Ataraxia

  The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver was the 1999 finalist for The Pulitzer Prize, it is ranked 865 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, and it is verry popular on Goodreads, where it has more than eight hundred thousand ratings and over thirty thousand reviews – by the way, you find thousands of notes on magnum opera from the GOAT and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html and YouTube channel   10 out of 10   I was so euphoric https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-poisonwood-bible-by-barbara.html when I first started to read The Poisonwood Bible that I have already posted a note on it, and the present lines come with the end of the affair, I see now why this was so popular and was shortlisted for The Pulitzer Prize   Demon Copperhead must be excellent, it eventually won the Pulitzer for the author, and I look forward to reading it; Tata Jesus is Bangala, t...

  Rebbetzin by Chaim Grade is the first narrative in Rabbis and Wives, which was shortlisted for the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Literature, albeit I could not find it on The Greatest Books of All Time site at all, never mind seeing it near the top…you find thousands of reviews of magnum opera from The GOAT and other prestigious lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html   8 out of 10   I must say that I am pro semitic https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-fixer-by-bernard-malamud.html and biased, I enjoy Jewish literature, the way of life, to the point where I wonder if I am not more than 15% Hebrew, this is what my daughter found when looking at where do we come from, maybe it is 30% in my case, halved for Hannah, because she has a mother   The name is Hebrew, and it is associated with grace, favor…now back to Rebbetzin, which is what the wife of the rabbi is called, we can learn quit...

  The Social Network written by Aaron Sorkin and Ben Mezrich was the 2011 Winner of The Oscar for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and it is an excellent motion picture…you find thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html and YouTube channel   9 out of 10   I was exulting https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-social-network-by-aaron-sorkin.html when I first saw The Social Network, in part due to the fact that Mark Zuckerberg was not yet the villain he is today, and not only for the under signed, if only seeing his turnaround in support of Trump, the obnoxious things happening at Meta, etc.   The film was on a television program last night, and I watched maybe half of it again, it is captivating, wonderful film making, I could not give it 10 out of 10, because of the aforementioned reason, it ...

  Prizzi’s Honor by Richard Condon, author of the much better-known Manchurian Candidate, which is also higher ranked at 933, while Prizzi sits at 9008 on The Greatest Books of All Time site, you have thousands of notes on books from The GOAT and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html and YouTube channel   9 out of 10   Richard Condon wrote https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-manchurian-candidate-by-richard.html The Manchurian Candidate, which is such a fabulous forecast, in that we have the quintessential Russian asset in charge of the free world, which might lose that freedom, if the idiot continues like this   The Orange Manchurian is not an agent of the FSB, or we do not have proof of that, nonetheless, even if they had not recruited him when he was trying to build a tower in Moscow still, his stupidity, narcissism, madness are assets for Russia, he has done so much...

  Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel by Guy de Maupassant is ranked 570 th on The Greatest books of All Time, and we could say that this narrative is the manual to use in the age of The Orange Scoundrel, Bel Ami offered some lessons – you have thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the GOAT and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html   8 out of 10   We live in the age of Orange Bel Ami https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/confidence-man-making-of-donald-trump.html except this ghoul who represents the quintessence of vileness is not charming, like the antihero of Guy Maupassant, though MAGA types are crazy (about him) and I better watch out.   In the past, I have had trouble, even on my blog, with partisans of the present-day Bel Ami, who attacked me for my opinions, a little bit of mea culpa should admit that I do feel very strongly about the calamity, and use strong ...

I like Jewish literature, link to Horse Walks, The Netanyahus, Bellow, Malamud Splendid book, style, humor everything Such hutzpah battle of wives really this is why the title especially He did not preach down on them but talked of the land of israel so connection to now and other writers up there The masses are asses says rebbetzin, she is fierce Rabbi Moshe Mordecai Eisenstadt used to be the fiancé, now some called him the Jewish Pope Clash between the Mizrahi and Agudah, the latter accuse the Graipewo Rev, Reb Uri Zvi then a visit to the Horedna Rav aka the Jewish Pope and rebbetzin wants her spouse to be a judge on the Court and there is acrimony Sarah Rivkah is the rebbetzin, wife of Horadna Rav and tries to interfer for peace After the clash, the raabi is supposed to say that the Torah reveals or talks about the settling of Israel, and he thinks he caanot say such a thing, only to hear Serele that he can and he will, israel is on every page of the Torah, so now ...