The Graduate (summer read)

While this summer is not very summery round here (not that I am complaining), I thought I would give you a reading suggestion for the season. Because I tend to read seasonally, if that makes sense. So back in 2022 (I think), I read The Graduate. Yes, becaise before it was a classic cult movie, it was a novel (or rather a novella) by Charles Webb. I think I preferred the film, that said I enjoyed reading the source material. It remains a classic coming-of-age story, which I suspect resemble many young men's summertime holidays.( Oh and on a side note: the cover looks more like it was meant for Lolita, surely. I know they could not beat the classic movie poster, but still, I don't think it fits the novel at all.)

Scarborough Fair

Here is a bit of music for you, just because you might feel like listening to something today. I hope you don't mind melancholy, but if like me you are rather melancholic, you must know how to appreciate the feeling and even embrace it. I rewatched The Graduate and as ever, I really enjoyed it. The soundtrack is amazing, thanks to rom Simon & Garfunkel and I thought I would share one of their tune. Well, sort if, as Scarborough Fair is not originally their tune. But anyway, here is the long version you can hear in the film.

Mrs. Robinson

I thought I would upload something from Simon & Garfunkel. I love The Graduate, I watched it for the first time around this time of year, right before I started the last year of my degree, so here is Mrs. Robinson.