Carlos Ruis Zafron (2005) ‘The Shadow of the Wind.’ Phoenix, trans. by Lucian Graves.

Posted by celticman on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

Some books make you scowl with displeasure. Some make you taller and better looking. Some make you fall in love. Some make you forget yourself and live only with the characters on the page. This is one of the latter. It didn’t start off that way. There are a number of narrators, but essentially it is the story of Daniel Sempere’s coming of age. I could just as easily say it is the story of Julian Carex, the author of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’...

Raspberry canes

By Mark Heathcote on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

In and out the raspberry canes “On a jack-frost bitten day: With nothing more than twine, and knife… To earn my daily” pay. Bending back the line of whips!
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate U

Zibberling

By william_greenly on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

I never intended to be entirely anonymous. This is my story.
Story
Certificate 15

Sonnet: Confession

By arfellian on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

I always do this. I must learn to break this habit: I never see things through. If chance should have it that I must choose something dull or something new,
Love
Poem
Certificate U

The song of the robin

By Hope123 on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

The old man walked down his path, Humming the song of the robin, The beautiful song that always made him laugh, More then he had ever laughed with his kin.
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Darkness

By Beeme on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

'she fears the darkness and when the light shines; she gathers her body up- a human blind, tries to keep the light alive.'
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

The Killing Channel 4 (US version).

Posted by celticman on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

The Killing is remake of the hit TV series shown on BBC 4 (and as a must have box-set) right down to the bobbly wool jumper worn by the lead detective Sarah Lund. The woolly jumper wearer in this series is Sarah Linden (Mirielle Enos). Her sidekick Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnamen) had moved over from narcotics to homicide and this is his first case. The thing is, I can’t remember Sarah Lund’s sidekick in the original. I can only remember Sarah...

The Day It Rained On Gardiner

By cormacru999 on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

He taught me to read He taught me to write He taught me to love them both Along with all other arts & learning The passages we leave for others to contemplate
Opinion
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Suck

By cormacru999 on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

Autumn colored bumps & brushes were getting stronger We could not hold up under the pressure They glare at the stranger Forcing them away, I smile less
Opinion
Poem
Certificate U

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