When you proceed to the Chapter 9 of “The Catcher in the Rye”, you see Holden, who looks out of the window of his hotel and gazes at the rooms of the others, where his eyes are hooked by a couple of strangers, who squirt water into each other’s mouths… Read More →
Jews are one of the most controversial nations, that travelled and lived all over the Earth. No wonder, that in every new generation there is a historian, who tries to write a monumental work on the history of the Jews. Forty-one years ago one great British historian named Cecil Roth… Read More →
Even the greatest minds of the past were twisted. In 1862, in order to observe the Civil War on his own, Nathaniel Hawthorne decided to leave New England and travel south. On his way he met a group of black slaves, who were making their way to the northern states…. Read More →
Leslie Jamison would be a bad moral role model. She is imperfect. She drinks too much, she used to cut her wrists and she did an abortion back in time. And moreover, her heart beats too fast. The medical name for such condition is supraventricular tachycardia. Leslie Jamison wrote her… Read More →
Back in 1912 female workers marched through streets of Lawrence, state Massachusetts, with signs “We want bread, but we want roses, too”. This slogan was rephrased 60 years later in songs, written and performed by Judy Collins and John Denver. Its new form was: “We need a decent living, but… Read More →
Wikipedia is one of the most popular sources of information on the Internet. It is used by people of different age from various social groups. The creation of this online encyclopedia shook the very concept of the collection of information to the core. There was no need of searching through… Read More →
Gary Arlington did not dream big. He was just a guy with no money, no food, not even his own coach to sleep on. Nevertheless, he had thousands of comics, stuffed up in his parents’ basement since his childhood and he was going to earn his living selling them. Little… Read More →
Philip Roth, the world-famous fiction writer, remains true to his decision to leave literature. He finished his last book in 2009, and since that time, according to him, he hasn’t written a word. «I have no desire to write fiction» – insists Roth in his last interview. It is hard… Read More →
Almost every reader expects the same image at the end of any romantic book. Lovey-dovey promises, tender looks, passionate kisses – and then they lived happily ever after, despite unpaid bills, routine and unhealthy food habits. There is nothing new about marriages and sweet book endings, though sad endings and… Read More →
Even the most beautiful people have to die; Maxine Kumin, an exceptional U.S. poet, died recently at the age of 88. “Roberta Frost”, as some of her friends and devotees called her, drifted away peacefully at her farm in Warner, New Hampshire. It’s a relief, that her final book “And… Read More →
