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Biographies and a vid
Aug. 19th, 2018 11:52 amA good example of how we all read different books even if it's the same book, especially if we go in having opinions on the subject: two revies of a new biography of Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson, called A certain idea of France.
The New Yorker's review
Review by the London Review of Books
What these two reviews agree on is that it's a good (both in the sense of being factual and of being well-written) biography of De Gaulle. What they utterly disagree on isn't only Charles de Gaulle but how the author sees Charles de Gaulle and what he wants to achieve with his biography. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that each reviewer went in looking for confirmation of their own opinion on Charles de Gaulle and emerged with exactly that.
On a light-hearted note, have something fannish, to wit, a Spiderman (MCU) vid:
Life Changes Utterly joyful, and a great illustration of what makes this version of Peter Parker (and his friends) so endearing.
The New Yorker's review
Review by the London Review of Books
What these two reviews agree on is that it's a good (both in the sense of being factual and of being well-written) biography of De Gaulle. What they utterly disagree on isn't only Charles de Gaulle but how the author sees Charles de Gaulle and what he wants to achieve with his biography. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that each reviewer went in looking for confirmation of their own opinion on Charles de Gaulle and emerged with exactly that.
On a light-hearted note, have something fannish, to wit, a Spiderman (MCU) vid:
Life Changes Utterly joyful, and a great illustration of what makes this version of Peter Parker (and his friends) so endearing.
