Ghoulishly entertaining and full of fascinating nuggets of information, Necropolis leaves no headstone unturned in its exploration of our changing attitudes to the deceased among us. This fascinating blend of archaeology, architecture and anecdote includes such phenomena as the rise of the undertaking trade and the pageantry of state funerals public executions and bodysnatching. As layer upon layer of London soil reveals burials from pre-historic and medieval times, the city is revealed as one giant grave, filled with the remains of previous eras - pagan, Roman, medieval, Victorian. From Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague, from the founding of the great Victorian cemeteries to the development of cremation and the current approach of metropolitan society towards death and bereavement - including more recent trends to displays of collective grief and the cult of mourning, such as that surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales - NECROPOLIS: LONDON AND ITS DEAD offers a vivid historical narrative of this great city's attitude to going the way of all flesh.
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Anne Carson's new translations, with facing Greek text, make effective use of blank space and brackets to convey the feeling of a torn or burned scrap of papyrus. Reconstructing Sappho from what remains is like trying to get a sense of a whole Tyrannosaurus rex from one claw.īoth scholars and creative writers have made much of Sappho's fragmentariness. But even with these additions, we have only about 3% of what she wrote. Then, around the turn of the 20th century, some scraps of papyrus from an ancient rubbish tip at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt turned out to contain fragments of poetry - including substantial chunks of Sophocles, Euripides and Sappho. Until the end of the 19th century, these two poems were practically all that was known from the work of the poet Plato called "the tenth Muse". When the headmaster's popular son attempts suicide and someone tries to assassinate Declan's mother, they are thrown headlong into chaos, betrayal, conspiracy, allegations of sexual coercion, even murder. They are harassed by professors and police, and have fights at school, but none of it compares to running for their lives. One is beaten, one is drugged, one is nearly raped, one has been raped. Isidore wants to keep what is left of his sanity and needs Declan's love to do it. Declan is immediately smitten with Isidore and becomes his knight in shining armor. Both teens have lost a parent in a London car bombing.ĭeclan and Isidore meet at the beginning of their senior year at a private academy in the United States. His four half brothers have been told to cure him of his homosexuality. French-born Jean Isidore de Sauveterre is also the son of two ambassadors, one Catalan and one Parisian. He is 'out' to his parents but to no one else. Irish-born Declan David de Quirke II is the son of two ambassadors, one Irish and one American. Publisher: Harmony Ink Press (April 9, 2015)įollow the burgeoning love of two teens during the worst year of their lives. Elisa_rolle Slaying Isidore's Dragons by C. "Do you swear upon pain beyond death, the pain of never being reborn, to keep the secrets of this place with your honor, with your strength, with your life?" "Do you swear upon pain of death never to guide another to this place who has not the blood right?"Īsh had no idea what the blood right was, but no doubt he'd find out-if he swore. "Do you swear upon pain of shunning, never to speak of this place outside of this place?" "I swear," Ash said, his deep voice echoing off the high canyon walls. So he nodded, and when the Prowman spat on his handĪnd held it out, Ash spat on his and clasped it. Was his uncle, in all but blood, and everyone Ash trusted, trusted him. Could he give that oath? What if whatever he saw was treasonous? Or dangerous to others? But the Prowman "Will you give it? To be silent to death of what you see, of what you hear,Īsh blinked slowly. This is the oath we ask of you," the Prowman said. claustrophobic, adrenaline-fueled cat-and-mouse game.” -Publishers Weekly “Especially timely, given that the terror of isolation is at its heart… This is And Then There Were None rendered for the twenty-first century.” Even worse, one Snooper hadn’t made it back from the slopes when the avalanche hit.Īs each hour passes without any sign of rescue, panic mounts, the chalet grows colder, and the group dwindles further…one by one. The storm brewing inside the chalet is no match for the one outside, however, and a devastating avalanche leaves the group cut off from all access to the outside world. But as soon as one shareholder upends the agenda by pushing a lucrative but contentious buyout offer, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech startup, organizes a weeklong trip for the team in the French Alps, it starts out as a corporate retreat like any other: PowerPoint presentations and strategy sessions broken up by mandatory bonding on the slopes. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers…each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. The lecture series will allow for an examination of the cultural contexts of 1916 as a pivotal year in the formation of the nation and of UCD as an institution. This project will probe the legacy and impact of A Portrait, investigating its importance as a revolutionary text and as a work of world literature reflecting on crucial years in Irish history through the optics of the Bildungsroman, a form he completely reinvents. A Portrait was in effect Joyce’s contribution to 1916. Personally 1916 was a talismanic year for Joyce but he was also keenly aware of its political importance and worked determinedly to ensure that his text appeared in this key year. Joyce’s revolutionary novel depicting the personal and intellectual struggles of Stephen Dedalus as a schoolboy and UCD student was published in New York on 29 December 1916. Back matter includes an author’s note, a list of famous museums around the world, a glossary, an index, and photo credits. The imaginary art museum: an educational, inspiring experience without the constraints of space and. Aiming to demystify museum art for young readers, Gipson offers a compilation of wings and rooms filled with clear photos. While this tome can’t quite replace the real-life experience of museums, it provides an accessible, well-organized, and solidly enjoyable foundation for anyone interested in art history, including discussions of feminist art (featuring Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro) and decolonizing art (featuring Yinka Shonibare and Kara Walker). Phaidon, 39.95 (232p) ISBN 978-1-83866-296-7. Inset boxes titled Art Detective reveal fun tidbits, such as the fact that Pipilotti Rist’s video art inspired a Beyoncé music video. Galleries are helpfully color-coded, and questions throughout offer thought-provoking prompts and interactive suggestions for connections to other art pieces within. Aiming to demystify museum art for young readers, Gipson offers a compilation of “wings” and “rooms” filled with clear photos of art-both traditional mediums such as cave art and carvings, and modern ones such as LED lights-spanning from the Stone Age to contemporary times. Not just the 'saber itself, but what comes with that, and what that means, and what mindset it takes to wield that weapon. However, that does leave us as the eager audience with the question of just whose lightsaber she happens to be swinging? Speculation would suggest the green bladed saber belongs to a certain lost Jedi in the shape of Ezra Bridger, whose presence was alluded to via a hologram in the trailer for Ahsoka. I really had fun with the journey of trying to master both." Trying to embody those two things - sometimes one right after the other - in the choregraphy was super interesting, because they're such different modes of being. The Mandalorian is very Western, and then the 'saber style is very samurai-influenced. It's been really hard talking about my fight-training without talking about the fact that it's 'saber-training, which is literally all I've been doing for so long. In 2012 he graduated in digital coloring at the International School of Comics in Reggio Emilia. RELATED: 'Ahsoka's Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo on Potential Team-Ups With Ventress and Bo-Katan What Did Natasha Liu Bordizzo Have to Say About Sabine's Lightsaber? Andrea Izzo was born in 1984 and loves music and videogames. Objects distinctly transformed from their origins, whose functions have begun a period of obsolescence which materially, will take centuries to complete.ĭylan Sheridan gives life to inanimate things by feeding them electricity. We have exploited it in many ways to grow our technology in leaps and bounds, most of which has returned to ground. It signifies the vast potential of the terrestrial, while suggesting an infinite capacity to absorb, whether that be weather, seismic energy from below, atmospheric energy from above or electrical currents, both natural and human engineered. Electrically, the ground speaks of the invisible waves of energy which hug its curvature, bouncing from protuberance to protuberance. Both earth, but also, a connection to the earth. Everything we can touch (and a few things we cannot) have been birthed from it in one way or another. It is the basis of all of our tangibility. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they’ll have to reconsider whose love story gets told. Behind the scenes, he’s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.Īs Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. In front of the cameras, he’s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. He doesn’t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.Ĭharlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. As the most successful producer in the franchise’s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. |