Change. It can happen fast.
It was raining last night as I lay propped up in bed, finishing a biography of author Somerset Maugham. It was written by a University of Saskatchewan professor. I'd like to recommend it, but I can't; the writer didn't make Maugham come alive. Or is that asking too much? I don't think so. Others have managed to do it. Not regarding Maugham, mind you; yet. But I probably won't look for more about the man and I don't remember what it was that prompted me to order the book from the library.
Next: The Inconvenient Indian, by Thomas King. Usually anything written about First Nations history with the tidal wave of European greed, arrogance, dishonesty, and inhumanity pisses me off. But I want to know what King has to say.
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| On my way home after work one evening I stopped to snap a photo of this lovely beast. |
"Usually anything written about First Nations history with the tidal wave of European greed, arrogance, dishonesty, and inhumanity pisses me off."
ReplyDeleteAmen to that!
Love the photo! We have moose in the vicinity of our country house, but seldom see them because we live in a forest, with lots of ridges and landscape features that limit visibility.
That is a lovely beast
ReplyDeleteI do love Maugham's writing. Too bad the biography was so poor. I know he travelled with trunk loads of books everywhere. You have to love a man who does this :)
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The author did relate the characters in Maugham's books to his personal life. If you love Maugham's books you probably would have gotten a lot more out of the bio than I did!
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