Tag Archives: French
Eh, Not Worth It
The Unforeseen by Christian Oster translated by Adriana Hunter This is a dark little odd little novel. It’s hard to feel sympathy for anyone in the story, really. The main character is a man with a perpetual cold. All the … Continue reading
The French Holocaust
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay This is a very sad, truly haunting book, whose images and impressions will linger with you long after you’ve set the finished book down. Set in two times, 1942 occupied France and in today’s … Continue reading
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Tagged French, Holocaust, nazi, novel, Sarah's Key, Vélodrome d'Hiver
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Art History – and it was Interesting, Honest!
The Wreck of the Medusa by Jonathan Mills I did graduate from MassArt – which recently got renamed to Massachusetts College of Art and Design by the way. I don’t worry about the name changing – when my grandmother graduated … Continue reading
Posted in nonfiction
Tagged Art History, French, Painter, painting, Sahara, Wreck of the Medusa
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