Here indeed is the true lover, said the Nightingale. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass me by. If I bring her a red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand will be clasped in mine. If I bring her a red rose she will dance with me till dawn. The Prince gives a ball to-morrow night, murmured the young Student, and my love will be of the company. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the rose of his desire but passion has made his lace like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon his brow. Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not: night after night have I told his story to the stars, and now I see him. Here at last is a true lover, said the Nightingale. √h, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched. No red rose in all my garden! he cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. SHE said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,Ĭried the young Student but in all my garden there is no red rose.įrom her nest in the holm-oak tree the Nightingale heard him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. The Nightingale and the Rose Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition The Nightingale and the Rose (Author: Oscar Wilde)
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Its linguistic playfulness is most evident in the story that concerns Zachary Reid, a Baltimore seaman and the son of a slave and her white master, who is himself taken by all who meet him as a white man. It is simultaneously wrong-footing and delightful, riveting and diverting. By making the narrative an ensemble piece – in Flood of Fire, four characters’ stories rotate and gently converge – and by an exuberantly ingenious hotchpotch of different languages and registers, Ghosh’s story roars along, constantly flipping between high seriousness and low humour. Ghosh’s ambition is also to show how it redrew the map of the region, prompting, among other things, the transformation of the backwater port of Hong Kong into a globally influential centre of enterprise.īut neither of the previous two novels nor this one reads as a dry history lesson. In this final instalment, that tension – essentially between a state resisting an unfettered trade that has kickstarted widespread addiction in its population and a conjunction of personal and corporate interests messianically committed to the cause of free trade – culminates in full-blown conflict. 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The “Lincoln in the Bardo” VR piece turned into a 10-minute video that reinterprets the scene, complete with a story arc and new dialog written by Sacks, with input from Saunders. “It’s this very powerful moment in the book,” he said. But upon reading the manuscript, he was immediately taken, especially by a key scene in which former President Abraham Lincoln visits the cemetery to cradle the lifeless body of his deceased 11-year-old son. Sack told Variety during a recent interview that he was initially skeptical about doing VR for a historic novel. Saunders was impressed, and the two kept talking about ways to collaborate.įifteen months later, that partnership has resulted in “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a virtual reality film released on the New York Times VR app this month in conjunction with the publication of Sauders’ book of the same title that has since become a New York Times bestseller. That’s exactly what Graham Sack did back in late 2015, when he convinced George Saunders after an event in a bookstore to try the new medium for the first time. How do you convince an award-winning writer that his work would be great for virtual reality? You show up at one of his book readings with a VR headset, of course. Damien demonstrated his ability by quickly learning Latin from his brother. Damien was too uneducated to become a priest, although he was not considered unintelligent. In 1864, Damien's brother who was also in the same order of religious, was ordered to Hawaii. He took the name Damien, after a sixth century martyr. He aided his family until he was old enough to enter the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Jozef attended school until the age of 13 when his help was needed on the family farm full-time. Instead, he wanted to follow his older brother and two sisters who took religious vows. Growing up on the farm, Jozef was prepared to take over for his family, but he did not want the responsibility. His name was Jozef De Veuster, and he was the youngest of seven children. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January 3, 1840. The ancient Israelites, who brought forward the Judeo-Christian God, lived in horrible conditions: for many generations, they were enslaved, beaten, and killed. What is Nietzsche’s justification for claiming that God is a fiction? The answer lies in the function of the idea of God.Īccording to Nietzsche, the idea of God was created to help people handle widespread and seemingly senseless suffering. This essay will help us understand this claim, his arguments for it, and its potential implications for contemporary religious and ethical thought. Thus, God “dies” when there is no good reason to believe that God exists. Nietzsche’s claim, however, is that “God” is a fiction created by human beings. God is supposed to be eternal, and thus cannot die. What does this mean? Straightforwardly, it seems nonsensical. He writes, “God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him!” (GS 125). Nietzsche is perhaps most famous for making the striking claim that God is dead. Categories: Phenomenology and Existentialism Philosophy of Religion Ethics Historical Philosophy PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Dog_Stars_-_Peter_Heller.pdf, The_Dog_Stars_-_Peter_Heller.epub. Book Genre: Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller – eBook Detailsīefore you start Complete The Dog Stars PDF EPUB by Peter Heller Download, you can read below technical ebook details: Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could ever hope for. But when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Now his wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. You can read this before The Dog Stars PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Dog Stars written by Peter Heller which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller VITTORIO THE VAMPIRE could be described as Anne Rice light, but for me that is not a necessarily a bad thing. Against a backdrop of the wonders-both sacred and profane-and the beauty and ferocity of Renaissance Italy, Anne Rice creates a passionate and tragic legend of doomed young love and lost innocence. As he sets out in pursuit of vengeance, entering the nightmarish Court of the Ruby Grail, increasingly more enchanted (and confused) by his love for the mysterious Ursula, he finds himself facing demonic adversaries, war and political intrigue. In the midst of this upheaval, Vittorio is seduced by the vampire Ursula, the most beautiful of his supernatural enemies. Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country pleasures-a world suddenly threatened when his entire family is confronted by an unholy power. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold. With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. That’s a me problem, however, and usually I will remedy it by just not reading it. I don’t like when there’s too much smut in a book. THE SMUT: Okay, I’ll admit this is personal preference. (Get it? Because cheese? Come on, now you can’t yell at me. (I didn’t have a third one.) This time, the plot (which is just romance) never grabbed my attention, and the cheesy love ated. THE ROMANCE: First time I read this, I felt like the human equivalent of a waffle. Let’s talk about why, in bullet points, so as to hopefully limit my wordiness and therefore limit how mad at me you guys will be (please don’t yell at me I am already heartless and depressed): (If you know anything about me, you know I am too lazy to write multiple reviews of one book unless the circumstances are truly life-ending-ly dire. (DON’T HURT ME.)Īnd generally being so discombobulated and displeased that I have to write a whole new review. Rereading it.and dropping a three point five rating (already gives a Scrooge-like aura of grumpiness) to.two point five. Taking this book, which everyone has hailed as pure joy / cookie-level sweetness / the greatest romance of our generation even though it’s fictional / overall so happiness-bringing it seems like it should be relegated to black market dealings… And they say actions speak louder than words, so here I am. I have definitely said this before, but I don’t know if you’ve really HEARD me. When the law was finally revealed that night, only an hour before it was due to take effect, its scope was wider than anyone had feared. In the day leading up to its enactment, political parties and NGOs were dissolved, Hong Kongers purged or deleted their social media accounts, activist chat groups closed down, and pro-democracy businesses tore down posters and leaflets bearing protest slogans. Nerves were already on edge in anticipation of the new law. At that moment, Hong Kong as we knew it permanently changed. One hour before midnight the new Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region came into force. The same could not be said of the transition that occurred from 30 June to 1 July this year. After all the pomp of the handover ceremony from British to Chinese sovereignty, the following morning the people of Hong Kong dusted off their hangovers and everyday life continued as normal. Hong Kong’s transition from 30 June to 1 July in 1997 was a largely seamless one. The National Security Law effectively replicates in Hong Kong the same Party and government structure that exists in the rest of China, writes Hong Kong-based lawyer and writer Antony Dapiran – and the implications are profound. Hong Kong has a new ‘Party Secretary’, a new all-powerful government agency, and a new basis to charge the opposition as terrorists. |