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No Time to Spare door Ursula K. Le Guin
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No Time to Spare (origineel 2017; editie 2018)

door Ursula K. Le Guin (Auteur)

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"From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she's in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the blog, a forum where her voice -- sharp, witty, as compassionate as it is critical -- shines. No Time to Spare collects the best of Ursula's blog, presenting perfectly crystallized dispatches on what matters to her now, her concerns with this world, and her wonder at it. On the absurdity of denying your age, she says, "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub." On cultural perceptions of fantasy: "The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of? " On her new cat: "He still won't sit on a lap" -- "From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation"--… (meer)
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Titel:No Time to Spare
Auteurs:Ursula K. Le Guin (Auteur)
Info:Recorded Books (2018)
Verzamelingen:Jouw bibliotheek, Read, Audio, Literature (on and about)
Waardering:****1/2
Trefwoorden:essays, aging, memoir, literary criticism, audio, read 2021, nonfiction

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No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters door Ursula K. Le Guin (2017)

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    The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction door Ursula K. Le Guin (andomck)
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    Reizen met Charley door John Steinbeck (andomck)
    andomck: Non fiction from these novelists where their pets play a large role. Also, UKL has an essay in her book about knowing Steinbeck in real life
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    Waarover ik praat als ik over hardlopen praat door Haruki Murakami (andomck)
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This is an eclectic collection of essays taken from Ursula Le Guin's blog posts, from 2010 - 2013. Some of the stories are humorous, some are mundane and there are a lot of entries about the escapades of a cat named Pard. I actually have never read any of the author's fictional novels but I did enjoy her insights into aging and writing books. ( )
  Ann_R | Aug 7, 2023 |
No surprise at all that it would be Ursula K. Le Guin that would pull me out of a crappy headspace. I am grateful for this little collection that charmed me during the ongoing hours of isolation. ( )
  Andy5185 | Jul 9, 2023 |
In her essays in this book, LeGuin shows herself to be a nice cat-loving old lady, a cranky octogenarian, a really sharp observer and thinker, and a beautiful writer, by turns.

This is one of those rare books that should be judged not based on how much you get out of the book, but how much the book gets out of you. I didn't relate to everything in this book of short blog posts. For example, I have no knowledge of or interest in opera or classical music, so those posts didn't work for me. But the ones that did interest me kept me thinking for days afterward. They are all very, very short. ( )
  vwinsloe | Jul 2, 2023 |
This is one I read some time ago and cannot recall enough about to review. It's hard to fault Le Guin, though. ( )
  mykl-s | May 23, 2023 |
short pieces, several interesting. Quick read. ( )
  JudyGibson | Jan 26, 2023 |
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Prompted by an alumni survey from her alma mater, Radcliffe, that asks how she occupies her spare time, she takes issue with the idea that any time occupied by living—whether that means reading, writing, cooking, eating, cleaning, etc.—can be considered spare. Moreover, with her 81st birthday fast approaching, Le Guin declares, ”I have no time to spare.”
 

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Fowler, Karen JoyIntroductieSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Wachs , Anne-MarieVertalerSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
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"From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she's in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the blog, a forum where her voice -- sharp, witty, as compassionate as it is critical -- shines. No Time to Spare collects the best of Ursula's blog, presenting perfectly crystallized dispatches on what matters to her now, her concerns with this world, and her wonder at it. On the absurdity of denying your age, she says, "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub." On cultural perceptions of fantasy: "The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of? " On her new cat: "He still won't sit on a lap" -- "From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation"--

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