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Deafening, by Frances Itani

Posted in Emily's Reviews, tagged , , , , on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I finished this novel just this afternoon, and given that a large part of it is devoted to conveying the devastation of WWI, it seemed an appropriate day to read and remember.   Charles Frazier has a blurb on the back cover of the book, and I will borrow his words, since I could not do [...]

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Top Girls [at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts]

Posted in Emily's Reviews, tagged , on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This past Wednesday, I went to see the play Top Girls, showing at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts (55 Mill St, in the Distillery District).  With a star-studded cast including Megan Follows and Ann-Marie MacDonald, I knew I was in for a treat.  What I didn’t realize until I was plunked in my [...]

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10 reasons to read The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

Posted in Emily's Reviews, tagged , , , on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »

10.  Death is the narrator, and if anyone (thing? entity?) can reflect, and reflect accurately, objectively, but strangely still very touchingly on the state of humanity, it’s Death.    
9.  There are 2 or 3 other stories/books within this book.  This, in high-faluting lingo, is called intertextuality.  In economic lingo, it would be called more bang for your literary buck.  [...]

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