WHAT BOOKS WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO COVER AND WHY? Make a new comment (rather than just reply to this one) so everyone can see it - I would love to get some ideas, suggestions, or even just what your favourite book is? Let's get the conversation started! Thanks, James
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry. I read the book during lockdown and it's stuck with me - the story taking place in Mexico on the day of the dead, the settings of the town, the characters. I think it would have made a great movie to make back in the 50s, and wonder would modern filmmakers capture it the same way old Hollywood might have?
It’s a very recent book, but the reception has been incredible and after reading it, I agree. Please look into On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
I found this book in my school library when I was 15 yo, 56 years ago. It is a revolutionary book. Our school librarian was an amazing human being - kudos Mrs Vaughan-Taylor.
Imagine having to flee your home in order to be able to freely talk and think about it. And that home was originally considered a haven for those who flee to it.
It is REALLY important that you leave a comment (no matter how short) as it really helps promote the channel AND the video. I appreciate your support - James
Fascinating to realise that James Baldwin wouldn't have achieved the success he enjoyed without moving to France. Although I've read Go Tell it on the Mountain, your film has made me keen to read Giovanni's Room. An excellent, compelling narrative by you and David McAlmont. Bravo!
I think you need to cover 1984 pretty soon James as this book is fast becoming more relevant as time goes by. “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” That opening line gets me every time.😱
Wuthering Heights. A bleak and beautifully written book, but extremely divisive, which is fascinating. A rare take on romance (many people say it is not a romance), and themes that are relevant today. Also an interesting family history, and unusual that it is Emily Brontes only published work.
Definitely not a romance but my high school self gobbled up this drama like it was one. Living vicariously through these people over that one summer was a real treat, as a lonely teenager
I would love you to do Laurie Lee’s semi-autobiographical ‘When I Walked Out one Midsummer Morning’ or indeed George Orwell’s ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’. :)
James Baldwin is a writer and thinker that I discovered way too late in life. He should be much better known. On the long list of writers on my list of those who *should* have gotten the Nobel Prize, he is at the very top.
Wonderful video! I love that Baldwin was not afraid to be honest. He wanted for people to see things for what they really were and was not afraid to say it.
I would love to hear your interpretation of The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. It’s my all time favourite and I still seem to find something new in it for myself every time I read it. I would love to hear you explore the symbolism and how the political and cultural atmosphere in Russia at the time influenced the writing. Thank you 😊
Really love these videos trying to get into litterature but not necesseraly having that much time to put into it yet I love discovering these new horizons ! Thanks James!
I’ve made this request before but saw the post in Great Books Explained so I’ll say it again. Please cover REBECCA. While Daphne du Maurier has several other excellent reads (Frenchman’s Creek, Jamaica Inn), REBECCA is in a league of its own. I’ve never known of another book in which the main character is never named, yet the reader is completely consumed by their story. REBECCA keeps the reader intrigued with its twists and turns. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this masterpiece, James.
The Tale of Genji is my suggestion. Quite possibly the first novel ever! It’s also an interesting opportunity to examine where character-centric fiction started, and follow that thread through time to what such literature has become cross culturally. I would love to hear your thoughts on the question ‘what IS a novel?’ And to include examples from many points in time and from beyond the western world. Whatever your next choice is, you’ll have a faithful viewer in me :) Keep up the excellent work!
It's astonishing that you always make videos that make me want not only to click as fast as possible but also to re-watch after several months or even a few years later, which I always do. I really appreciate your work!!
I’d love to see you talk about Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” and maybe her poetry and journals as well. There’s a lot to unpack there and would make a great retrospective type of video. Love your content! 😊
Haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. Commenting for the algorithm. Maybe one of the Russian classics next? The political context is fascinating and there are so many just beautiful novels by Dostoevsky and such
Hey James, great videos. I would suggest The Beautiful and Damned, I just finished reading it and found it great. I’m reading Moby-Dick currently and will watch your video when I finish. Thank you for what you do.
My favourite book has always been East of Eden. I re-read it every couple of years or so. It just has so much in it and I feel like it's Steinbeck's greatest work. Everything else was just practice. I would love to see it on this channel.
I think War and Peace would make an interesting video topic. It's one of those books everyone knows but no one has read, plus it has an interesting author. Good luck with the algo on this vid
I would like a video about a great book that hasn't got much attention or that isn't considered a classic. I'm thinking for instance about The Black Dahlia, by James Ellroy.
Absolutely, my suggestion as well.. although a short video wouldn’t be enough..but I would love to see your take on it. Everytime I read it I struggle with more themes… I think it is one of the greatest books ever written
Regarding your post looking for new book suggestions, here are some of my favorites: 1. Orlando - Virginia Woolf: excellent book, a liitle different from your most famous work (Mrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse and The Waves), since it does not use a lot of stream of counsciousness. However, it has some great story and a vanguardian approach about gender and. 2. Crime and Punishment - by Fiódor Dostoiévski 3. 100 years of solitude - Gabriel García Marquez: one of my favories of all time, and it can represents latin literature 4. The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (Grande Sertão Veredas) - João Guimarães Rosa: one of the greatest brazilian books ever written, with exquisite language and worldwide recognition. Thanks for your videos. Great content about the passion for reading literature.
I would love you to discuss Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ - of all the dystopian modernist novels written in the 20th century it is the one that it the most resonant for me. In a world of ‘designer babies’ and such a complete gap between the haves and have-nots it seems quite prescient. There has been an attempt at a television series but I don’t think it captured the nuance of the novel.
As far as book ideas, I know its going to sound kind of boring but Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula have a rich history and meaning beyond the average movie monsters they've come to be known as. Few ppl that I've talked to have ever read the original works and are unaware of their depths. I find Dracula a tale of hope in the face of seemingly immortal evil and Frankenstein about the dangers of creation.
Beautiful video and as always exquisitely broken down. One book that hit me hard in my 30s that I’m curious of how it would have read when I was younger. Would love to see you discuss JD Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye”.
Books that the chanel should explore next: One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquéz. Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo. Some literature outside of Europe and America would be interesting.
I love your content on the authors and their books, which is put together very well; and thank you for bringing these great classics & writers to our attention!
An idea for another episode. The Master and Margarita: as Viv Groskop said in one of the articles 'it’s very common even for people who are very well read not to have heard of it', so why not change that :)
Catcher in the rye… I feel like its relatable to many people. Also many of the themes and symbols are said to insinuate tragedies in the author’s life during WWII. I think it can be ur first coming of age revision and its still a classic
Another writer I would love to see you cover is Nabokov - especially Lolita. Few if any people come to mind that wield the english language with such elegance, grace and sheer beauty as Nabokov, and english wasnt even his first language.
You asked what books that would be interesting to see. I have 2. 1) The Communist Mennifesto- I can't think of a single book that has had more of an affect on the last 100+ years as it. 2) 100 Years of Solitude- History and dream woven into one book is so beautiful.
Love this. I read Go Tell it on the Mountain, and Giovanni's Room will be my next Baldwin novel. I've seen a lot of interviews with Baldwin, and I have a lot of respect and admiration for him.
Congrats and thanks for another great educational piece acknowledging a deeply sensitive human being (like yourself!) willing to take the risk of exposing the faults of human kind through his craft. Honoring him on this day was a very kind gesture of yours.
"Dune" by Frank Herbert is one of my favorite books, and it would be a timely topic because of the movies! Very curious to know what the next 6 books are 🤔📚😁 Edit: Also perhaps something by Dostoevsky? I've heard good things about "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov"!
Excellent commemoration of Baldwin's centenary, and once again I have to applaud your choices of accompanying visuals their contexts (explained or not) truly complimenting the narration.
I would love to see reviews on Catch-22, The Sound and The Fury, and The Iliad/Odyssey/Aeneid! None of these books really have anything to do with each other but they all have made incredibly deep impressions on me and contain a lot of depth to analyze.
I would love to see your work about Songlines by Bruce Chatwin. But Salinger's Catcher in the Rye is very nice, too. I also loved to see Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Reason? I can even really say. I just love them ... They felt like something very enlightening and touching to me, besides that the use of language is just so great.
Down and out in paris and london. By Orwell, it really shows how much observation and lifemanship he has, really a nice gaze into the early years of the Orwell we know through 1984 and animal farm…
Ive been keeping up with your channel when you only had 4 to 5 videos on Great Art Explained. No matter what period of life im going through, the highs and the lows, I always find so much meaning and inspiration in your videos. Thank you my friend 🧡.
Loved it. The most striking part for me was the phrase “homeless Europeans.” I would add, Homeless Europeans unable to be happy. After so many generations, this remains true even today.
WHAT BOOKS WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO COVER AND WHY? Make a new comment (rather than just reply to this one) so everyone can see it - I would love to get some ideas, suggestions, or even just what your favourite book is? Let's get the conversation started! Thanks, James
The Red Book - Liber Novus by Carl Jung
Uncle Tom’s Shelter- The Catcher in the Rye- Gone with the Wind- thank you so much!!
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry. I read the book during lockdown and it's stuck with me - the story taking place in Mexico on the day of the dead, the settings of the town, the characters. I think it would have made a great movie to make back in the 50s, and wonder would modern filmmakers capture it the same way old Hollywood might have?
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
It’s a very recent book, but the reception has been incredible and after reading it, I agree. Please look into On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
"Love has never been a popular movement," still holds true today, unfortunately.
Art will always be important to humanity. Thank you for teaching others about the beauty in art!
Thank you so much!
I found this book in my school library when I was 15 yo, 56 years ago. It is a revolutionary book. Our school librarian was an amazing human being - kudos Mrs Vaughan-Taylor.
I think I would have liked Mrs Vaughn-Taylor, she sounds like a gem!
The story of moving to Paris for the sake of anonymity and metamorphosis is incredible
It certainly is!
Imagine having to flee your home in order to be able to freely talk and think about it. And that home was originally considered a haven for those who flee to it.
It is REALLY important that you leave a comment (no matter how short) as it really helps promote the channel AND the video. I appreciate your support - James
Another gem! I usually save over-20min videos for when i have time, but I always click on yours as soon as I see them.
I appreciate the support - and the comment!
James Baldwin Is one of my favourite writers. Giovanni's Room is an incredible book. Thank you for this video.
Thanks for watching 🙏
Happy birthday to my absolute favorite writer. Baldwin changed my life and the lives of countless others. I salute him.
Mine too
Fascinating to realise that James Baldwin wouldn't have achieved the success he enjoyed without moving to France. Although I've read Go Tell it on the Mountain, your film has made me keen to read Giovanni's Room. An excellent, compelling narrative by you and David McAlmont. Bravo!
Baldwin, Camus and Bukowski are all so important to me. Glad you are sharing this amazing work from him.
Thank you for presenting this talented author.
Thanks for watching!
I'm so glad this biography of Baldwin popped up on my tablet. Beautiful in depth article. Makes me want to read Giovanni Room again.
Thanks for leaving a comment! 🙏
I think you need to cover 1984 pretty soon James as this book is fast becoming more relevant as time goes by.
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
That opening line gets me every time.😱
Working on it - will be released before the US elections!
Splendid! Can’t wait! 👌😂
Thanks for sharing this beautiful author and his work. I've always found the life of J. Baldwin fascinating.
My pleasure!
Wuthering Heights. A bleak and beautifully written book, but extremely divisive, which is fascinating. A rare take on romance (many people say it is not a romance), and themes that are relevant today. Also an interesting family history, and unusual that it is Emily Brontes only published work.
One of my favourites!
Definitely not a romance but my high school self gobbled up this drama like it was one. Living vicariously through these people over that one summer was a real treat, as a lonely teenager
I would love you to do Laurie Lee’s semi-autobiographical ‘When I Walked Out one Midsummer Morning’ or indeed George Orwell’s ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’. :)
Great suggestions - 1984 planned
Algorithm needs to give me more like this 👏👏
thank you, james. baldwin is one of my favourite writers. such passion in his words, such eloquence.
He is amazing! Thanks for the comment 🙏
James Baldwin is a writer and thinker that I discovered way too late in life. He should be much better known. On the long list of writers on my list of those who *should* have gotten the Nobel Prize, he is at the very top.
Wonderful video! I love that Baldwin was not afraid to be honest. He wanted for people to see things for what they really were and was not afraid to say it.
I agree
I think you have the most important of channels in terms of cultural history.
That’s very kind of you thanks 🙏
I would love to hear your interpretation of The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. It’s my all time favourite and I still seem to find something new in it for myself every time I read it. I would love to hear you explore the symbolism and how the political and cultural atmosphere in Russia at the time influenced the writing. Thank you 😊
Really love these videos trying to get into litterature but not necesseraly having that much time to put into it yet I love discovering these new horizons ! Thanks James!
Thanks so much for the comment 🙏
I’ve made this request before but saw the post in Great Books Explained so I’ll say it again. Please cover REBECCA.
While Daphne du Maurier has several other excellent reads (Frenchman’s Creek, Jamaica Inn), REBECCA is in a league of its own.
I’ve never known of another book in which the main character is never named, yet the reader is completely consumed by their story. REBECCA keeps the reader intrigued with its twists and turns.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this masterpiece, James.
What a brilliant suggestion - one of three or four books I know the opening lines to - and what a film!!
@@greatbooksexplained371 Hitchcock’s film adaptation remains supreme
The art really adds to your video. So much of it I've never seen before, so thank you!
The Tale of Genji is my suggestion. Quite possibly the first novel ever! It’s also an interesting opportunity to examine where character-centric fiction started, and follow that thread through time to what such literature has become cross culturally. I would love to hear your thoughts on the question ‘what IS a novel?’ And to include examples from many points in time and from beyond the western world.
Whatever your next choice is, you’ll have a faithful viewer in me :) Keep up the excellent work!
I was going to write thecsame thing.thank you
thank you for this! Would love a video essay on the Harlem Renaissance more broadly, especially for poetry
Super interesting! Thanks for explaining all these backgrounds and contexts of Baldwin and his writing.
Thank you for inspiring our minds. You’re doing very important work 👌🏻
So nice of you thanks 🙏
It's astonishing that you always make videos that make me want not only to click as fast as possible but also to re-watch after several months or even a few years later, which I always do. I really appreciate your work!!
Thank you for this one especially, James. WELL DONE. 🙏🏽✊🏽💖
You are so welcome 🙏 thank you!
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" Gabriel García Márquez I will love to hear your voice talking about this eternal book
I just love that book
@@greatbooksexplained371 every year when I was young I read the full novel for 24 hours straight Sadly I grew up
I support this suggestion. I started that book and couldn't get past the first 50 pages. I'd love to hear someone explain to me its merits.
@@selimrotarelli4247 Reading Magical Really novels are different experiences Just let yourself go on the waves of the Sea of the lost time....
I’d love to see you talk about Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” and maybe her poetry and journals as well. There’s a lot to unpack there and would make a great retrospective type of video. Love your content! 😊
Great suggestion!
Haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. Commenting for the algorithm. Maybe one of the Russian classics next? The political context is fascinating and there are so many just beautiful novels by Dostoevsky and such
Yes!
Hey James, great videos. I would suggest The Beautiful and Damned, I just finished reading it and found it great. I’m reading Moby-Dick currently and will watch your video when I finish. Thank you for what you do.
Great film. I'd love to see one on Hesse's "Siddhartha". It's a work that has a significant impact on my philosophy and life.
I second that
My favourite book has always been East of Eden. I re-read it every couple of years or so. It just has so much in it and I feel like it's Steinbeck's greatest work. Everything else was just practice. I would love to see it on this channel.
I think War and Peace would make an interesting video topic. It's one of those books everyone knows but no one has read, plus it has an interesting author.
Good luck with the algo on this vid
W&P is a strong possibility - thanks re:algo
I read Giovanni's Room years ago, but after your excellent analysis, I believe it's time for a reread. Thanks, and keep up the great work!
I appreciate that thanks 🙏
He's a genius
This is amazing! I actually bought a copy of another Baldwin novel, “If Beale Street Could Talk”. So excited to read it!
Words fail me, absolutely perfect work of synthesis in structure and depth in content. Thank you! Please give us more.
James, I love your work on both channels, thank you for sharing such insight and bringing these authors and artists so vividly to life.
To Kill A Mockingbird, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, The Alchemist, The Bell Jar, Lonesome Dove. Thank you
I would like a video about a great book that hasn't got much attention or that isn't considered a classic. I'm thinking for instance about The Black Dahlia, by James Ellroy.
Crime and Punishment. I didn’t like it at first but forced my reading into it and at about 1/3 I started to understand why it’s so famous.
Gosh I love that book
Absolutely, my suggestion as well.. although a short video wouldn’t be enough..but I would love to see your take on it. Everytime I read it I struggle with more themes… I think it is one of the greatest books ever written
Do a video on Don Quixote!!! The first modern novel, and one of the most entertaining plus visionary in fiction history yet.
Regarding your post looking for new book suggestions, here are some of my favorites:
1. Orlando - Virginia Woolf: excellent book, a liitle different from your most famous work (Mrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse and The Waves), since it does not use a lot of stream of counsciousness. However, it has some great story and a vanguardian approach about gender and.
2. Crime and Punishment - by Fiódor Dostoiévski
3. 100 years of solitude - Gabriel García Marquez: one of my favories of all time, and it can represents latin literature
4. The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (Grande Sertão Veredas) - João Guimarães Rosa: one of the greatest brazilian books ever written, with exquisite language and worldwide recognition.
Thanks for your videos. Great content about the passion for reading literature.
Great suggestions thanks 🙏
I would love you to discuss Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ - of all the dystopian modernist novels written in the 20th century it is the one that it the most resonant for me. In a world of ‘designer babies’ and such a complete gap between the haves and have-nots it seems quite prescient. There has been an attempt at a television series but I don’t think it captured the nuance of the novel.
Lots of votes for that one!
Well the the people have spoken 😂
East of Eden. Love both your channels. You deserve more subscribers. Thanks for the great videos and hard work.
Would love to see a video on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime & Punishment!
That’s getting a few votes!
My favourite book!
As far as book ideas, I know its going to sound kind of boring but Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula have a rich history and meaning beyond the average movie monsters they've come to be known as.
Few ppl that I've talked to have ever read the original works and are unaware of their depths.
I find Dracula a tale of hope in the face of seemingly immortal evil and Frankenstein about the dangers of creation.
Frankenstein is being written now! - it’s a brilliant novel
chimamanda ngozi adichie's "half of a yellow sun" is a wonderful book!
I don’t know it - I’ll check it out thanks 🙏
Beautiful video and as always exquisitely broken down. One book that hit me hard in my 30s that I’m curious of how it would have read when I was younger. Would love to see you discuss JD Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye”.
Thank you again - whenever a new video appears on either of your channels, it is the highlight of my day.
Thanks for the lovely comment!
Giovanni’s room is such a beautiful book
Books that the chanel should explore next:
One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquéz.
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo.
Some literature outside of Europe and America would be interesting.
Great suggestions and 100… is one of my favourite books but need to reread
Don't worry You don't need 100 years for read Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Hahaha
Thank you for your dedication to excellence,
I now will have to read Giovanni's Room. Thank you for the explanation!
Would love to hear you talk about The Trial by Franz Kafka. It's truly one of the most genius books I've ever read.
One of my favourites too and on the list!
Please do next In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust! 🙏🙏🙏 It is truly a Masterpiece!
I love your content on the authors and their books, which is put together very well; and thank you for bringing these great classics & writers to our attention!
Thank you 🙏
I read Giovanni's Room earlier this year and was riveted the whole time. Easily in my top 5 now.
Fascinating....as always. Thank you.
Thanks for covering this book!
My pleasure!
An idea for another episode. The Master and Margarita: as Viv Groskop said in one of the articles 'it’s very common even for people who are very well read not to have heard of it', so why not change that :)
Thanks 🙏
Catcher in the rye… I feel like its relatable to many people. Also many of the themes and symbols are said to insinuate tragedies in the author’s life during WWII. I think it can be ur first coming of age revision and its still a classic
1:01 One sentence, so many and much emotions on his face…
thank you for your high quality videos, I always learn something new
Just finished this book yesterday. Very tragic book. Can’t believe he wrote this in the 1950s. Really a revolutionary book
Another writer I would love to see you cover is Nabokov - especially Lolita. Few if any people come to mind that wield the english language with such elegance, grace and sheer beauty as Nabokov, and english wasnt even his first language.
I love that book
@@greatbooksexplained371 Had a feeling Nabokov would be right up your alley after seeing how much you appreciate masters of language like Joyce.
"nada é mais importante do que o ser humano" .... Amei!!!
Obrigado!
You asked what books that would be interesting to see. I have 2. 1) The Communist Mennifesto- I can't think of a single book that has had more of an affect on the last 100+ years as it. 2) 100 Years of Solitude- History and dream woven into one book is so beautiful.
Love this. I read Go Tell it on the Mountain, and Giovanni's Room will be my next Baldwin novel. I've seen a lot of interviews with Baldwin, and I have a lot of respect and admiration for him.
Me too
Congrats and thanks for another great educational piece acknowledging a deeply sensitive human being (like yourself!) willing to take the risk of exposing the faults of human kind through his craft. Honoring him on this day was a very kind gesture of yours.
Thank you kindly! I appreciate the comment 🙏
The Bluest Eye. Toni Morrison.
This book had an effect of a paradigm shift on me.
I loved learning more about James Baldwin! Thank you!
It would seem Baldwin's works are as important now as ever. Thank you for bringing this to us!
"Dune" by Frank Herbert is one of my favorite books, and it would be a timely topic because of the movies! Very curious to know what the next 6 books are 🤔📚😁
Edit: Also perhaps something by Dostoevsky? I've heard good things about "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov"!
Dostoyevsky planned - dune is good idea too!
@@greatbooksexplained371 awesome! Looking forward to it as always
What a miracle, to be alive-even if only briefly-at the same time as someone as brilliant as James Baldwin.
OMG, this is great, one of my favorite authors
HBD, James Baldwin.
Edit: Consider "Beloved" for this channel, please!
I'll check it out!
Excellent commemoration of Baldwin's centenary, and once again I have to applaud your choices of accompanying visuals their contexts (explained or not) truly complimenting the narration.
Thank you kindly 🙏
Thank you for this generous gift of a TH-cam channel ❤
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot would make a good choice for a film. Brilliant book in itself but also a wonderful introduction to Russian literature.
Love the video!
It would also nice to do more on Asian literature as well
Wow, never been here this early. So looking forward to this video!
That's great!
Expectional work, as always, I really enjoyed it! :)
Another great video. Thanks for all the effort. Can’t wait for the next one!🎉🎉🎉🎉
I would love to see reviews on Catch-22, The Sound and The Fury, and The Iliad/Odyssey/Aeneid! None of these books really have anything to do with each other but they all have made incredibly deep impressions on me and contain a lot of depth to analyze.
‘One flew over the cookoos nest’ by Ken Kesey the great beat generation writer. My favourite book.
Love that book
Yes, One Hundred Years of Solitude and/or Love in the Time of Cholera…
One of my favourite novels and this film really pays homage to its genius. Thanks x
I'd love to see you cover The Remains of the Day. This novel won its author a nobel, but I a lot of that is lost on me.
Oh gosh I need to reread that book!
I would love to see your work about Songlines by Bruce Chatwin. But Salinger's Catcher in the Rye is very nice, too. I also loved to see Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Reason? I can even really say. I just love them ... They felt like something very enlightening and touching to me, besides that the use of language is just so great.
All great suggestions thanks 🙏
Thank you for this information. Giovanni’s Room has been my favorite novel for many years. I think it’s time for a reread!
Down and out in paris and london. By Orwell, it really shows how much observation and lifemanship he has, really a nice gaze into the early years of the Orwell we know through 1984 and animal farm…
It’s a great book and a good story but 1984 is planned already
Wonderfully put together and presented, a great gateway to all things James Baldwin.
Ive been keeping up with your channel when you only had 4 to 5 videos on Great Art Explained. No matter what period of life im going through, the highs and the lows, I always find so much meaning and inspiration in your videos. Thank you my friend 🧡.
Oh that’s so nice to hear. Thanks you for your support!
Quality content as always.
Loved it. The most striking part for me was the phrase “homeless Europeans.” I would add, Homeless Europeans unable to be happy. After so many generations, this remains true even today.