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Location: Balmette Talloires, France
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I am a freelance writer and live in the French Alps. My family is polyglot and of several nationalities. Among us, we speak French, Italian, German, and even some Hindi/Urdu. I think that living in another country and learning the language is as valuable an experience as earning a graduate degree. I welcome free books for review, which I promise to look at though cannot guarantee I would r… Read moreI am a freelance writer and live in the French Alps.
My family is polyglot and of several nationalities. Among us, we speak French, Italian, German, and even some Hindi/Urdu. I think that living in another country and learning the language is as valuable an experience as earning a graduate degree.
I welcome free books for review, which I promise to look at though cannot guarantee I would read them. To be perfectly clear, I do not wish to receive books from vanity presses.
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This has got to be the most unbearably crude, politically incorrect comedy routine ever - and he pulls it off, with real style!!! OK, it is somewhat dated, coming from the 80s, but this man has got to be one of the funniest comedians since Bill Cosby. They are both geniuses. But Murphy takes being black head on (head first?), as well as men-women, gays, you name. If you can stop laughing, there is something to offend EVERYONE. He is also a first rate actor/impersonator. Best I've seen in a long time = I am getting ready to return to the states, and this is the PERFECT preparation in the age of Bush II.
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Lillian Hellman was a decent person who was caught in a terrible cross wind and ruined. From a charmed life as a screenwriter, she fell to the bottom more quickly than she could have imagined possible. I found this to be the least successful of her series of memoires, in which she re-made herself and re-entered the spotlight as a good if not truly distingusihed writer. However, the topic is more focused than the other volumes, in particular focusing on the travials of her friend, Dashell Hammett. This is very moving. In fact, I found the best part of the book was the introduction by Garry WIlls, who is a truly first-rate political writer. His depiction of the time, made more vivid by… Read more
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These are pretty run of the mill, but then, virtually all mysteries are structured in similar ways. What sets Durrenmatt apart are his characters, who are quite nuanced and full of surprises. The language is also good, and as I read it in German, not too difficult if undistinguished. Recommended if you like the mystery genre, which appeals to me only in film.
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