Enrique Lihn: El arte de la palabra [The Way of Speaking]
The latest addition to my website is Enrique Lihn's El arte de la palabra [The Way of Speaking]. Lihn was primarily a poet but he wrote five novels of which…
North of England
We spent the past week in the North of England, partially for family reasons but we also made a few literary jaunts. I have always wanted to visit Newstead Abbey…
Jun’ichiro Tanizaki: 細雪 (The Makioka Sisters)
The latest addition to my website is Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's The Makioka Sisters, one of the great Japanese novels. I have now read this novel three times and seen the film…