pickJapanese award winning writer Jun'ichiro Tanizaki pens a classic series of essays that is reprinted reflecting the culture post World War 2. Commenting on Japanese life after a natural disaster, he examines the transformation of western modernization of traditional versus cultural values, art, food, and architecture of the Baby Boom period. An interesting perspective of a hidden society of that time!
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November's #buddyread discussion thread.
✒️ Do you enjoy Virginia Woolf's writing style in her essays?
✒️ Did you agree or disagree with her?
✒️ Did you have a favourite quote from either essay?
✒️ What are her main points in her discussions?
My constant companion for #HyggeHour readathon. Although I've never had his furry beans in my face before. 🐾
I had a very relaxing hour, listening to the tagged and sipping a delicious winter spiced tea.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
#CatsofLitsy
pickThis is an interesting collection of reflections on human connections, written in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic. I didn't find his observations on inequality and the wider world particularly original (maybe that's a little harsh), but his insights into his creative process, his mental health struggles and his life experiences generally were really illuminating.
#VirginiaBloomsberries
My apologies. I forgot to post November's read.
Our November read is VW's 1929 extended essay on the writing, creativity, and the need for women to have financial freedom and self-determination.
Three guineas is her essay on gender differences and inequalities.
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Via @Alldebooks
I went walking on Friday in my neighborhood on my favorite walking trail. I wrote about it in the Journal app on my phone and took pictures of these birds that I saw.
I saw this graphic about walking on Facebook and wrote about my experience with walking.
#haiku #haikuhive
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