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Student reading

10 Things You Learn As a Literature Student

Friday, 27th August 2010

Sarah Jilani shares the wisdom of a literature student

Internet addiction

Is the Internet killing reading?

Tuesday, 17th August 2010

Lizzy Pennock explores the destructive power of the Internet in relation to books.

La Brune Odalisque

Art or Porn? - The Question of Erotic Art

Wednesday, 4th August 2010

Lizzy Pennock explores the fine line between what makes art erotic or pornographic.

Anne of Green Gables

My Childhood Book - Anne of Green Gables

Thursday, 15th July 2010

Lois Cameron on Anne of Green Gables and how it differs from most books for girls.

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Art attack

Art Attack

Wed, 7th Jul 10
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The Book Review: French Neurosis

French Writer with Book
Thursday, 14th January 2010
Marcel Proust claimed that neurotics couldn’t bear to see another flaunting their same emotions and if the following books prove anything it’s that it is difficult to keep a cool head when something heavy is weighing upon you. For these characters the weight of the world is much bigger than love, or even dissatisfaction; they have to live with themselves.

Albert Camus – The Plague

An Algerian town is closed until its inhabitants can find a cure for the disease that is claiming many of its citizens. Albert Camus’ small town sees relationships flourish and fade while trying to avoid the mystery illness and is nothing short of a masterpiece.

Oliver Pauvert – Noir

A man who by all means should be dead, walks unscathed from the wreckage of a police van into his native Paris. After losing the senses of smell and taste he notices he has no reflection on inanimate objects. As this thriller develops the protagonist has to come to terms with his mistakes and work for redemption.

Franck Pavloff – Brown

A media sensation when it was serialized in France. New government laws decree that all non-brown cats must be handed over to the authorities, then follow the dogs. Our protagonist stays with us as his world becomes increasingly brown until he just fades away

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