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Jeffrey Eugenides loves Denis Johnson’s writing (and Vladmir Nabokov, and Saul Bellow). Jhumpa Lahiri loves Mavis Gallant, Andre Dubus, Gina Berriault. Nicole Krauss choses Thomas Bernhard, Bruno Schulz, W.G. Sebald and Danilo Kiš. These are the “writers for writers” mentioned in a discussion hosted by the New Yorker Festival last night. Continua a leggere “Eugenides, Lahiri and Krauss: pop writers discuss writers for writers” →
Yesterday I finished a short story by Andre Dubus, Deaths at Sea. Most of it takes place in the japanese harbour of Yokosuka in 1961. It’s a story about american sailors, racism, liberty nights. Then today I’ve stumbled upon a picture by Shomei Tomatsu in the Moma.
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Scopro che Paulo Coelho insegue le orme di Jorge Luis Borges e pubblica un proprio Aleph. Ma l’Oms lo ha autorizzato?
Difficile che sia vero. Eppure sono sveglio, l’ho letto sul Corsera.
Non è il 1 aprile e non mi trovo in un racconto di Borges.
Purtroppo.
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Quiz: you have two covers of the same book: Leonardo Padura Fuentes, El hombre que amaba a los perros. They both show a man, two dogs, some kind of scenery. Same theme. Same book. But different effect. One cover is beautiful, the other is ugly. Which one is the first?
D.O. 