Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Tag: violence
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When Reality is Bloodier Than fiction [Book Review]
R. F. Kuang used the events of the Second Sino-Japanese War to create a fantasy world, and the result is breathtaking
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She Would be King Review: The Fantastic Tale of Liberia’s Creation
The touching story about the foundation of the only Black state in Africa never subjected to colonial rule.
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Knife Review – Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Writer Salman Rushdie’s account of the attempted murder that almost fulfilled the fatwa imposed on him by Islamic fundamentalists.
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Book Review: Child of the Dark*- The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus
One of the most venerated Brazilian authors, the autobiography of her life in the slums and my issues with it
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Series Review: The Last Czars and How Revolutions Die
An overview of the Russia pre-revolution and some reflections on the rise and death of autocratic regimes
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We need to (sensibly) talk about men violence
We need to stop pretending that testosterone doesn’t play a role in war. And we also need to be really careful in the way we talk about it.
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