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1- Recent archeological studies suggest the theory that
Athe earliest humans evolved in the Rift Valley in Africa
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Have you heard of the French author Bernard Werber? He is on the top tier of successful authors list in South Korea. According to this article, of the 35 million books that he's sold around the world, 10 million were sold in Korea. His success in Korea is something that makes me curious, since Korea doesn't have as much as an eager reading culture, as well as the genre that he writes in, sci-fi, hasn't had success in Korea. It might be apples to oranges, but sci-fi movies typically under perform, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, and most recently, Dune. But Werber, his books are everywhere. The 1 book that I read of him, le papillon des étoiles, I found in an understocked military library. The book was overall good, but the ending, while very clever, didn't evoke much of anything else and fizzled out. So to make a broad assumption, I don't think it's a case where the writing is so good that it overcomes obstacles to success. Getting back to the point, has there been other cases in which an author, or a book captures the attention of an audience that he or she probably didn't intend or expect? Very curious to find out. submitted by /u/jkpatches [link] [comments]
I'm born in 2000. I'm 23. But when I read any of Kings works, particularly a book set in a small town or with a large cast of characters, I'm transported to the 80s, 90s 00s unlike no other writer can achieve. It makes me feel nostalgic for a time when I either wasn't alive, or not old enough to properly experience. I'm transported to a world where the newspaper is how people get their news. A world where kids ride on bikes and play games in the streets. A world where people communicate via letters. A world without phones and very minimal technology. A world where adults and kids actually TALK to one another. And no other author that I read can take me to that time like King can. He makes miss these times (not so much the circumstances of monsters and vampires) that I was hardly ever in in the first place. When I'm reading King's books, I understand why people say there's much better writers out there. When I read someone like Cormac McCarthy, its easy to see technically who is better. But when I'm wanting to be transported to a simpler, cosier (odd word considering some of his books) fresher, more alive time, I know who's books I'm always going to pick up. And maybe I am just blinded and bias with nostalgia? But I simply LOVE the feelings I get when I get lost in a 1000 page King book. submitted by /u/devou5 [link] [comments]
The ethics of using real life violent crime as content canon fodder is one that I've always been of two minds about. On one hand, I've always been just as morbidly curious in the mechanics of which human beings find ways to hurt each other in the most extreme ways as anyone. I've read about my fair share of cases I've endlessly obsessed about, still find myself going down rabbit holes researching. I do see the merits in making dramas on subjects like real life serial killers like Netflix's infamous Dahmer series. There were details of the case I had personally never heard discussed before (which, to be fair I had to Google to verify were true, and not exactly all of them were, persay) about some of the orbiting figures in Dahmer's life. I never would have known to look up the very tragic real life story of Dahmer's own murderer and the injustice he suffered (though that wasn't covered much in the series itself.) With that said however, as someone who's had personal experiences that, though not nearly as extreme, give me some approximate understanding of what it must be like for the friends, families and survivors shoved into the public consciousness as sacrifices to the entertainment gods. Having what was likely one of the worst moment of their lives given a sometimes global audience, more often than not without their full consent, possibly without even their permission at all--- yeah, that does seem profoundly cruel. After spending my childhood and teenage years watching talk shows make dancing monkeys out of brutalized abuse victims, going down rabbit hole after rabbit hole of shock site content I was way too young to be looking at, spending some of my young adulthood listening to every white woman with a half decent camera casually describe some of the most horrific cases while she did her makeup, I found myself pretty well done with true crime personally. The lack of genuine thoughtful deconstruction of the reasons why people inflict this much pain on each other, how quickly it all devolved into exploitation and rubber-necking, I just tapped out. That's why, despite absolutely adoring Eliza Clark's first novel Boy Parts, when I read the blurb on what Penance was about when it was released, I sat on it for a good few months. I immediately recognized the real life crime the bones of the plot is based off of, and it put me off. Which I submit to you now as my final thesis on why book blurbs need to git gud, because I'm pretty sure Clark shares my frustrations on the subject matter. I've now completed a second read through a couple months after my first, and I feel this may be one of my favorite novels of all time. Penance is not only a masterfully written, absolutely haunting read, it functions as a exceedingly clever metafictial deconstruction of the true crime fad as a whole. It's not just loosely inspired by one, but a whole plethora of real life famous cases, some of which are even mention directly in the narrative. Clark manages to expertly weave together several true events into one cohesive story. The novel obscures each just enough to keep away from making any false equivalencies in analogy to any real cases, while maintaining a brutal feeling of realism. It plays with the audience's familiarity with one or more, if not most of the violent crimes it alludes to, creating this eerie sense of deja vu. Details of the narrative sound consistently farmiliar enough you'd swear you heard it before. On first read through the book even managed to trick me with one of it's minor plot points involving a fandom centered around a school shooting. I was sure I had heard of it before--- which the book lightly pokes fun at actually, there being so many school shooting in America now they're blurring together. The setting itself is also crafted expertly to create this sense of familiarity. You may have never been to or lived in a dying British beach town, but some element of it's characterization I'm sure will spark a connection in most people's brains of knowing a place like it. With this book along with her last I feel like Clark has truely solidified herself as something of a prominent voice of a generation--- namely, mine. Zillennials who were raised on unrestricted internet access between the dying breaths of the online wild west and the rise in social media. That most of the references and humor rely on the reader's familiarity with that general flavor of a chronically online lonely youth means some of it may not hit with all readers, but it had me pissing myself laughing at key moments. Furthermore, I feel it genuinely paint a raw, authentic experience of being a mentally unwell teenage girl left to rot quietly in a hostile community. Through the narrative's thorough exploration of the three primary culprits responsible for the horrific murder of a fellow classmate's metal states, you get three distinct ways the town itself and the small compounding failures of the adults around them fostered this series of events. It makes a compelling case it was almost inevitable. By crafting a story so reminiscent yet abstracted from real events, this novel feels a lot more like a meaningful examination of extreme violent crimes than most real coverage of it does. The biggest surprise for me however was the thorough dressing down the journalist acting as the reader's narrator gets in the text itself. The narrative sprinkles hints and details about his personal life that, though not in any way directly related to the plot, adds an intriguing secondary layer of examination that really makes this book something special. As a ride or die stan of the unreliable narrator, it's great to see one taken to task for being unreliable in the text--- I love it. He's the source of the book's biggest gut punch when it comes to satirizing the true crime genre. Though as a reader you can to some degree pick apart what elements of the novel were most impacted by his bias, as it roles to a close it leaves you with a lingering sense of unease. It denies you a sense of closure in the lack of confidence what truely took place. Clark, in a stroke of true evil genius, twists the knife with references to resources canonical in the novel with further (possibly more accurate) information is available that, of course, don't actually exist--- because this is fiction. This didn't really happen. You're left not really knowing. This book isn't one full of tense, brutal descriptions. It's frontloaded with one absolutely gruesome chapter that flavors the mounting dread as it recounts the events that led up to that horrific scene, for a more subtle, but palpable disturbing read. It's also somewhere between short and medium length, so you can get through it easily in one session if you're a fast reader. Even if true crime isn't your thing, I think it's worth a read. If it is, I doubt you'll walk away feeling judged or scolded for your taste in content--- just provided with some interesting perspective to chew on. I highly recommend checking this one out. submitted by /u/ThisDudeisNotWell [link] [comments]
I’m interested in working my way through as much of the classics of literature as I can. I majored in English literature in college, so I am familiar with the basics and have touched on a lot of it, but that was over ten years ago I would like to revisit everything now. I know there are many different beliefs about what makes “classic literature” and I’ve seen several examples of curriculums for studying it so I’m just hoping for some discussion over the merits of the different methodologies. Here are some ideas I’ve seen in my research; Start with Shakespeare or the works of Homer (depending on how far back you want to start) as your jumping off point and work forward through history charting the influences as you make your way to the modern day. Find a list of the top 100 greatest novels of all time and work your way through that, and expanding on it based on what you personally find interesting. Read the top 10 works of each period of literature, Victorian, Renaissance, Modernist, Romantic, etc. Start with the great works of modern literature and work your way backwards tracing influences as far back as you can. Follow the published reading list of a great university literature program. These are obviously only of some of the possibilities. Please give me your thoughts and opinions! submitted by /u/Mr_Mike013 [link] [comments]
Decagon House was pretty good, Devotion of Suspect X is one of my favorite books ever. Reading Tokyo Zodiac Murders now and love it But in each of them the Japanese names are always a bit confusion for me to follow. Characters can be referred to by both their first and last names, it’s not always clear if the name is male or female, and in the current book I’m reading the sheer number of characters is daunting. Saving grace is that murder mysteries usually have a character index on the front but on Kindles this isn’t the easiest reference. If I play a Japanese visual novel I at least have an image reference of the character so no problem there. I know I’m probably just a dumb American. I do love the genre, but this does keep me from following the stories as well as I might otherwise submitted by /u/HeyImMarlo [link] [comments]
Man it was a crazy ride for me. First the true religion was one I've never heard of and spending nearly eternity in hell was unimaginable. When it said that there were so many books in that hell I figured sure a lot right but nearing towards the end you find out there were more books in that place than there were electrons in the universe. Way, way, way more. the character wanted to get to the bottom not just for the woman he came to love in hell but also because he wanted to start reading the books from the beginning.... I'm still shocked. To be honest I havebt read a book that left me just...it was scary alright. Scary to think of a place bigger than a universe full of books and you're tasked to find the right book for you. A demon told him he wouldn't spend hell for eternity unlike in Christianity but man I feel like being in a library hell is just as bad. I found it interesting how the main character was dumbfounded by being in a place full of large finite number of books was almost no different than infinite number of books. I feel like large finite number is just infinite-1. So daunting .. I got the sense the demon just mocked him for giving him the sense of escape. He could get out eventually but reading all those books, spending years... And to think in the beginning of the book when he was with his friends the idea of spending 10 years in hell was hard to swallow. Now imagine spending billions.. I feel like maybe time passed by faster than the author led on. Spending a thousand years with someone was crazy. A thousand!! And there was a part in which he says he and his partner then talked about nothing but dogs for like 50 years? Wow... I don't know what's worse being in the library hell or being in th3 Christian hell tormented it sounds nice getting to sleep and not worrying about bills or food compared to having demons tormenting you but realizing there's no way out to enjoy things.. horrible. I think the main character realized that hell was truly hell. It was not a place to have friends or lovers as he found out. He said he would spend time with some women but it would last a year and move on. I mean it's hell, it's not a place to fall in love or start a family. I think that's the whole point of that hell. You don't enjoy anything anymore. Period. It's real scary to think of this was real. Anyways I'm just rambling guys. This is in no way a review or anything since I suck and left out many things and talked about stuff in random order. It was more to tell you my experience of this book. I did thoroughly enjoy it. If y'all know of other books like this let me know please. submitted by /u/Null_sense [link] [comments]
At the end of chapter 4 Steinbeck tells us to pay particular attention to the letter but what does it actually mean? I feel like I’m genuinely stupid. I get that the dust settling is symbolic of Charles’ soul and how deep down maybe be feels that it’s “tainted”. The house being plagued by his mother’s spirit is saying that Charles possibly had something to do with her death? I don’t know. I genuinely don’t and it’s making me feel stupid because what does this mean? Steinbeck says that if you miss it you mightn’t get the whole book but what is there to get. Charles is obviously fuelled with jealousy that his father rejected him and he regrets that he didn’t “finish” Adam off. Is there anything else? submitted by /u/ahjsdisj [link] [comments]
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Over the years of reading I've found that the optimal place for me to read is on the train. I like to take tiny breaks to look up outside the window, viewing the world pass by; or look at the people inside and outside the train, and then get back to reading. This way I'm able to read for a longer period of time, and faster as well. Contemplating on this, I realise I've always had this experience since I was a child. When traveling in the back of a car, I could just look out the window the entire ride. I would rather do that than play on my Game Boy. It brought me a sense of calmness. I guess traveling on the train gives me the same sense of calmness and focus to be able to read a book efficiently. Anyway, while being at home and having the urge to read, I find it difficult to stay focused on the book. While sitting in silence I realise that my brain just keeps trying to find distractions. It's not a smarthpone thing. I don't have this problem playing video games or watching movies. I also don't have this problem while reading in bed. I guess it's because my brain associates lying in bed with going to 'relax mode', so I'm able to focus on my book well enough. I wonder if other people on this sub have this same type of 'problem' and what they're doing to help them focus. I've tried listening to music or ambient noises, but found it too distracting. I'm tempted to just put a video on of a long train ride and see if that helps lol. I would bring my book to a park if I had one nearby, but unfortunately I don't. It's not impossible for me to read at home, I have been doing it for years, I just wish I could do it with more focus and thus more efficiently. Would love to hear what you peeps think. Edit: I ended up trying MyNoise and BetterSleep. These apps allow you to mix ambient sounds to your liking and are what I was looking for. Highly recommend. submitted by /u/cookiiej [link] [comments]
Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman is a powerful memoir, written succinctly with elegant prose and direct language. It’s personal, honest, as Feldman shares her unique truth fearlessly. It is too short, but basically this book is about the first half of her life. Feldman has since written about the latter half, which I hope to also read. The core of Unorthodox is not about how she became “unorthodox” and embraced a secular life in the modern world, but rather is about how she was raised ultra-orthodox in such a stifling and punishing world. The Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, specifically the Satmar group as opposed to all the different ones, might as well be from another time let alone another country. Lifelong New Yorkers wouldn’t even recognize the world she describes. It is cruel, hypocritical, and is concerned with patriarchal control far more than anything that could be defined as spiritual religiosity. Without even getting into debates about mainstream Judaism, the legacy of religion on humanity, and philosophical questions about atheism and the supernatural, it’s important to remember that this cult does not represent the vast majority of Jews. They are a minority of a minority, although they do have too much political power in some places but that is not the subject of this particular review. The book is a window into an insular world which outsiders rarely get to learn about. That said, it is author Deborah Feldman’s story and she would not presume to speak for all Jews or even all Hasids. Her experiences are her own. She is, however, based on that an expert in a sense. The narrative is mostly chronological, beginning with her childhood and explaining the circumstances of her family. Her mother left long ago, and her father appeared to be mentally ill without treatment due to religious fundamentalism. She was raised by her grandparents, whom she does love, although they do have their flaws. The extended relatives and in-laws who surrounded her in this family-focused community are often awful people, judgmental and petty who seem to get off on telling others what to do. Jewish readers will find some of the culture familiar, and other aspects very strange. These are not your average Jews. Even though they live in the biggest city in America, Yiddish is their mother tongue and they look down on the English language. And as pedantic as they can be with following every little letter of the Talmudic law, there are constant rumors of child molestation and even murder that people get away with. It seems very hard to argue that this somehow fosters a superior morality compared to secular laws. The focus is especially on women, who have few rights are not allowed a full education. Feldman finds herself in an arranged marriage at 17 and pressured into getting pregnant young. Without any sex education, she is traumatized again and again. And her husband is just not a figure of respect, to put it mildly, who even gives her an STI. Throughout it all, she insists on hiding away novels and continuing her love of reading and learning, and remains an independent thinker. It shows remarkable spirt and willpower, while her peers were barely literate she comes out of it an accomplished writer. It is unfortunate so many others were left behind. There is a growing movement of young people leaving, but it’s quite an uphill battle. Something I learned in reading this book, is how much the ultra-orthodox obsess over the tragedy of the Holocaust. It is fair, of course, since many of elderly lived through the war directly and remained traumatized their whole life. But the way it is framed as “God’s punishment” for sin, it is clear that the suffering is now used as a method of control by what can only be described as a cult. There is something about human nature that sadly responds to extreme negativity, letting these kinds of emotions manipulate everything until people barely have the ability to think. And yet these people consider themselves scholars. In truth, their ancestors in Europe did not live this way. The ultra-orthodox Hasid religion is a modern movement, constructed after the horrors of the second world war. It is not healthy, it is not bringing any kind of light to the world, and only continues the cycle of suffering. The tagline of the book states “my scandalous rejection”, but the scandal is that so much abuse is allowed to continue in seemingly modern, human rights-respecting societies to this day. That may be a topic for another article, about education standards in New York or current political influences in Israel. The hopeful thing is, after reading this book, more and more young people are rejecting this lifestyle. Unorthodox just happens to tell of Deborah Feldman, and she is far from the only one. She does escape with her son in the end, which happens somewhat abruptly after she slowly takes more steps in her adulthood such as going to college, and mostly the transition is a story for her next book aptly titled Exodus. There is also a Netflix adaptation, which is named after Unorthodox but is focused on its aftermath. This book is about her past, where she came from, and what she must move beyond. Unfortunately, in the 21st century, it’s a story so many people still need to read. submitted by /u/raelianautopsy [link] [comments]
Yōkoso readers, This is our monthly discussion of the literature of the world! Every Wednesday, we'll post a new country or culture for you to recommend literature from, with the caveat that it must have been written by someone from that there (i.e. Shogun by James Clavell is a great book but wouldn't be included in Japanese literature). March 20 was Higan and to celebrate we're discussing Japanese literature! Please use this thread to discuss your favorite Japanese literature and authors. If you'd like to read our previous discussions of the literature of the world please visit the literature of the world section of our wiki. Arigatōgozaimashita and enjoy! submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]
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