![]() In the end, all are brought together by the Huntress. She wants to become a photographer and to break out of the societal requirement for a woman of the times that says she must get married, settle down and have children. As an adult she becomes a pilot for the Soviet Union and a member of the all-female Night Witch bomber regiment who, during her time on the ground during the war, has an encounter with the Huntress.įinally, we have Jordan, an ambitious teenager who lives with her father and sister in Boston. ![]() The second character is Nina, a woman who grew up dirt-poor and savage in Siberia. That is, the Huntress who ruthlessly lured and killed men, women and children. His purpose becomes a bit clouded by vengeance when he searches for the elusive target for whom this book is titled. The main characters include Ian, a proper British journalist who was on the ground in Europe during the war and who turns postwar away from journalism to the task of finding war criminals. It follows the post-war efforts of a small company whose purpose is hunting for and bringing to justice war criminals. ![]() Told in three narratives, Kate Quinn's book, The Huntress, dives into Nazi-era Soviet Union and post-war Boston. ![]()
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![]() Unmitigated Blackness is coming to the realization that as fucked up and meaningless as it all is, sometimes it’s the nihilism that makes life worth living. Winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction Named one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times Book Review and the Wall Street Journal Paul Beatty is the author of three novelsSlumberland, Tuff, and The White Boy Shuffleand two books of poetry: Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce. It’s the acceptance of contradiction not being a sin and a crime but a human frailty like split ends and libertarianism. ![]() It’s the realization that there are no absolutes, except when there are. Unmitigated Blackness is essays passing for fiction. ![]() Clarence Cooper, Charlie Parker, Richard Pryor, Maya Deren, Sun Ra, Mizoguchi, Frida Kahlo, black-and-white Godard, Céline, Gong Li, David Hammons, Björk, and the Wu-Tang Clan in any of their hooded permutations. Unmitigated Blackness is simply not giving a fuck. It’s “whereas” and “things of that nature.” It’s our beautiful hands and our fucked-up feet. It’s the crossover dribble and wearing house shoes outside. It’s Tiparillos, chitterlings, and a night in jail. It’s Donald Goines, Chester Himes, Abbey Lincoln, Marcus Garvey, Alfre Woodard, and the serious black actor. On the surface Unmitigated Blackness is a seeming unwillingness to succeed. I’m not sure what Unmitigated Blackness is, but whatever it is, it doesn’t sell. “There should be a Stage IV of black identity-Unmitigated Blackness. ![]() ![]() *shrugs* I just couldn’t connect as well with the story. The thing that always seemed to bug me was the lack of color. I just never got into the experience of it like I did with graphic novels. But, I have to mention, I’m not a huge manga nut. I am a huge fan of a retelling done right in this format. I mean, let’s be honest, I love my graphic novel retellings of classics/YA/whatever. So when I started Pride and Prejudice, I was a bit taken aback by how I reacted. But seriously though, there is usually two that I am starting while I take breathers from my books on certain days (its a system, okay?) I usually read several graphic novels at once *hides in fear of judgement*. I remember being somewhat shocked that a classic won! I vowed to read some of the books that made the list (and won said categories) and I’m happy to say that I am really glad I made that decision. ![]() I remember voting on the Goodread’s Choices Awards last year for the Best Graphic Novel/Manga category. I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Review originally posted on my blog (with graphics) Diamond’s Reads ![]() ![]() ![]() Fans of The Guest Cat will also surely love If Cats Disappeared from the World. ![]() ![]() This beautiful tale is translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, who also translated The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide. Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life. Overview The international phenomenon that has sold more than two million copies, If Cats Disappeared from the World-now a Japanese film-is a heartwarming, funny, and profound meditation on the meaning of life. īecause how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil our narrator will take himself – and his beloved cat – to the brink. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. ![]() |