David Gilmour, autor piętnastu książek, z których tylko jedna została przetłumaczona na język polski a jest nią przedstawiony Klub Filmowy (The Film Club). Książka ukazała się w serii "Bliżej siebie" wydawnictwa Dobra Literatura. Gilmour jest także laureatem Nagrody Generalnego Gubernatora w kategor...
Movie critiques and a father babbling about his teenage son suffering from his first heartache. Boring. Nuff said.
Sometimes you cannot separate an author from his works, especially if the author is as unapologetically sexist as Gilmour. I read the transcript of his interview that was "taken out of context"; he is straight up back-pedaling.
I guess this probably violates the new super-secret policy that suggests that readers can't or shouldn't make decisions about what to read when authors who say sexist things, but this is coming off my to-read list: http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/david-gilmour-building-strong-stomachs
Here's why:http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/david-gilmour-building-strong-stomachs"I teach modern short fiction to third and first-year students. So I teach mostly Russian and American authors. Not much on the Canadian front. But I can only teach stuff I love. I can’t teach stuff that I don’t,...
This book kept me reading it, but I'm not sure why. I haven't seen too many of the movies (maybe seven total of the ones they watched). But that doesn't matter since the book is mostly about the father-son relationship. And this is why the book fails for me. I just do not care at all what happens to...
I really didn't like this book. I know the only reason why I got through the whole thing and didn't stop and throw the book was because I didn't have anything better to do.
sometimes the idea of a book surpasses what the book is actually able to accomplish. an interesting idea to have a father honestly discuss life with his son. too many reviews have been critical of the author's choice to allow his son to make his own decisions about sex, drinking and drugs. i unde...
David Gilmour's son is failing high school. Gilmour sizes up the situation and decides to let Jesse drop out if he wants to -- which he does. The catch is that he has to stay away from drugs and watches 3 movies a week which his father picks with his father.It's a risky strategy. Gilmour is unconven...
"Roth has the best understanding of middle-aged sexuality I���ve ever come across" in Hazlitt
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