French Toast (2019) by Peter Burnett |The best book you might have never heard of
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- čas přidán 8. 02. 2020
- I'm back and in this video, we're going to talk about French Toast by Peter Burnett, published by a small press Thirsty Books.
Peter Burnett is a Scottish writer, his first novel The Machine Doctor published in 2002 was shortlisted for Scottish Book of the Year. Peter is also the author of Odium (2004), The Supper Book (2008) and The Studio Game (2012).
The French Toast on Goodreads:
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Art, and the rules of the media, a great discussion, you've really made a good thing here. Educational chat as well, and this writer is Scottish, goodness knows what he thinks of culture in Scotland! Amazing - it sounds like a good book, but most of all this general discussion is fascinating.
Thank you so much David, I really appreciate your comment. I’m more than happy to hear you found the discussion interesting. Thank you for watching
Thank you for reviewing this! I was getting frustrated trying to find lesser known writer and books! I review books, but what interest does another review of a best seller hold, with its huge publishing house marketing team behind it? These lesser known but in some cases far more talented writers may be writing less commercially typical books but still deserve to be read, reviewed and loved or hated.
Perfect Timing! A book about foreign language films and a foreign language film 'Parasite' just won the Hollywood's Best Picture Oscar for the first time..... I would love to read this book..... Jean-Luc Godard's films are very unique..... 'Breathless', 'Alphaville' and his more recent one 'Goodbye to Language' are some of my favorite films.... His 2018 film 'The Image Book' is a very hard one tho..... I need to watch that again.....
S A oh thank you and thank you for the recs as recommended yet the Alphaville nor ‘Goodbye to language’
@@WhatKamilReads You are most welcome.....
This is absolutely fascinating, Kamil. I'm of the generation that experienced the rush of not only the New Wave but also the growth of European and world cinema (Satayajit Ray an example of the latter). There were films that reflected the film making process, such as 8 1/2, by Fellini, Day For Night by Truffaut, but in other ways many of those filmmakers, like Godard drew your attention to the process of film and performance in some of their films (Jacques Rivette for example, or even Bergman in the opening montage of Persona). The whole idea behind this book therefore is really interesting to me, a bit of a movie buff. Thanks for alerting us to its presence, I intend to seek it out.
I saw several Godard films from the first half of his career : Breathless, Bande a Part, Contempt, Pierrot le Fou, Weekend, Sauve Qui Peut and Passion. I've seen snippets of later films but they appear to be rather tiresome doodlings for my taste : so a fascinating, flawed film maker who at times enjoyed being controversial rather than trying to communicate. Most people, therefore would be drawn most to those films that still contain a degree of plot, and of those, I think Pierrot le Fou is my favourite, apart from Breathless.
tony bennett if you are a movie buff Tony you would enjoy it probably even more, or at least have a more vivid discussion with the book. I plan on rewatching Breathless this month and hopefully Pierrot Le Fou, but unfortunately I’m not much of a movie buff I do watch them but don’t think that I take as much from them as a person that understands the history of cinema on a deeper level.
Such an entertaining review. Well done!
Great Stuff
Thank you
Thanks this is a great review, I love your style and positivity, and I am interested in reading this and others you talk about. I can't wait actually :) Is English your first language? If it is not then even bigger props dude XX
Hi, thank you it’s a lovely comment and I do appreciate you watching the video.
I guess my stellar grammar performance in this video including royal pronunciation made you ask the question regarding the language:😂😂 it made me chuckle a bit. English is my acquired language, I learned it in school, hence the accent and sometimes grammar issues with prepositions and articles (we don’t use the latter in Polish, my mother tongue). I’ve been working in English though over the last 10 years or so I feel quite comfortable using it.
@@WhatKamilReads Your English is astonishing, absolutely!
Brzmi bardzo ciekawie, lubię takie meta dyskusje. Wydaje mi się, że gust czytelniczy/filmowy może być w pewnien sposób kształtowany przez marketing, nagrody, uznanie krytyków. No bo przecież musi być dobre skoro ktoś tam tak powiedział! A później nie potrafimy docenić czegoś odstającego od tych ogólnych norm. Hype na "American Dirt" jest niebywały, już na polskim bookstagramie/booktubie coraz to więcej osób się go nie może doczekać...
Super, że mówisz o takich mniej znanych książkach 😊
Dagmara
Dziekuje, co do American Dirt zastanawia mnie czy rownie duzo mowi sie o niej w kontekście "own voices". Z ta ksiazka wiaze sie spore kontrowersje i na angielskim booktubie/bookstagramie jest to nieodzowny element dyskusji dotyczacy tej ksiazki. Moim zdaniem to dobra, w kategorii którą reprezentuje, mocno trzymająca w napięciu książka, nie zmienia to faktu ze stereotypizacją kraju którego przedstawicielem sie nie jest jest problematyczna, przez co rozumiem oburzenie sporej grupy Meksykańskich pisarzy i czytelników.
@@WhatKamilReads no właśnie w Polsce się o tym nie wspomina. My z Natalią akurat na takie rzeczy jesteśmy bardzo wyczulone (Natalia dwa lata mieszkała w Meksyku a ja jestem z wykształcenia socjolożką latynoamerykanistką) i pewnie obie przeczytamy tę książkę, chociażby żeby właśnie poruszyć temat przywłaszczeń perspektyw. A Ty juz o niej mówiłeś na kanale? Bo nie kojarzę.
I’ve never heard of this author.
A proof that the the title of the video is spot on:)
Such an entertaining review. Well done!
Thank you for watching