tele_well commented on Island by Aldous Huxley
This book record / entry is duplicate to this one, should be merged as edition within this one bookwyrm.social/book/108644/s/island
This link opens in a pop-up window
15% complete! tele_well has read 2 of 13 books.
This book record / entry is duplicate to this one, should be merged as edition within this one bookwyrm.social/book/108644/s/island
The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which …
Kultura není jen film, divadlo a výtvarné umění, ale i sousedské slavnosti, komunitní aktivity a oživení veřejného prostoru. Je součástí …
In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners in the world of video …
Yoga raw food business Goa owners , world of good old Thatcher-era England nostalgics, writers spending their time closed at home, writing whatever pays for their Amazon Prime deliveries in flooded areas. All those get an ironic and fun punch in the face in these three stories.
3,5 stars. Converting a substack newsletter into a book is a hard task, this one has worked out, partly. Put together, these short essays form as a timestamp of the post-covid era, from a viewpoint of someone who is deeply involved in the music journalism and (broken) music business. Streaming, poptimism, DJing and partying after covid are some of the topics covered. The recurrinng topics and (sometimes) too plain language writing, reliance on ephemeral topics and sources (Twitter) will make it probably date quite fast, but that is yet to be seen, i’ll get back to it in a few years.
Terms From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and …