Ataraxia

Mrs. Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1970, although it does not seem to exist on The Greatest Books of All Time site     <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODnZhRkjjKbJaqofBhInS1vPtdbQ7TSG1OuYCE4tJ6LAQv7kr-kefoHr1fGZibMv8had3Q1JbsVRrY42HH8yU-EUg1RD2D5jQ6ac83ygZ5RJfuFch_xBn0b4Jz5oDykieeEIQp2RejM8L0tlPBRtrXD7MWlX6KzRS0LLTU6myolWwovTL5bi07UdW1z1r/s1600/image.jpeg" /> 7 out of 10   I have been enchanted https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/mesmerized-by-reading-turgenev-by.html by four masterpieces written by William Trevor, only this time the magic did not work, and it must have been the under signed, Mrs. Eckdorf might have been intriguing, captivating enough, and the hotel, well, it was quite outré   Rading Turgenev, The Story of Lucy Gault have been magnificent, the latter is about a tragedy involving the girl in the title, I could not remember exactly her fate, but i...

  The Shipping News by Annie Proulx won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the U.S. National Book Award, as well as other awards…it is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, and it is ranked 468 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site and BBC News listed The Shipping News on its list of the 100 most inspiring novels     <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivX3BNQF0n_nNbSINFQE1a-AIewM35Uh4hFMBCTFTwtSxMuEgzd2wq5fxnMFSmkW44By5TVdga3Nrk422H3p3nsq13euKs7rlFtVt4KdGJowiapPD0kzM6PGLxLxVmr1WnrrHO42b1uU0WieLfNKT4PmK6-H8GR_UIbxDE27VTiEQes3UdXSFRaWT8zAbO" />     9 out of 10   The Shipping News may be about PTSD, or the solution offered in https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-how-of-happiness-by-sonja.html The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky, a classic of psychology that can change your life, just like the hero of Shipping News changed his   “Happiness Activity No 6: Developing Strategies for...

  Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob written and directed by Gerard Oury, with glorious Louis de Funes in the leading role is not outstanding, but the performance of the fantastic comedian brings it to another, higher level     <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07xtKX7lHAExP_Jd9tUAmuUv1T9tEZPDun9Y8s04P1h_ymcabHURlHiBTAk4tX3h5apfBNaGBB5fXWYDg1l1PMbDwe-sxOmKgHu7jqonTYqMbLN3sn8v4IK9tYpTOhoU9QskQOdfmHmuOO__7VxE7VMYk03zQZcPnKpMjQIKR7NN_lL3TbJuoZZsASVLO/w177-h316/image.jpeg" /> 7 out of 10   Louis de Funes https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/le-malade-imaginaire-by-moliere.html was one of the best comedians of all time, and his contribution here makes the difference between a bad feature and one that is entertaining, if only for watching this master class, a Magister Ludi showing you The Game   To keep in line with the jesting tone of a film that is meant to cause hilarity, I was wondering whether Louis de ...

  The Son by Philipp Meyer was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, nevertheless, it is only 10337 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site       <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGhpSMGyGNt20vTTnHuTBz_Ac2jtMBujn8RkrpVLGnoOXFNabm_NfPoNcICeYm0Jhm2K0NNOK5KEi3xsjn3ICKSTl90_kdPiEu1CSbXYAEM63Lrd4VeaysVQUwDRmLlOLpTl6SZuUFVG4Kbin38aI6zbbxYN3XpDnTSEmr3s-O-UoK4aBySsogy1qbGeUs" />   9 out of 10 The Son has reminded me of Little Big Man https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/little-big-man-by-thomas-berger.html by Thomas Berger, and not only because in both oeuvres medicine is a key word, they both describe the life of the Native Americans, in particular the Comanches, in the case of The Son by Philipp Meyer   Actually, the part of the novel that is about Eli or Tiehteti, which is the name given by the Kotsoteka, was the one that I found exhilarating, if it were only for that, then I would give th...

Finalist for Booker   Links to previous all five stars   Man, this woman is a witch Mystery surrounding Eugene Sinott, sister walks out and says you have torn the soul of God, not long afterward she married Mr Grgan, a man she did not like. Eugene marries a maid, Philomena, who then takes away her child and also leaves Eckdorf takes clothes of this man, who paid for sex, then comes with camera and while he is naked talks about…God God is revealed to her she says to father Hennessey She said she was a maerchant of truth, with her camera, she practiced an art. She stayed with a peasant family in Marrakesh for months, the book that resulted won her a coveted award. She had travelled the entire world In this present instance I don’t know quite what I am after - photographing a tragedy that took place nearly thirty years ago. She opens map, says near Dolphin’s Barn. Thaddeus Street Mrs. Sinnott, a woman of ninety-one, owns the hotel O’Neill. It’s now a disorde...

  Norocul aka Luck by Ion Valjan made me think of the psychology classic Stumbling on Happiness by Harvard Professor Daniel Gilbert     <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07xtKX7lHAExP_Jd9tUAmuUv1T9tEZPDun9Y8s04P1h_ymcabHURlHiBTAk4tX3h5apfBNaGBB5fXWYDg1l1PMbDwe-sxOmKgHu7jqonTYqMbLN3sn8v4IK9tYpTOhoU9QskQOdfmHmuOO__7VxE7VMYk03zQZcPnKpMjQIKR7NN_lL3TbJuoZZsASVLO/w177-h316/image.jpeg" />   9 out of 10   Stumbling on Happiness https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/02/stumbling-on-happiness-by-david-gilbert.html by Harvard Professor Daniel Gilbert is a glorious chef d’oeuvre which explains the myths of happiness, and the Hedonic Adaptation phenomenon: we assume that we would be happy, if only this thing would happen   Among the most common dreams are: moving to California, or an island in the Caribbean, or Pacific, but tests made with those who did change and lived in those places showed that they app...