#novelist — Public Fediverse posts
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The Sea, The Sea
The 1978 novel by Irish author Iris Murdoch ... Winner of the Booker Prize. One ot the most thought provoking books I've read. "Self-deception, the power of memory, jealousy, + the conflict between imagination + reality,"
#itismurdoch #theseathesea #mybookshelf #mybooklist #books #novels #bookworld #writer #author #novelist #irishwriter
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“The #novelist #IrisMurdoch, whose lengthy, involved, brilliant #novels are probably the kind of thing most people don’t read any more, understood #attention better than most.” Well, I know some people who still read her. Otherwise this piece on our #attentiondeficit by #MarkKingwell is very good.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mh4brhlkxk2k -
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
"Compared to Bakhmut, this is already a different war"; novelist Myroslav Laiuk on his wartime reporting -- Explosions and fire recorded: Russia's Orsk oil refinery hit in Ukrainian strike -- Under heavy fog, Russia presses into Pokrovsk; Ukraine says 300 troops enter city -- Justice prevails as Ukrainian oligarchs ordered to pay $3 billion in decade-old PrivatBank case ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/wednesday-november-12-2025/
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of French #Dramatist and #Novelist Romain Rolland (1866). He was awarded the #NobelPrize for Literature in 1915.
The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia (1892).
Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven #Automobile (1886).
Happy Birthday #Actress, talk show host Oprah Winfrey (1954).
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Portraits of E.M. Forster
The author of novels A Room with a View, Howard's End, Maurice and Passage to India ... The writer once criticized his own abilities:
"I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be."
1) Lady Ottoline Morrell, 1920
2) Cecil Beaton, 1965
3) Howard Coster, 1938#emforster #edwardmorganforster #portrait #portraits #ladyottolinemorrell #cecilbeaton #howardcoster #photography #portraitoftheauthor #novelist #roomwithaview #passagetoindia #howardsend #maurice #author #writer #authorquote
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Portraits of E.M. Forster
The author of novels A Room with a View, Howard's End, Maurice and Passage to India ... The writer once criticized his own abilities:
"I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be."
1) Roger Fry, 1911
2) Dora Carrington, 1924/5
3) Philip Whichelo#emforster #edwardmorganforster #portrait #portraits #rogerfry #doracarrington #philipwhichelo #art #artists #portraitoftheauthor #novelist #roomwithaview #passagetoindia #howardsend #maurice #author #writer #authorquote
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📚 Just finished James Baldwin's Go Tell It On The Mountain ... Recently realized that I had never read anything by him and figured it was time to correct that! 📚
#jamesbaldwin #writer #author #gotellitonthemountain #booklist #book #books #fiction #novel #ecrivain #buch #bücher #mybooklist #mybookshelf #ilovebooks #libros #livre #livres #juliodonoso #jeanpierrecouderc #novelist #schriftsteller #escritor #bookworld
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📚 Books Books Books 📚
Just finished the 1994 novel "Paradise" by Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Zanzibar born author takes us into the world of colonial Africa - A coming of age story filled with fascinating characters of differing backgrounds, each with a mysterious past that, once revealed will lead the main character to a surprising decision ...
#paradisenovel #paradise #abdulrazakgurnah #gurnah #nobelprize #book #eastafrica #tanzanianauthor #writer #author #novelist #mybooklist #booklist #literature #books #bookstagram #instabooks #mybookshelf #bookworld #ilovebooks #nobelprizewinner #africanliterature
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of French #Dramatist and #Novelist Romain Rolland (1866). He was awarded the #NobelPrize for Literature in 1915.
The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia (1892).
Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven #Automobile (1886).
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I just completed the first in the four part series of novels by Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) - The Emigrants - written between 1949 and 1959, that describes a Swedish family's emigration to Minnesota in the mid-19th century. A fantastic book.
The novels have been interpreted to film a few times - The Emigrants (based on the first two novels) and The New Land (based on the second two), both starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann, directed by Jan Troell in 1971-2 and more recently in 2021, a film by Erik Poppe starring Gustaf Skarsgård and Lisa Carlehed.
Moberg committed suicide by drowning himself in a lake outside his house. He left a note to his wife saying: "The time is twenty past seven; I go to seek in the lake the eternal sleep. Forgive me, I could not endure."
#vilhelmmoberg #theemigrants #novel #filmadaption #swedishauthor #swedishnovel #swedishauthor #book #books #mybookshelf #novels #bookrecommendation #ilovebooks #booksilove #moberg #bookworld #jantroell #erikpoppe #maxvonsydow #livullmann #gustafskarsgard #lisacarlehed #gustafskarsgård #filmworld #film #reading #author #novelist #writer
