Rating: ★★★★ 01/05/19 By the sea stands a green oak tree; A golden chain strung round it: And on the chain a learned cat Day and night circles round it; Walking right, he sings a song, Walking left, he tells a tale. — Alexander Pushkin The tale, this time, is not about Ruslan and Ludmila, the … More The Three Sisters – Anton Chekhov
Rating: ★★★★★ 12/01/16 Disclaimer: To fully understand this, click on here A nice homage would be to write nothing. * That is what I wrote this afternoon. Before that, a friend told me to write something. He was so sure that I could. I am never sure about what I can or cannot do. But he … More Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett
Rating: ★★★★ 25/12/15 The wind blows over the lonely of heart, And the lonely of heart is withered away. A story told in the middle of the night. On a faraway land, in a remote time, a couple of newlyweds shared a house with the young man’s parents. On May Eve, a priest came to visit. … More The Land of Heart’s Desire – W.B. Yeats
Rating: ★★★★★ 08/06/14 Pushkin’s came to us as a new guiding light, a brilliant illumination of our dark way. In this sense Pushkin is a presage and a prophecy. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Pushkin Speech (1880) Ambition. Envy. Nostalgia. Survival. The past was not necessarily better when human beings have maintained some particular patterns over the … More The Little Tragedies – Alexander Pushkin
Rating: ★★★★ 12/01/14 This play was written in the 17th century and it is so contemporary, because of that feeling of rejection towards society and almost everything that surrounds it. And… the subsequent isolation that the person feels, of course. It happens all the time. People who are sick of other people but then, they can’t … More The Misanthrope – Molière
Rating: ★★★★ 25/11/13 This play was an enjoyable read for me. It is about a once aristocratic family, now impoverished and forced to sell everything, including their beautiful cherry orchard, that seemed to be the main thing they cared about, the reason of their pride. Even though they were about to lose everything they owned, they … More The Cherry Orchard – Anton Chekhov, Tom Murphy (Translator)
Rating: ★★★★★ 28/12/13 A billion reviews. This book has been reviewed billions of times. So, I wonder, what can I say? Do I have anything new to say about this superb, outstanding play that every human being on Earth should read? I am guessing “no” is the proper answer. Yet, here I am. This is the … More Hamlet – William Shakespeare
Rating: ★★ 21/09/13 So, in the 16th century, 13-year-olds were able to fall in love and commit suicide, all in less than a week. Now, they get upset if they don’t get the 1.000 likes they want on social networks. Newbies. This is the greatest love story of all times. Yes, it happened in less than … More Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
