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E: 16/01/2008 Win A £25 Book Voucher (THES)
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http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=400140&c=2
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a philosopher and meteorologist:
“An octopus?”
Answer: Troubled Sleep by Jean-Paul Sartre:D
Thanks Suez_channel & lilias
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Entries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, Times Higher Education, 26 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4HQ, faxed to 020 3194 3300 or emailed to
[EMAIL="chat@timeshighereducation.co.uk"]chat@timeshighereducation.co.uk[/EMAIL]
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The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is January 16, 2008.
The winner of last week's competition, who identified History of the Kings of Britain/Book 1 by Geoffrey of Monmouth, is Sandi Galbraith of Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
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This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a philosopher and meteorologist:
“An octopus?”
Answer: Troubled Sleep by Jean-Paul Sartre:D
Thanks Suez_channel & lilias
:TEntries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, Times Higher Education, 26 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4HQ, faxed to 020 3194 3300 or emailed to
[EMAIL="chat@timeshighereducation.co.uk"]chat@timeshighereducation.co.uk[/EMAIL]
(No Subject Line Given)
The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is January 16, 2008.
The winner of last week's competition, who identified History of the Kings of Britain/Book 1 by Geoffrey of Monmouth, is Sandi Galbraith of Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
THES (TSL Education Ltd) and its associated companies may from time to time wish to process, or disclose your data to approved third-party companies, in order to monitor our service and send you future promotions. If you do not wish us to do this, please notify us by writing 'No promotions' on your entry.
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suez_channel wrote: »"an octopus"!
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/burch.html
Co[STRIKE]uld it be Oliver Sachs Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood [/STRIKE]
Duh! ignore me I missed the "philosopher and metereorologist" part!!0 -
Tried Aristotle he wasn't into short sentences
Latest favourite is Sartre (he was a meterologist in the French Army)Troubled Sleep (La Mort Dans L'Ame) Part One. The date is June 15, 1940. Ex-General Gomez, now a refugee living in New York City, awakens from a nightmare in which an octopus was sucking his blood. He finds that the octopus was no dream: it is the overpowering, humid heat embracing him. Outside, it is the catastrophic intensity of the light, stronger even than in Spain.Sorry after more googlement cannot confirm if the opening line is "an octopus?"!. I did used to have this book it was originally translated as Iron in the Soul as part of the Roads to Freedom trilogy but I ditched them when they got too yellow and sad looking0 -
I just found a blog where people were having a "guess the first line" game and "An Octopus? He pulled out his knife and opened his eyes, it was a dream." was one of them. The answer was indeed Troubled Sleep by Jean-Paul Sartre0
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