Tag: Alan Furst

by CG FEWSTON July 24, 2013
Non-Fiction Pictures

The Masks of God, Vol. I: Primitive Mythology (1959) by Joseph Campbell

One of the last sections is “The Functioning of Myth” and Campbell goes into great deal to extrapolate the introductory section. “The ends for which men strive in the world,” writes Campbell, “are three — no more, no less; namely: love and pleasure (kāma), power and success (artha: pronounced ‘art-ha’), and lawful order and moral virtue (dharma).”

by CG FEWSTON July 10, 2013
Fiction Film Pictures

To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee

Much of the book is loosely based on experiences of racism in Monroeville, Alabama.

by CG FEWSTON June 2, 2013
Non-Fiction Pictures

Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003) by Azar Nafisi

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Dr. Azar Nafisi is a memoir of a woman teaching literature in Islamic Iran.

by CG FEWSTON March 22, 2013
Fiction Film Pictures

All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy #1, 1992) by Cormac McCarthy

Quite often it is upon the reader to make the emotional connections of what is beneath the surface.