Book alphabet: M
1. Tell us of a book where mat (food) is of great importance.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. I mean, hey, it has recipes at the end! Although not of the barbecue. :-) My dad actually tried making some of the dishes. (Although, again, not the barbecue.)
2. Whose memoirs would you like to read?
You know, I can think of any number of fictional characters whose memoirs I'd like to read, but when it comes to real people... they pretty much all write their memoirs anyway, don't they?
I guess what would be really interesting, though, would be the memoirs of some pre-colonial African ruler, like Sundiata Keita, because that's a story I'm not used to hearing in the first person.
3. Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been given to authors in the former British commonwealth since 1969. here are all the winners. Do you have a favourite?
I haven't heard of most of those! Of those I have read, I think I'm going to pick Roddy Doyle as my favourite, for his capacity to write about tragic things without making it depressing. Also, for his capacity to write about little creatures who lay out dog poop for their enemies to step in. That's important stuff.
4. I'm also looking for a book about makt (power)
I considered One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which is basically one big power struggle, but truth be told I only read it once and mostly remember the movie, so that'd be cheating. Instead I'm going to say Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. Granted, power is only one of the themes in that novel, but it's because it's his most complex, intriguing tale. (Not, admittedly, that the competition is all that steep.) I've read it twice, and both times I was fascinated by Orual and how she goes from ugly little princess to the powerful ruler of a kingdom, as well as how all of her relationships are steeped in power differences or power struggles, not least of all her relationship with Istra (Psyche).
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. I mean, hey, it has recipes at the end! Although not of the barbecue. :-) My dad actually tried making some of the dishes. (Although, again, not the barbecue.)
2. Whose memoirs would you like to read?
You know, I can think of any number of fictional characters whose memoirs I'd like to read, but when it comes to real people... they pretty much all write their memoirs anyway, don't they?
I guess what would be really interesting, though, would be the memoirs of some pre-colonial African ruler, like Sundiata Keita, because that's a story I'm not used to hearing in the first person.
3. Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been given to authors in the former British commonwealth since 1969. here are all the winners. Do you have a favourite?
I haven't heard of most of those! Of those I have read, I think I'm going to pick Roddy Doyle as my favourite, for his capacity to write about tragic things without making it depressing. Also, for his capacity to write about little creatures who lay out dog poop for their enemies to step in. That's important stuff.
4. I'm also looking for a book about makt (power)
I considered One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which is basically one big power struggle, but truth be told I only read it once and mostly remember the movie, so that'd be cheating. Instead I'm going to say Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. Granted, power is only one of the themes in that novel, but it's because it's his most complex, intriguing tale. (Not, admittedly, that the competition is all that steep.) I've read it twice, and both times I was fascinated by Orual and how she goes from ugly little princess to the powerful ruler of a kingdom, as well as how all of her relationships are steeped in power differences or power struggles, not least of all her relationship with Istra (Psyche).
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comments there.