[3] For many men, the fantasy of escaping the drudgery of their daily lives includes strapping on a sabre, affecting an accent, a-swashin’ and a-bucklin’ through the rigging, clutching a buxom wench, a pint o’ ale and a parrot spewing colorful invective.
[5] It wasn’t enough for Ernest Hemingway to be one of the largest literary lions of the 20th century. His written works brought him celebrity and his many marriages, dalliances, and adventures were fodder for tabloids.
[7] What is more appropriate for June than a wedding, or The Wedding by Dorothy West? Published in 1995, it, together with the story collection, The Richer the Poorer, constitutes the final output from the Harlem Renaissance generation of writers.
[9] The Tiger’s Wife [10] by Téa Obreht reads like a piece of allegorical art. It is a literary creation to be savored, debated, enjoyed, and interpreted differently by each person who experiences its mysterious creativity.
[12] Three Cups of Tea may just be one of the most well-known works of non-fiction around today. It’s a tricky one to avoid hearing about. If you haven’t read it, someone you know has, or you’ve seen one of the thousands of interviews given by co-author Greg Mortenson [13].
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/summer-escapes-historical-fiction-reads-women
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13590#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/papa-knows-best-4-novels-co-starring-ernest-hemingway
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13587#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/classic-review-wedding-dorothy-west
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13571#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/tigers-wife-tea-obreht
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22tea+obreht%22+title:%22tiger%27s+wife%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/tigers-wife-tea-obreht#comments
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/three-cups-tea
[13] http://www.gregmortenson.com/
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13505#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=36
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=33
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=34
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=35
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=38
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=39
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=40
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=41
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=51
