I must admit I find the modern backlash against colonialism to be somewhat ridiculous; as if colonialism were something new, something purely European, something malicious and unnatural. What else has mankind done since it rose in Africa but displace its neighbors? What else does any animal do but s

Εδώ και πολύ καιρό θέλω να δω την ταινία "Ο άνθρωπος που θα γινόταν βασιλιάς", σε σκηνοθεσία του τρομερού Τζον Χιούστον και με πρωταγωνιστές τους φοβερούς Σον Κόνερι και Μάικλ Κέιν, αλλά μιας και είμαι από αυτούς που θέλουν να διαβάσουν πρώτα το μυθιστόρημα ή το διήγημα πάνω στο οποίο βασίζεται μια

Brilliantly told. The ending gives me shivers. Wild and unsettling.

Oh my fickle heart. Oh my shifting allegiances.

I find a curious principle at work in my reading. And that priciple is that I will often change my mind... with a fervor. To wit: I will love love love an author and then years later I will find myself passionately renouncing their writing for absolutel

I found this book quite boring and feel guilty for the feeling. I have loved most everything else I have read by this author. The charictors hold no appeal for me and the plot just kind of trugged a long.
Enjoy and Be Blessed.
Diamond