I've traveled the world twice over, Met the famous; saints and sinners,
Poets and artists, kings and queens,
Old stars and hopeful beginners,
I've been where no-one's been before,
Learned secrets from writers and cooks
All with one library ticket
Learned secrets from writers and cooks
All with one library ticket
To the wonderful world of books.
~ Anonymous ~
Today the world celebrates the existence of books and the pleasure of reading them, by remembering two great men who died on the same date, April 23, 1616: William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Can you recognise these two extracts? Whose are they?
"In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing."
"To be, or not to be: that is the question: 
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
To die: to sleep; No more;
and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub"
My dear students, this time you are going to use this blog to tell me about a favourite book of yours. I know it is very difficult to pick only one, but please try. Click on the work "comments" and the bottom of this entry, and write a short paragraph about the favourite book of your choice, explaining why you like it. I will start, ok?
One of my favourite books is this, Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand. I discovered it (well, it is a play) through the film starred by Gerard Depardieu in 1990, and I literally fell in love with the story. The film is excellent, by the way. I definitely recommend it. Cyrano deeply moves me. An extremely witty, talented man, deeply in love with someone who cannot see beyond physical appearance. Someone who despises and undervalues himself. And someone totally selfless, capable of sacrificing himself for the benefit of others. For all this, his only satisfactions come from holding his head high by being proud in his independence. But he is a sad soul who is incapable of leaving the object of his affection, in spite of the pain it causes him. The text is quick and witty and the story, moving. Definitely recommended!!!
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. CLICK ON "COMMENTS" AND WRITE A SHORT TEXT ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK, EXPLAINING WHY YOU LIKE IT.
ENJOY THE DAY!!! HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BOOK DAY!!
This recommendation comes from MARISOL CABELLO (1ºC). Please take a minute to read it.
ReplyDelete"Mil soles espléndidos". It's a very interesting book.I read it in February.
It is a friendly story of two women from Afghanistan.They are very different ,their ages,their family...but their lives are united by the problems in Afganistan.
The story is moving and very hard because it's the story of women in this country at the moment.
My favorite book is "Twenty love Poems and a songs Despair" by Pablo Neruda. Because I love the poetry and Pablo Neruda in his poems reflected the reality of the life.
ReplyDeleteI happen to be tired of being a man
I happen to enter tailor shops and movie houses
Withered, impenetrable, like a felt swan
navigating in a water of sources and ashes.
By Pablo Neruda
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is entitled "Miracle in the Andes". Its author is one of the starring Nando Parrado of the story, is his testimony.
ReplyDeleteTells us, 30 years ago, the whole truth of what happened by a group of sportsmen who had a fatal air accident, colliding with a mountain in the Andes.
From this story I admire the bravery and courage with which this person survived much misery, thanks to the love he had in his heart.
Last summer I read “el curioso incidente del perro a medianoche” by Mark Haddon. I was looking books on internet and this book was one of the most recommended. It is an interesting, strange, moving, plausible and funny novel. The protagonist is an autistic child. Everything starts on the night that the neighbour’ dog dies and the child decides to investigate the facts.
ReplyDeleteYolanda López Doménech 1ºB