’t want anything from you. It accepts you when you come and it lets you go when you leave.

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, 130 challenge, book review, Fiction, kafka, surrealism, the trial

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