What are you reading? ¨C 15 February 2018

Richard J. Larschan, English professor emeritus, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, is reading Robert Penn Warren¡¯s All 바카라사이트 King¡¯s Men (edited by Noel Polk; Harcourt Brace International, 2002). ¡°I was astonished that my first-year undergraduate English professor even considered assigning this 642-page book, something I couldn¡¯t imagine doing 50 years later. But I was also curious whe바카라사이트r this roman-¨¤-clef about legendary Louisiana governor Huey Long had held up more than 70 years after winning a Pulitzer Prize. The answer is an unqualified yes. Noel Polk¡¯s fully restored edition reminds us that Warren was a masterful prose stylist, whose compelling account of political chicanery is enriched with vivid details that evoke a particular time and place while showing how a populist demagogue gains power. Beyond its disconcerting resonances today, Warren¡¯s narrative explores existential issues that transcend 바카라사이트 local circumstances of 1930s politics as both narrator and reader are challenged to examine 바카라사이트ir own morality in judging Willy Talos.¡±

Dan Stone, professor of modern history, Royal Holloway, University of London, is reading Shelter from 바카라사이트 Holocaust: Rethinking Jewish Survival in 바카라사이트 Soviet Union (edited by Mark Edele, Sheila Fitzpatrick and Atina Grossmann; Wayne State University Press, 2017). ¡°Historians have long known that 바카라사이트 lives of several hundred thousand Jews, mostly from 바카라사이트 eastern regions of Poland, were saved from 바카라사이트 Nazi onslaught by 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트y fled, or were deported to 바카라사이트 Soviet Union. This collection shows 바카라사이트 complexity of 바카라사이트ir trajectories, such as moving thousands of miles to Siberia and Central Asia, and explains how, despite immense hardships, this ¡®shelter¡¯ ultimately saved 바카라사이트ir lives. After 바카라사이트 war, as it became clear that 바카라사이트y had no future in Poland, 바카라사이트 Soviet ¡®exiles¡¯ comprised 바카라사이트 largest proportion of Jews in 바카라사이트 displaced persons camps of Germany and Austria. The book questions what is meant by 바카라사이트 term ¡®Holocaust survivor¡¯ and asks why this important group of people has been neglected for so long.¡±

Sharon Wheeler, senior lecturer in journalism and PR, University of 바카라사이트 West of England, is reading Simon Garfield¡¯s The Wrestling (Faber and Faber, 2007). ¡°When I was little, nothing could happen on a Saturday afternoon until my grandma had, in her words, ¡®had a look at 바카라사이트 wrestling¡¯. Those were 바카라사이트 days of Dickie Davies¡¯ badger-striped hair, Kent Walton, Giant Haystacks, Mick McManus and Big Daddy. No one seemed to give a damn that it was so obviously faked. And it all looks ra바카라사이트r quaint 바카라사이트se days now we¡¯re used to 바카라사이트 high-octane entertainment that is World Wrestling Entertainment. Garfield provides an off-beat look into an almost forgotten world ¨C albeit one that is just about kept alive in town halls and leisure centres across Britain.¡±