Sunday Points Of View

LuckyBogey's Blog ^ | November 1, 2009 | LuckyBogey

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The British Library formally opened it’s landmark photography exhibition Points of View last night at a well-attended private view. The exhibition marks the librarys first ever photographic exhibition. It opens to the public free.

At a risk of running out of superlatives Points of View is quite simply the best exhibition that the library has ever put on. It is a large show, but never feels unapproachable. It is well designed and laid out and presents a wealth of the library’s treasures...

The poison in the veins: “After the fall of Ceausescu, the country has long delayed the opening of files of the Securitate. Today, Romanians are discovering about the spying. Revelations of which poison society...No word, no metaphor, could accurately transcribe what Vasile Gavrilescu felt that day. Say that life has concealed beneath his feet.

After half an hour reading the file “bat” – the nickname that police had given him – the writer has taken the truth in his face Aurora, his wife, his love, his confidante, the mother of his two children, worked. In 1961, during her detention, she has signed a commitment form. After her release, she informed the Securitate on travel, words and writings Vasile Gavrilescu.

The search of the apartment, discovered her cache: it was she. La rage lui noue encore le ventre.“ Rabies still tied her stomach. “I do not forgive and I forget. Fortunately my wife was already dead when I heard that...

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Posted in Bloggers Section. Blog Post includes: British Library: Points of View Opens — Sunday Poems: Robert Frost (“The Road Not Taken,” “The Pasture,” “Mowing,” “Birches,” “After Apple-Picking,” and “The Tuft of Flowers.”) — The poison in the veins Great (Memories of Rumanian Communism) — How Detroit, the Motor City, turned into a ghost town — Universities: the secrets of the Shanghai ranking — With the revolt, Citroën wants to make French luxury — Music Videos (Golden Gate Quartet)