Shaharee Literary Canon & Reading Notes

Reading the canon of World Literature

Chapter 20; Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac.July 2nd, 2015Summary Most of the action is centered around a boarding house called Maison Vauquer, ran by a widow, Mme. Vauquer. The story relates mostly to the interactions between Jean-Joachim Goriot, a retired vermicelli maker who bankrupted himself to give his daughters a better future; a secretive … Continue reading Reading the canon of World Literature

Shaharee Literary Canon & Reading Notes

A Brief Sinopsis of US literature: 1735 – 1810.

In the early days of independence, American novels served a useful purpose. They used realistic details to describe the reality of American life. But when some of the good American literature started to arise above the time and place where they were written; these works became universal. The oldest examples are the sketches and observations … Continue reading A Brief Sinopsis of US literature: 1735 – 1810.

Shaharee Literary Canon & Reading Notes

Reading the Canon of World Literature

Chapter 18; Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes.May, 20th, 2015.Summary.The main character got introduced as Alonso Quixano, a financially independent old man who spends all his time on reading tales about medieval knights ‘s slaughtering dragons and saving princesses.He became so obsessed with this subject that one day he puts on his bet grandfather’s harness, changes … Continue reading Reading the Canon of World Literature

Shaharee Here Comes Everybody's Karma (Book project)

Reading and Location: Dublin and Finnegans Wake.

In Finnegans Wake, James Joyce uses various representations of Dublin, including the double-n "nn" (total negation) and the Irish name Baile Atha Cliath (Town of the Ford of Hurdles). Joyce often draws parallels between Dublin and other cities, believing that the particular can reveal the universal. This name appears frequently in the book, along with … Continue reading Reading and Location: Dublin and Finnegans Wake.

Shaharee Literary Canon & Reading Notes

Reading the Canon of the World Literature Feb 22 till Feb 23

February 22ndI’ve finished only two titles of my list. This book is listed number fifteen and I started to consider if, for the time being, when picking a book, I shouldn’t stay below number twenty. After all, on number three figures Ana Karina by Tolstoy, and that’s also a giant of 864 pages of difficult … Continue reading Reading the Canon of the World Literature Feb 22 till Feb 23

Shaharee Literary Canon & Reading Notes

Reading the Canon of the World Literature – day 1 to 15.

I made nine years ago a new year's resolution to read the Top 100 Works in World Literature by the Norwegian Book Clubs with the Norwegian Nobel Institute. The club polled a panel of 100 authors from 54 countries on what they considered the “best and most central works in world literature.”I was setting out … Continue reading Reading the Canon of the World Literature – day 1 to 15.

Shaharee Here Comes Everybody's Karma (Book project)

Kindle Launch of Here Comes Everybody’s Karma

Here Comes Everybody's Karma is a translation of Finnegans Wake from Joycean Gibberish into Vulgar English. It took me some time, but I've finally put in the effort to convert the print version into a Kindle book. Hereby I invite everyone who has been putting Joyce's masterpiece aside as an unreadable Moloch, to have a … Continue reading Kindle Launch of Here Comes Everybody’s Karma

Shaharee Visual art

Creative Urbanism, Installation, mixed techniques on wood W 400 x H240 cm x D50 cm

This installation critiques urbanism for potentially perpetuating a systemic gentrify-cation, emphasizing that the ideal of creating cultural-historical homogenic modern real estate overlooks the economic realities faced by many inhabitants of poorer neighborhoods, which often cannot sustain such developments. The European subsides for such projects are too often getting into the pockets of real estate project … Continue reading Creative Urbanism, Installation, mixed techniques on wood W 400 x H240 cm x D50 cm

Shaharee Here Comes Everybody's Karma (Book project)

About Transcribing Finnegans Wake in plain English.

The primary transcription goal of Finnegans Wake into Here Comes Everybody’s Karma (isbn 9781737783299) was to open Joyce’s Opus Magnum for a wider reading public by replacing the foreign language idiosyncrasies with an English equivalent and by streamlining Joyce’s sibylline prose.This required me to engage with the prose of Finnegans Wake that goes beyond that … Continue reading About Transcribing Finnegans Wake in plain English.

Shaharee Here Comes Everybody's Karma (Book project)

Here Comes Everybody’s Karma (8)

For centuries untold, the cornflowers have adorned the fields of Ballymun, the dusk rose has claimed the hedges of Goatstown, and the intertwining tulips have graced the sweet Rush in the mesmerizing dance of the twilight. The whitethorn and the Redhorn have enchanted the may valleys of Knockmaroon, standing resilient against the passing of numerous … Continue reading Here Comes Everybody’s Karma (8)

Shaharee Here Comes Everybody's Karma (Book project)

Here Comes Everybody’s Karma (3)

Mighty was the first to don armor and claim a name: Wassail Booslaeugh of Riesengeborg. His heraldic crest, emblazoned in green with shimmering silver embellishments, displayed a fearsome, horned he-goat in pursuit. His shield was divided horizontally, with radiant archers drawn on a deep blue background. Huzzah for the husband wielding his hoe.Ho ho ho, … Continue reading Here Comes Everybody’s Karma (3)

Shaharee Visual art

Imperfection is a Form of Freedom. Acrylic on canvas 40.6 x 40.6 cm by Shaharee Vyaas.

"I’m fighting myself. I know I am. One minute I want to remember. The next minute I want to live in the land of forgetting. One minute I want to feel. The next minute I never want to feel ever again. - Benjamin Alire Saenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster." This painting is … Continue reading Imperfection is a Form of Freedom. Acrylic on canvas 40.6 x 40.6 cm by Shaharee Vyaas.