Annie Kapur
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Philippa Gregory: The Top 5 Works
Philippa Gregory will always have a special place in my heart as being my favourite author of all time. The woman is an incredible writer of voice and personality. Her books are a timeless example of what happens when history meets fiction and when that meets great writing. Her first person accounts in which her books are normally written are brilliant evocative of the time, place, speed, history, relations and much more of what she is trying to convey.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Bret Easton Ellis: The Top 5 Works
When you think about Bret Easton Ellis, you're most likely to think of the man who created the feared antagonist Patrick Bateman, or the man who created the tragic Julian, or even the man who most recently wrote on racial divides and how he feels about identity politics in the modern world (somewhat controversial, but understood all the same).
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Carson McCullers: The Top 5 Works
Carson McCullers is one of my personal favourite writers of the modern age. Whatever she writes, she writes with beauty and passion, and every single word seems as if it has been specially chosen for its position in a sentence and every sentence for its position in the text. Though Carson McCullers didn't live very long, I do think that her body of work (though short) is pretty impressive. I always identify with her lonely and struggling characters who hold it all inside as they walk, discontented through meaningless lives, seeking something other than what they have. The eternal displacement.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
James Baldwin: The Top 5 Novels
James Baldwin is quite possibly the most quintessentially brilliant writer of the Civil Rights Movement and also in all respects, the most well-known. He is a man of incredible words, using his literature to reflect a society that was fuelled by their hatred against people of his own skin colour. I believe that citing him as the Malcolm X of Literature would be correct. A man who has done nothing wrong but is still hated purely because of the colour of his skin. One of the most powerful writers in black history (well, in every colour of history really!), James Baldwin is basically the superman of Modern Black Lives in Literature.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Truman Capote: The 5 Best Works
Truman Capote is one of my all-time favourite authors, and I can honestly say that I made an effort to read and re-read all of his works from start to finish. His writing style is beautifully modern, with an almost crisp romanticist feel to it. It's very Byronic and shaded with the grand mysteries of life, it becomes a reflection, a mirror of the society and social circles that Truman Capote was mingling with.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
The 10 Best Written Novels of All Time (Pt.2)
If you haven't read part one and so, do not know what we've covered already - you can find it here. Now, let's get on with part two. With little introduction, I would like to just go over again the fact that there will be one entry per country, just to make it fair. I am trying to keep my personal opinions in tandem with the general consensus but not to make the list so generic that it is just the same as every other best-written books lists. Be that as it may, I want it to be accessible so that the books aren't too obscure to find and I'm not just rambling on about my own favourite books. Also we won't be covering "other books that could've made the list," purely because I felt that made part one too long to read.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Jack Kerouac: Top 5 Novels
When you think about Jack Kerouac's name, you think about the ultimate beatnik of the American 40s and 50s. You may also think of an alcoholic man, a drug addict, and a hedonist. But, one thing that we may all be able to agree on is that Kerouac was in fact, a genius.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
The 10 Best-Written Novels of All Time (Part 1)
There are many books that are considered to be "great," and yet we're never really told what makes them so great. Is it because they have something that other literature of the time didn't? Is it because they are endearing? Is it because they have characters that defy convention, and do as they please in a world against them? Why is it that certain novels are valued over others?
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
30 Books to Read Before You Die (Pt. 58)
We're powering on through the series and getting closer to our next milestone which is part 60. If you're wondering, I am also getting closer to my downfall which is where I run out of books to talk about. But I have found many more for your enjoyment and so, we continue on through the series. The topic we're going to talk briefly about today is annual reading goals. Now, I'm not a big fan of having annual reading goals because I believe you should read for enjoyment, not for competition. If you're finding that you're competing on your reading with others then it's not enjoyable for you anymore. Reading should be a relaxing activity, not something you do for speed and moral high ground. I've seen a lot of people do this online, they will say that they've read a book quicker or have read more books than another person. Or a person will be stating that it took them x number of days to read "Anna Karenina" and someone else will say "I read that in about 24 hours..." It makes my skin crawl to know that there are people out there who read solely to judge others on their reading speed.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
10 Films of the 2010s That May Become Classics in Years to Come
I'm definitely looking to the future of cinema as I did my MA in Film and Writing. I love the concept that in years to come there may still be classics,, and whilst Casablanca and The Seven Year Itch, etc. will remain in our memories as the greatest films ever made, there may be some room for more to enter and they may even be from our own time.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
