Hello, welcome to my blog

Mostly you will find, here, transcribed entries from the secret diary that I used to keep as a teenager between 1970 and 1975. I try to be honest with my transcriptions, but, just occasionally I do edit, to protect myself or others from embarrassment or some other emotion.
Also, though, I like to do a brief review of the books I have been reading, so these are interspersed throughout. I reserve the right to write blog entries, also, about other random things.
Why do I keep this blog? I don't know. I am an academic and one of my research interests is around how people construct their own identities. The diary transcriptions, and what I write about my books, are very much about revealing something of my identity.

Monday, 23 December 2013

Sandor Marai - just finished reading

Embers by Sandor Marai

7.5 / 10


A book in which nothing happens, but everything happens, in an evening by the fire in a castle. I  have never read a book like it. One big event has its massive repercussions and is reviewed and reflected on by two old men, 41 years later. It is an intense conversation, which takes us deep into human feelings and relationships. There is suspense. We don't know how it will end........

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