by Brian Chappell Reviews
But how to discern which to visit, on my limited conference schedule and lack of motorized transport? Our decided upon method was a combination of combing the neighborhoods that we already wanted to see, and tossing a net around the area of our hotel.
Tagged as: ABC books, anthony burgess, BC Marijuana Party Bookstore, Burrard, Gastown, Granville, indie bookstores, kitsilano, Krestel books, MacLeod’s Books, Madame Bovary, manga, Vancouver
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by Joe Weil Aesthetics
True feeling has the force of grace; sentimentality has the stench of morals. The word “should” and “must” cling to its fat cherubic legs. Half comprised of self regard, and the other half a mixture of cliche, the sentimental is close to the feigned regard of the funeral director: appropriate, and grave, but with one eye on the itemized bill.
Tagged as: Chekov, feeling, Lipa, Madame Bovary, Nabokov, Russian Literature, sentimentality, The Gully, The Ravine, The Sound of Music, Tolstoy
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