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"Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka. Some are …
"Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka. Some are …
Most of this fell flat. ‘Beach’ and ‘Muscles’ were alright… Overall: 2.5 stars + honorary ghost point for the Alfred Jarry mention…
This was a posthumous publication of his short pieces put together by other people, so it’s unknown how Bolaño would have ordered these sketches and narratives—from having recently read ‘Antwerp,’ I’d like to give the dead man the benefit of the doubt and assume this would have been much better if processed by him.
I’ve not read something of this sort in a long time. It’s quite sporadic, notably ambiguous, and yet raw. Bolaño gives just enough substance to set the scene but leaves an ambiguous gap for you to interpret the rest. It doesn’t start off impressive but it builds, it builds well and frankly a little nauseating.
An American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student interact in an urban community on the U.S.-Mexico border …
Wildes Salome, 1891 in französischer Sprache verfaßt, gehört zu den großen Zeugnissen der europäischen Literatur der Décadence. Sie wird …
Wildes Salome, 1891 in französischer Sprache verfaßt, gehört zu den großen Zeugnissen der europäischen …
Who other than Wilde to be trusted with (biblical) feminine rage and vengeance?
Was this a first draft?
A true gem of comparative and limb anatomy. The diagrams are breathtaking and Owen’s 19th century comparisons still offer something to be learnt (past just historical insight).
