We have FULL spoilers for the October 2018 Boxwalla Book box! The last day to subscribe is 10/10.
Each October Boxwalla Book box includes:
The first book in the box is, Bohumil Hrabal’s ‘Too Loud a Solitude’. Hrabal is one of the greats of Czech Literature. His more internationally well know compatriot, Milan Kundera called him (when Hrabal was still alive), “our very best writer today”. His work breathes Prague & is the writer most closely associated with that beautiful city! As Kundera says “Bohumil Hrabal embodies as no other the fascinating Prague. He couples people's humor to baroque imagination”.
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The book we have chosen, ‘Too Loud a Solitude’, is one of Hrabal’s best loved books. The protagonist and narrator is a trash ‘compactor’, who crushes waste paper and books. However, such is his love of art & literature, that he also saves and collects rare and banned books.
The second book we feature is Haitian American award-winning writer, Edwidge Danticat's 'The Dew Breaker.'
Edwidge Danticat was born in Port-au-Prince in Haiti and immigrated to the U.S (Brooklyn), when she was 12. Robert Antoni, a US writer from the Caribbean very eloquently describes her contribution to literature. He says that she is "doing for Haiti's history of violence and vengeance what Toni Morrison did for the US in tackling the horrors of slavery and its aftermath". He adds that her subject is" partly exile, and the impossibility of surrendering memories, or of taking root completely because of them".
‘The Dew Breaker’ is a collection of linked stories that is centered around a Haitian immigrant to the U.S. who is perhaps hiding a dark secret. Each story provides a different viewpoint to understanding this central character.
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Each October Book Box will contain a petite gift book from Obvious State. This book holds T.S. Eliot’s marvelous poem, ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Pulfrock’, visually reimagined and fully illustrated. A visual and literary treat.
The October box also includes a bonus item:
This October, EVERY U.S. Boxwalla subscriber (Beauty, Book, Film) will receive a unique code in the box, which will allow them a free month of Filmstruck subscription (includes existing Filmstruck subscribers). Filmstruck free trial is usually just two weeks, so we are excited to share this with you. Filmstruck is a streaming service that includes films from the Criterion Collection and TCM classics ($10.99/month).Along with this code, every subscriber is invited to work with us to chart their own customized film journey with an online Film Festival. Here are some of the details of how this will work:Starting November 1, every week, for 4 weeks, we will announce four films by the Criterion Collection (on our blog). Subscribers can choose to watch one (or more) film from the list. At the end of the week, they can send us their feedback via email (with subject Filmstruck : Week 1, Week 2 etc.). At the end of the four weeks, we will guide subscribers based on a customized 'FILM MAP', on what they should watch next, based on the feedback we have received from them. The aim is to create an immersive film experience where subscribers experience great films and also find the filmmaker or filmmakers that they are personally most drawn to and whose work will provide them with the key to enjoying and understanding art cinema.The personalized guide is available just for existing and new subscribers. International subscribers will also be offered the personalized guide if they have access to the films. Everybody (subscribers and non-subscribers) is welcome to join us on social media and on the blog to look out for the recommendations each week and discuss the films after watching them.
The Subscription Box: BoxWalla Book
The Cost: $29.95 every other month with free shipping to the US.
The Products: Thoughtfully curated literature by prospective Nobel laureates from around the world.
Ships to: U.S. (for free) and international locations.
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