Portugal

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Books, Lisbon, Photography, Travel

Lisbon, Portugal

His name is Cyril Pedrosa. He’s a world citizen; french; luso-descendent. He writes comic books. He’s created a story where he looks for his identity and his family roots. his book’s name is Portugal and the main character’s Simon Muchat.

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Chama-se Cyril Pedrosa. É um cidadão do mundo; francês; luso-descendente. É autor de banda desenhada. Criou uma história onde procura a sua identidade e as raízes da família. O seu livro chama-se Portugal e a personagem principal Simon Muchat.

Pride and Prejudice

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Books, London, Movies, Music, Photography, Travel

London, UK

I’ve referred Jane Austen before (View from Pompidou and Vanity vs. Pride), so by now  you already know I really appreciate her work. “Pride and Prejudice” was actually the first novel by her that I read and I remember I enjoyed it so much I bought “Sense and Sensibility” and “Mansfield Park” the following day. Today I felt like bringing you Pride and Prejudice, the TV Series,  which was already mentioned by our guest author DarkJade when he reviewed The King’s Speech. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle were, in my honest opinion, absolutely brilliant and completely successful in the very hard goal of paying tribute to a stupendous literature work.

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Já vos referi a Jane Austen (View from Pompidou and Vanity vs. Pride), pelo que não será novidade para vocês que aprecie bastante o seu trabalho. “Orgulho e Preconceito” foi na realidade o primeiro romance que li dela e lembro-me de ter gostado tanto que comprei “Mansfield Park” e “Sensibilidade e Bom-senso” no dia seguinte. Hoje achei que vos podia trazer Orgulho e Preconceito, a série de tv, que já antes foi mencionada pelo nosso autor convidado DarkJade no seu post The King’s Speech. Colin Firth e Jennifer Ehle foram, na minha honesta opinião, absolutamente brilhantes e muito bem sucedidos na difícil tarefas de prestar tributo a um estupendo trabalho literário.

 

The Notebook

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Bled, Books, Movies, Music, Photography, Travel

Bled, Slovenia

Noah: I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.

This film was a brilliant adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks Novel with the same title. For those who already knew this author it was no surprise it had all to be successful; and I’m sure that after watching this very well orchestrated story those who didn’t know this novelist got curious about him.

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Noah: Eu não sou especial; sou apenas um homem comum com pensamentos comuns e tenho vivido uma vida normal. Não há monumentos a mim dedicados e o meu nome em breve será esquecido. Contudo, num aspecto tenho tenho sido tão gloriosamente bem sucedido como qualquer outra pessoa que alguma vez tenha vivido: amei alguém com todo o meu coração e alma; e para mim, isso tem sempre sido suficiente.

Este filme foi uma brilhante adaptação do romance de Nicholas Sparks com o mesmo título. Para os que já o conheciam não foi uma surpresa que o filme tinha tudo para ser um sucesso; e, estou certa de que depois de assistirem a esta história muito bem orquestrada, aqueles que não conheciam o romancista ficaram curiosos acerca do mesmo.

 

Notting Hill

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Books, London, Movies, Music, Photography, Travel

London, UK

Some of us heard the news about the closure of The Travel Bookshop, the bookstore who inspired Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts in the movie Notting Hill. It’s sad to know such a lovely place won’t be able to offer tourists its charm anymore.

Directed by Roger Michell, the film was well received by critics, and became the highest grossing British film released back in 1999.

The music was composed by Trevor Jones. Several additional songs written by other artists including Elvis Costello’s cover of the Charles Aznavour song "She", Shania Twain’s remixed version of "You’ve Got A Way", as well as Ronan Keating’s specially recorded cover of "When You Say Nothing at All" were a reason why the movie was so successful.

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Alguns de nós ouvimos a notícia sobre o encerramento da The Travel Bookshop, a livraria que inspirou Hugh Grant e Julia Roberts no filme Notting Hill. É triste saber um lugar tão adorável não será capaz de continuar oferecer aos turistas o seu encanto.

Dirigido por Roger Michell, o filme foi bem recebido pelos críticos, tornando-se o maior sucesso de bilheteira britânica em 1999, aquando do seu lançamento.

A música foi composta por Trevor Jones. Várias músicas adicionais escritas por outros artistas, incluindo o cover de Elvis Costello da canção de Aznavour "She", a versão remix da Shania Twain de "You’ve got a Way", bem como o cover especialmente gravado para o filme de Ronan Keating de "When You Say Nothing At All "são uma das razões pelas quais o filme foi tão bem sucedido.

 

Book Review – Winter, Lust and Wonder

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Books

Today’s post will be slightly different from what you’re used to see here at 1001 Scribbles. Yes… That’s it! I’ll be brave and try to write a Book Review!

Last week our guest author James Mahoney (DarkJade), from The Written Word, The Dark Globe and Dark Xperience was kind enough to consider me to read and review his recently published poetry book Winter, Lust and Wonder.

Well… By now, those of us who follow any of his blogs or even his Series – Films of Meaning – in this blog, are already aware of his talent as a writer and agree with me when I claim I expected nothing but  a great work from him.

I don’t usually have the habit of reading a lot of poetry. It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s just that sometimes I don’t have the energy to concentrate on the poem so that I’ll understand its meaning. (I’m a bit lazy sometimes, I admit). Moreover, I rarely read poetry in English… Maybe a couple of Shakespeare Sonnets and some poems by William Blake but I think that’s about it. Having Portuguese as my first language and with so many brilliant Portuguese poets most of the time Sophia de Mello Breyner, Fernando Pessoa or even Luis de Camões are the ones that get my attention.

To me Poetry is about sharing feelings and emotions through words, it’s about telling a story but leaving some parts open for discussion, it’s about challenging the reader to use his imagination and  ponder the exact meaning of what he’s just read.

Winter, Lust and Wonder has plenty of what I’ve mentioned above as James Mahoney offers us new experiences and emotions in every poem. He chooses each word carefully so that at the end they’ll actually mean something to the readers, so that they’ll matter. And they DO matter!

My favourite poems were A Grip on the Darkness for de dynamic of the words as it evolves and Utopia for encouraging our desires to make the difference.

Here you’ve got the Links to where he’s selling the Book -  DarkJade Publishing and Amazon.com – and his Main Blog’s Page mentioning it.