Urban Camera started reading Karl Marx in Algier by Uwe Wittstock
Originally published in 2018 as "Karl Marx beim Barbier" by Blessing Verlag.
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Urban Camera reviewed The Odyssey by Homer
Marvellous
5 stars
I rarely review, preferring to just read and enjoy. This work, however, revitalised my interest in the of the older texts from our distant history. The clear translation, precise wording and almost lyrical presentation was a joy to behold, to read, to savour.
Urban Camera commented on Die Schatten alter sünden by Nicola Upson (Josephine Tey, #3)
Complicated, in an ingenious and enthralling way, by covering two time periods: 1902-1903 and 1935-1936.
Urban Camera reviewed Die Totgeglaubte by Michael Robotham (Cyrus Haven, #4)
Psychothriller
The Last Quarter
This is the fourth book connecting Dr. Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac, from the start of their relationship, through many hours of working to relieve Evie of her problems, to the final denouement in Scotland. The reader is carefully brought through a series of well explained, cleverly written and plausible events to the final opening of memories - good and bad - within Evie, her life and her origins. Over four books, Robotham manages to create characters where none is the main figure, each has their own worth within the storyline, each forms an impression on the reader which remains, which is active.
An excellent series, of which Die Totgeglaubte (Storm Child) is possibly the final episode. It is worthwhile reading all four chronologically, regardless of which language is chosen.
Urban Camera commented on Die Totgeglaubte by Michael Robotham (Cyrus Haven, #4)
Psychothriller
Enjoying the continuing saga of Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac in Nottingham, England.
Urban Camera reviewed If He Hollers, Let Him Go by Chester B. Himes
Not For The Faint Hearted.
This was the first book Chester Himes had published, and it came out at a time of his life when thin gs were not as good as they could have been, and he might even have found himself in a similar situation to his main character, Robert Johnson. Fort anyone who does not know of the massive animosity between Black and White, the Jim Crow laws, the after effects of segregation, of slavery, this work is both an eye-opener, and something of a struggle to follow. It covers social truths from the point of view of a young Black man, caught in the grip of a highly racist society with a clearness, from his own standpoint, which grates, which surprises, which frustrates.
For younger readers not caught up in the sensibilities of what should and should not be said - the language is that of the Forties, with the constant …
This was the first book Chester Himes had published, and it came out at a time of his life when thin gs were not as good as they could have been, and he might even have found himself in a similar situation to his main character, Robert Johnson. Fort anyone who does not know of the massive animosity between Black and White, the Jim Crow laws, the after effects of segregation, of slavery, this work is both an eye-opener, and something of a struggle to follow. It covers social truths from the point of view of a young Black man, caught in the grip of a highly racist society with a clearness, from his own standpoint, which grates, which surprises, which frustrates.
For younger readers not caught up in the sensibilities of what should and should not be said - the language is that of the Forties, with the constant use of words we do not find acceptable today - or how people react to one another, perhaps a harder read than for those with more experience, more knowledge of north American history.
Highly recommended, as the first in a series of books by Himes, which get to the very base of what we know today through revolution, social change, diversity and sheer common sense.