Moon Over Africa by Pamela Kent is included on the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, in the Love Section - 7 out of 10

 

Moon Over Africa by Pamela Kent is included on the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, in the Love Section

 

7 out of 10

 

 

Albeit it has attracted the attention of the man who compiled the list of 1,000 Novels we all need to read – allegedly, though if we take this book as a litmus test, we could wonder if the compilation is a joke – on Goodreads, this supposed smash hit was rated by 21 readers (22 with this one) and it has had…5 reviews…

 

Now 6, if we could call this a review, and it is not, let me warn you and include the spoiler alert, after declaring that this book has not overwhelmed (and so what) there will be few, if any arguments to sustain what is ultimately just the opinion, of an amateur…you should look for professional, critics, not hoi polloi…

Elizabeth Ransome is the heroine of this romance, and she sails to south Africa, the book in fact opens with her near a harbor, she will land in South Africa, where she will meet her father, or this is what she thinks, alas, another passenger, Nigel Van Kane, the other leading role in a possible film adaptation, gives her bad news

 

Doctor Ransome will not be there to welcome his daughter, and there is a telegram, and a message that Nigel Van Kane will be taking care of her, which is more than awkward, because there had been more than tension between the two, as they sailed for weeks (I just presume in fact, I do not know how long the journey took)

The man is handsome, rich and a coveted partner for dances, and much more, but he is hostile to the heroine, for instance, when they were dancing one night, he snubbed her, though she was alone, without a partner, the rich bachelor acted as if she was stigmatized somehow, and we would learn why, quite soon…

 

I have listened to the lectures of Harvard Professor Tal Ben-Shahar https://realini.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-pursuit-of-perfect-by-tal-ben-shahar.html and many tests are mentioned, one of which may explain some of what happens between the two main personages of this lame narrative…

Lame is harsh, and unjustified, more of a joke really, but rather silly or worse, given that I am laughing with myself, who the hell takes the time (or wastes it) to read this, and then I am using irony against myself because how could I say that, when I did not take the trouble to read with attention, once the interest was lost, good bye baby

In experiments, they have seen that relationships that start under some duress, but mixed with humor, take off, or just work better, I think the example given was at a party, say one guy spills some drink over you, and although that is not great, and mostly would cause an abrupt end to communication, in some cases it may work

 

Let me abandon that venue, for it would push me sideways, and then mention those stupid proverbs, such as ‘opposites attract’, or the French version ‘les extremes se touchent’, and they have been analyzed by our great sage, Constatin Noica, and he just destroyed them, for good reason, for they are awful…

This supposed fountain of wisdom, folklore and all that shit, is in fact containing so much stupid, even dangerous advice, let us think ‘all is fair in love and war’, how about that, a promotion for crimes against humanity, if all is fair, then the likes of Putin can do anything, but let us get back and say that proverbs must be avoided

 

Our luminary, Constantin Noica, explains it all https://realini.blogspot.com/2015/01/book-of-wisdom-by-constantin-noica.html and takes on even the you cannot have the cake and eat it, only in the story of Elizabeth and Nigel, they appear to almost hate, or if not despise each other, only to discover something else…

He is against her, because he is a great friend of her father, and is biased, the family has not shown interest in the parent, even when he fell ill – he is now very sick, he will die in fact, and I can say this here, nobody around, and I am covered by the spoiler alert – he had separated from the mother, and supported them financially

 

When she inherited two thousand pounds, maybe the equivalent of fifty thousand today, Elizabeth gave her mother two hundred, and to each of her two sisters one hundred, and used the rest to get a ticket on a ship sailing to South Africa and the necessary items for the journey that will take her to her father, who is so far

Doctor Ransome has caught a disease, he had been traveling around Africa, for as long as he was fit, but now he lives in the mansion of the rich Nigel Van Kane, and the tow have immense respect for each other, perhaps even feelings, such as a father and son would share…or else, maybe they were in transition…

 

I am just fooling around here, yet let us consider The Co-Winner of the 2019 Booker Prize https://realini.blogspot.com/2022/06/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo.html Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, in which we learn about gender fluidity, two spirits, the idea that gender can change from one minute to another

Ergo, after they manifest this distaste for each other – she feels some of the time spent with this privileged fellow was nightmarish – he… asks her to marry him, she accepts – remember the spoiler alert – and then she runs away from him, and we find that in fact, they have loved each other from the very beginning, well, that is what I think I get from this, however, most likely I did not dig, and there is more to a book that I dismiss so lightly…

 

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se

 

 There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

 

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html

 

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

 

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

 

‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’

 

“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”