Fotografias exemplares, 44.
Kurt Vonnegut, no intervalo da escrita,
analisando ao pormenor a sua conta de whisky.
Amazon: o folhetim continua
Para a The New Republic, «Amazon is the shining representative of a new golden age of monopoly that also includes Google and Walmart. Unlike U.S. Steel, the new behemoths don’t use their barely challenged power to hike up prices. They are, in fact, self-styled servants of the consumer and have ushered in an era of low prices for everything from flat-screen TVs to paper napkins to smart phones».
O Dia Harry Potter vai ser à noite
Desculpem, mas preferimos esta imagem de Emma Watson.
Será a 5 de fevereiro, em todo o mundo — a noite Harry Potter, destinada a celebrar as histórias e os personagens de J.K. Rowlling. Tudo a partir dos livros: The Harry Potter Book Night. Aprendam.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North — o Booker deste ano vai para a Austrália
The Narrow Road to the Deep North, do australiano Richard Flanagan, 53 anos, é o Man Booker Prize de 2014. a
No The Daily Telegraph: «“In trying to escape the fatality of memory,” Richard Flanagan writes towards the end of his Man Booker-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North, “he discovered with an immense sadness that pursuing the past inevitably leads to greater loss.” The “he” in that sentence is Dorrigo Evans, the book’s Tasmanian protagonist, a surgeon who has seen the horrors of a Japanese Prisoner of War camp on the Thai-Burma Death Railway.»
No The New York Times, no ano em que os autores americanos foram pela primeira vez admitidos a concurso: «Richard Flanagan, who was honored for “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” is the third Australian to win the prize.»
No The Bookseller: «The winner of the £50,000 award was announced this evening at a ceremony at London's Guildhall, relayed live on BBC TV News.»
O discurso de Richard Flanagan ontem à noite.
No The Guardian.
A lista dos Booker e recensões dos livros premiados desde 1969.
A lista dos nomeados deste ano — e a shortlist.