Well developed, larger-than-life characters interacting in somewhat ludicrous situations. The style – many very short chapters – makes it a racing read.
Rather different from most of McCall Smith’s well-known books.
Ein krasses Buch, schockierend sowohl wegen der seelischen Korruption der Haupttäter, wie auch wegen der masslosen Gewalt. Kann es das geben: ein Junge so innerlich verbittert, durch Kindheitserlebnisse so verletzt, sein Gewissen so abgestumpft, wie Darky – selbstsüchtig, prahlerisch, der seine helle Freude daran hat, unschuldige Menschen zu terrorisieren, durch seine ‘Leibwächter’ zusammenschlagen oder deren…
These first two books in the Irish Country Books series are light-hearted stories recounting the experiences of freshly qualified Doctor Barry Laverty as he starts working for the larger-than-life, old-school Dr. Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly.
Phantastes by George Macdonald The Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated Edition) includes innumerable books, short stories, poems and sermons by this 19th century Scottish author and minister. A pioneer of fantasy literature, he strongly influenced many fellow writers, such as Lewis Carroll and C. S. Lewis. This is a brief review of one of…
Ein aktuelles Thema, wo die Welt sich zunehmend mit dem Islam – ob friedlich oder fundamentalistisch – auseinander setzen muss und die Minaretten-Initiative bald vors Schweizervolk kommt! Aber wer kennt sich da aus? Was bewegt mein eingewanderter muslimischer Nachbar? Und was lehrt der Koran bezüglich des Respekts vor Andersgläubigen und des Dschihads?
I’ve just attended a very inspiring writers’ weekend with Adrian and Bridget Plass and Sheridan Voysey at Scargill House in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. The theme was Panning for Gold – identifying the really precious moments in our lives with a view to creating a personal memoir. A task we were assigned was to write…
A Lineage of Grace by Francine Rivers Illicit sexual relations, duplicity, disdain, brutality – Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba and Mary each experienced most of these indignities, in some cases hatched through their own scheming. And yet these five women, three of whom were not even Israelites, were chosen by God as forebears of the promised…
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