Saturday, January 19, 2008

Average Dress Size For Models

and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by J. Safran Foer

As the back cover, Oskar Schell is "inventor entomologist , letter writer, Francophile, pacifist, computer consultant, vegan, origami, percussionist, astronomer, collector of semi-precious stones, butterflies died a natural death, miniature cacti and Beatles memorabilia. He has nine years. ".

And Oskar is driving this "his territory family" waiting to be discovery. His father died a year earlier in the attacks of September 11 and that, that is not explained, it does not make sense when you have nine. And when it is in the business of the father disappeared with a key inside a case where only the word "Black," Oskar says that this key will provide the missing explanations.

If his work leads him dating personals (there are millions of locks could be opened with this key and there are many "Black" in New York) that will learn about the adult world and himself, we also discover parallels between the story of his grandparents, German immigrants.

A theme that might seem heavy, but that is not at any time. An airy tone and dynamic in the narrative of this little boy intelligent, lively and sensitive. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" is a particularly touching story but jam ais pathetic. It lacks neither humor nor inventiveness and shows some insight on the grieving and missing that make us change.

Punctuated Imagence photos and accentuate the point, this novel positively challenged me, despite my reluctance to enter. Like what, it is often worth more than its a priori ...

second novel just thirty Jonathan Safran Foer , "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" has a lot of talk at the exit and was deserved.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Sample Vote Of Thanks For A Wedding

Small flea intimate group around P. Delerm

P etits flea intimate Praise of nostalgia. From meetings dinners with friends is the idea of this kind of mini-anthology of kitsch objects, useful or not, still a bit outdated or among us, who parsemèrent childhood, for the most part, more than thirty years.

From garden gnome through the virgin plastic, paper blotter in four color pen or the bottle, snow globes, the slippers, bob or knitting all take place through the eyes softer than it appears to the person who tells their story.

P hilippe and Martine Delerm , Anne and Didier Convard , Jack Chaboud , Michel Picquemal , Lisette Morival and Christian Robin are members of this band of "treasure box". Each taking his words in hand to draw the portrait of his memories.

If I blame the whole thing a bit of intellectualizing aesthetics, or to have a little too restrained in style (rather conventional and sometimes smooth), I was also touched by the feeling of sighing with the authors on the images attached to these objects further apart from each than others. Noted a slight preference for the pen more sparkling Chaboud Jack, who has definitely changed my view of the mint ...

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Wedding Anniversery Images

Beautiful 2008 ...

Because we're always there with our readings and our good resolutions, with our ideas and images in mind, do not forget to smile and laugh!
Best wishes to all passers pass! ;-)