A Visit to Vienna: Zentralfriedhof

So, I wanted to see the dead. Visiting the Zentralfriedhof was on my list. So one morning, I headed here.

Dang, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky

This summer, I found myself yet again at the Konzerthaus, attending a concert that was part of the Young Euro Classic Festival. This time, I attended a concert by the Orchestre National des Jeunes du Luxembourg.

May B

While I was in Vienna, I saw a classic. I had the chance to see Compagnie Maguy Marin's May B. And it was fantastic!

A Visit to Vienna: The Feuerhalle

Perhaps it was a bizarre decision, but one of the things I really wanted to do while I was in Vienna was to visit the central cemetery as well as its surroundings. This area was actually close to where I was staying, in Simmering. So one day, I started by visiting the Feuerhalle.

Book Review: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Surprisingly, I enjoyed this book immensely. Somehow that was unexpected.

See, I recall seeing the 1993 movie featuring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, and Michelle Pfeiffer. I recall that it was a so-called period piece. But I didn't recall anything about the story at all. Now, decades later, somehow this book landed on my reading list, and I was able to finally pick it up. I have to say, it was an immensely enjoyable read.

This novel is a masterpiece of American fiction that earned Edith Wharton the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making her the first woman to win the award. Set in 1870s New York City, the novel is both a poignant romance and a scathing critique of the rigid social expectations governing Gilded Age high society.