Advantages: Satire as an art form! Disadvantages: Translations not always great, targets of some satire not recognisable.
Gosh, this review has been a while in the making! I hope you enjoy reading it, and that it inspires you to go and read Candide, whether in the original or in translation.
Candide, by French author Voltaire, was written in the aftermath of the Lisbon earthquake that happened in 1755 (yes, it's an old book!), and during the seven years war between France and Prussia, backed by England and taking place in the US. It's part of the "Enlightenment" works, a period when science and philosophy came to the fore and human reason was believed to be able to combat ignorance and superstition. The context that the book was written in is more important than usual, so I include these details (of which more later!).
It's difficult to give a plot summary in this review, as plot is far less important in this work than you might suppose, especially ...
Advantages: Intelligent and thought provoking Disadvantages: Not for children
Mr Candid
Product: Mister Candid - Jules Hardy
Rating:
Advantages: Intelligent and thought provoking
Disadvantages: Not for children
Mister Candid by Jules Hardy
Price £6.99, paperback, however this may be found cheaper online
Pocket books
Fiction
ISBN 0-7434-2906-0
Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3 cm
406 pages
'A memory bursts into Iris's ragged mind, of Matron lying on her in that room, questioning, questioning. It is settled: this woman knows too much about the things Iris cares about, the things Iris was supposed to protect. Iris will have to see about that.' Mr Candid, Jules Hardy pg 130
About the Author
Bristol author Jules Hardy teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University College, whilst studying for her Phd. Mr Candid is her second novel, the first being Altered Land.
About the book ...
Advantages: Lovely gentle romantic film Disadvantages: None really
Prelude to a Kiss is a 1992 film starring Meg Ryan, Alec Baldwin and Sydney Walker.
PLOT OUTLINE
On Peter Hoskins and Rita Boyle?s wedding day Rita is kissed by Julius, a lonely old man, who asks Peter if he can kiss the bride. Once he kisses her, their souls are swapped and Rita is now trapped in Julius? body which is aging and dying. Peter goes off on honeymoon with his bride and soon starts to be suspicious about her apparent change of personality and zest for life which the woman he fell in love with didn?t seem to have. Will Peter find out the truth about ?Rita?? Will Julius? and Rita?s souls ever swap around? Is this just another ?Freaky Friday? type film?
ANALYSIS
First off I have to tell you that I really enjoyed this film and have seen it several times; shortly after it was first released and several ...
