Monthly Archives: August 2009

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june 25

At the blog of a col­league I saw she “wiki-ed” her birth­day.
Cool idea, so I had to copy her, sorry Sophie; it was com­pletely your idea.

Here are some lit­er­ary con­nec­tions to my birthday:

events:
1947 – The Diary of Anne Frank is pub­lished.
2009 — Cana­dian author Alice Munro col­lects the third Man Booker Inter­na­tional Prize at a cer­e­mony at Trin­ity Col­lege Dublin.

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twisted sense

Not for the faint at heart, mind you, but here is the offi­cial book trailer of the upcom­ing book Sense and sen­si­bil­ity and sea mon­sters:
(This book is the follow-up of Pride and prej­u­dice and zom­bies.)


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my five favorites — classics

Another list of favorites. This time the clas­sics have their turn.
I have restricted myself to choos­ing five, but really…that is not enough, I know. Still, for the sake of not mak­ing my list two whole pages, here are my picks.

1. Pride and prej­u­dice — Jane Austen: who doesn’t know the story of Eliz­a­beth Ben­net and Mr Darcy? The best love story of all times.

2. Rebecca — Daphne du Mau­rier: a haunt­ing story with a twist of two women strug­gling for the atten­tion of one man.