On reading novels in an appropriate place
The picture on the left is Mount Cook, the tallest mountain in New Zealand, where I am at the moment. Purely by chance the book I am reading is Paolo…
The picture on the left is Mount Cook, the tallest mountain in New Zealand, where I am at the moment. Purely by chance the book I am reading is Paolo…
Could this be the year of Manuel de Pedrolo, the great Catalan science fiction writer? His best-known novel Mecanoscrit del segon origen (Typescript of the Second Origin) is finally being…
The latest addition to my website is Vladimir Sharov's До и во время (Before and During). This book was written immediately after his Репетиции (Rehearsals) and covers some of the…
The latest addition to my website is Jun’ichiro Tanizaki's 黒白 (In Black and White). This is the sixteenth Tanizaki on my site. It was first published in 1928 in a…
The latest addition to my website is Vladimir Sharov's Репетиции (Rehearsals). This is a thoroughly original book which starts in seventeenth century Russia and ends some time after the Russian…
The latest addition to my website is Esther Kinsky's Am Fluss (River). This is a beautiful book, narrated by an unnamed narrator but clearly based on the author. She has…
The latest addition to my website is Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès' Là où les tigres sont chez eux (Where Tigers are at Home). This is a massive novel (over a…
The latest addition to my website is Muharem Bazdulj's Tranzit, kometa, pomračenje (Transit, Comet, Eclipse). This consists of three related novellas essentially about the situation in East Europe. The first…