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Donald Adams writing in The New York Times, described it as “one of the saddest books I have ever read; not because I am moved to compassion by the conjunction of love and death in the Colonel's life, but because a great talent has come, whether for now or forever, to such a dead end”. Only a few contemporary critics praised the novel.
Crossing the Line, an alternate US title for the film The Big Man, by David Leland; Crossing the Line, an alternate UK title for the film Little Woods, by Nia DaCosta; Crossing the Line, a film by Graeme Clifford; Crossing the Line, a documentary by Daniel Gordon; Crossing the Line, a 2007 documentary by Pietro Marcello
Songs of Love and Life attracted widespread attention because of its erotic content and sold out in three days. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] In 1918 Cross wrote the children's verse The City of Riddle-mee-ree (1918), illustrated by Olive Crane , and then the more sombre Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy (1921), in memory of her 19-year-old soldier brother, John ...
All Men Are Mortal (French: Tous les hommes sont mortels) is a 1946 novel by Simone de Beauvoir.It tells the story of Raimon Fosca, a man cursed to live forever. The first American edition of this work was published by The World Publishing Company.
Süskind then analyzes these examples in terms of Plato's philosophy. The first example is used to illustrate "animal love", the second used to illustrate "delusion" or "frenzy", and the third used to illustrate ideal, "Platonic love." Süskind then proceeds to relate love and death. Kleist and Goethe occupy this section of the essays. Both ...
"My love of God is greater than my fear of death." [182] [183] — Cecil Pugh, GC, MA, Congregational Church minister (5 July 1941), asking to be lowered into the hold of the sinking SS Anselm, where injured airmen were trapped. Pugh then prayed with the men until the ship sank. "Love the immaculate, love the immaculate, love the immaculate." [184]
With death hovering over Swinton’s character, the tone sometimes got a little heavy on set, but not overwhelmingly so. Talk of mortality mixed with questions about what’s for lunch.
François Toledo, a married businessman and father, falls head-over-heels in love with Janine, a colleague. However, after three dates, he feels dishonoured when he suffers from impotence. In frustration, he strangles some prostitutes before being arrested. He is tried and convicted, and sentenced to death on the guillotine.