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Tag Archives: The End of the Affair
Book Questionnaire Full of Shame, Loathing and Lying
I can’t remember where I initially found this questionnaire, but in re-doing my Categories I found the questions saved in Drafts. I had obviously seen them somewhere, and wanted to answer them eventually. Thought I’d bring it out now. Haven’t … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Billy Budd, By the Lake, Charles Dickens, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Hopeful Monsters, John McGahern, Paul Zindel, Philip K. Dick, Ryszard Kapuściński, The End of the Affair, The Great Gatsby, The Pigman, The Shipping News, War and Peace
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Family: What We All Are Reading
Bren: re-reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content): A Novel Jean: reading The End of the Affair, and also Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli Dad: reading The Far Side of the World (he finished Treason’s Harbour) Siobhan: … Continue reading
The Books: “The End of the Affair” (Graham Greene)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: The End of the Affair – by Graham Greene. Graham Greene was a big BLANK in my education – I never read him (same with Evelyn Waugh, and I suppose many others). It wasn’t on … Continue reading
“habits of work …”
Excerpt from Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair, which I am now reading: So long as one is happy one can endure any discipline: it was unhappiness that broke down the habits of work. When I began to realize … Continue reading
The End of the Affair Has Arrived
Erik, I cannot find your email – and I’m too rushed to search for it – but I just have to say THANK YOU for sending me The End of the Affair and for remembering our conversation about Graham Greene … Continue reading