Wang Sum Luk Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Studying English at Oxford. Former Deputy Editor for @Cherwell_Online. (He/Him)
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
Walter PaterWang Sum LukThe passage paraphrased in this image is from Walter Pater's description of the Mona Lisa, a beautiful piece of prose which you should all go read. Heck, read the entirety of Pater's "The Renaissance", the only book which makes the history of terracotta sculpture sound exciting.
Paperback, 2012
$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fu-Manchu: The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu
Sax RohmerWang Sum LukReading about the history of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels has exposed me to some truly deranged quotations attributed to their author. https://t.co/DIWTzexDqa
Paperback, 2012
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Glengarry Glen Ross
David MametWang Sum LukEvery day I feel more and more like the old couple in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross who are revealed to enjoy talking to salesmen because they're lonely and psychologically unwell.
Paperback, 1994
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Daisy Miller: A novella by Henry James portraying the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophi
Henry JamesWang Sum LukReading Henry James' novella "Daisy Miller", I discovered that a character in it was named "Ezra B. Miller", a name choice which made my soul leave my body for a brief but harrowing moment.
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The Dead
James JoyceWang Sum LukI thought about captioning this with the final line from James Joyce's short story "The Dead", but decided against it on the basis that I doubt Joyce would approve of literary pretentiousness that wasn't either extremely clever or extremely silly. https://t.co/XghocOmSi9
Paperback, 2008
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Works: The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 9...
Samuel JohnsonWang Sum LukSamuel Johnson's legacy includes Johnson's Dictionary, landmark works in literary criticism, and his ability to transform into a giant toad-monster. I've never watched the #CommonwealthGames, but if we get more Jabba the Hutt renditions of literary figures, I just might. https://t.co/pvjv5DJliI
Paperback, 2012
$37.75$18.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files
Rick RiordanWang Sum LukIncidentally, I live in hope that one day, having run out of well-known myths to adapt into books, Rick Riordan will end up creating a series about demigods from the proto-Indo-European pantheon. I'd pay good money to read "Percy Jackson: The Wrath of *Dyḗus ph₂tḗr".
Hardcover, 2009
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Cage: Novella
Henry JamesWang Sum LukReading Henry James' novella "Daisy Miller", I discovered that a character in it was named "Ezra B. Miller", a name choice which made my soul leave my body for a brief but harrowing moment.
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Daisy Miller: A Study: Luxurious Edition
Henry JamesWang Sum LukReading Henry James' novella "Daisy Miller", I discovered that a character in it was named "Ezra B. Miller", a name choice which made my soul leave my body for a brief but harrowing moment.
Out of stock
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
Walter Horatio PaterWang Sum LukThe passage paraphrased in this image is from Walter Pater's description of the Mona Lisa, a beautiful piece of prose which you should all go read. Heck, read the entirety of Pater's "The Renaissance", the only book which makes the history of terracotta sculpture sound exciting.
Paperback, 2013
$10.61$5.30 + Free shipping50% off your first book