Ataraxia

  Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev is one of The 100 Greatest Books of All Time, and one of my Top 100, works that are reviewed on my blog, along with hundreds of other novels and films, my best take is https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.htm     10 out of 10   Fathers and Sons could be used as the model for the magnum opus, it is perfect, nec plus ultra, you could not ask for more, furthermore, it is equally exhilarating on a second reading – mine could be the third, this being an audiobook, it is in fact more than that, for I went back and forth, listening to chapters three or more times   For a while, Yevgeny Bazarov (there are a few ways to write his name, if we look on the internet) seemed to me the nemesis, the figure to dislike in the narrative, but with hindsight, and considering that now I have to take in the ending, he is also one who wants progress, breaking things is that mantra in Silicon Va...

  The Producers by Mel Brooks is one of the best comedies made, in the original release, not the more recent remake – a few hundred reviews of films and books are on my blog, where the best beano is https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html your feedback is welcome   10 out of 10     The Producers is hilarious, one of the best comedies ever made -alongside the spectacular History of The World https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/history-of-world-by-mel-brooks.html -and the story line is simple and we see it happening right now, to some extent, I will get back to this in a moment, after a spoiler alert   Zero Mostel is Max Bialystock and Gene Wilder plays Leo Bloom, in the motion picture written and directed by Mel Brooks, the two main characters think of a scheme to get rich, by being Producers of a play that will fail, they get money from various ladies, in different states of decrepitude, with th...