Read A Book A Week
-
Carto’s Recent Posts
- Earthsea — Dragons and Wizards
- Flowers on Note Cards
- An Exhibition of Paintings by Monet
- Twisted — An Arizona garden in California
- The Thinker Waits
- Weathered — Church Bells in the Tower
- Favorites 2017 — Transition to Winter
- Transformation — Land’s End turns chilly
- Peek — Halloween in Palo Alto
- Stanford at Night
Carto’s Most Viewed Posts
- Téa Obreht—Tigers, Myths and Death Rites In The Balkans
- Bojagi: Art by the Women of Korea
- Zero To Hero — Donna Tartt spins a murder tale in Vermont
- Sam Shepard—Return of the Curse
- The Robber Bride: Woman against Women
- Ferlinghetti: “a few dead minds in the higher places”
- Celebrating Gabriel García Márquez And Ice
- Inspector Chen’s Shanghai: For the Good of the Party
- China Girl on an Italian Motorcycle
- Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch Unchained
Carto’s Archives
- August 2020
- May 2019
- May 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- June 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- December 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2015
- January 2015
- April 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- September 2010
Posts Organized by Category
Tag Archives: WWII
Jo Nesbø: Introducing Norwegian Policeman Harry Hole
The migrating Redbreast is a harbinger of spring in Oslo; seeing one in November is unusual. In the opening scene of the Jo Nesbø’s police thriller Redbreast, two bored police officers are watching an overwintering Robin Redbreast swoop down to … Continue reading
John Updike: His Novel Evokes Feelings of Sept. 11 Tragedy
As John Updike’s novel The Terrorist opens, his teen-aged protagonist is observing his classmates: Devils, Ahmad thinks. These devils seek to take away my god. … All day long, at Central High School, girls sway and sneer and expose their … Continue reading
WWII Resistance: Soldiers Without Uniforms
Khristo’s story begins in a town on the banks of the Danube River: “On a muddy street in the river town of Vidin, Khristo Stoianev saw his brother kicked to death by fascist militia.” In the brutal opening scene of … Continue reading