Finally saw this movie last night. It is as fabulous as everyone says – filled with pathos, humor, beauty, color, and the myriad sights of India that both awake and deaden one’s sympathies.
Based on the book Q&A by Vikas Swarup [Scribner's 2005], it tells the story of an Indian street urchin who defies the world around [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire ~ Some thoughts
Posted in Movies, tagged India, Slumdog Millionaire on February 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Posted in Literary calendar, News, Postcards, tagged Valentine's Day, Vintage Postcards on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Love Tributes" Series of Postcards, No.5]
Decorative Binding ~ designed by ?
Posted in Antiquarian Books, Decorative Bindings, Jane Austen, Query, tagged Art Nouveau, Blackie & Sons, Book Art, Decorative Bindings, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Talwin Morris on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The image below is the decorative binding of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, a book in my personal collection, published by Blackie & Sons, undated, but circa 1902-3 [inscription reads 1902; Gilson refers to this edition at E81], with a frontispiece illustration by Paul Hardy. This title is in Blackie’s series “Library of Famous Books for [...]
