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Napoleon: Not as Short as You Think

gunclassics wrote 2 weeks ago: Everyone has heard of Napoleon. The historical French leader, presumed to be short, who rose to grea … more →

Tags: 1, napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, Papal States, european history, Duke of Wellington, Louisiana Purchase

Reliving history

OnCulture Europe wrote 1 month ago: If you played with toy soldiers when you were little, if you are a history buff, or if you are looki … more →

Tags: Art and culture in Europe, Czech Republic, napoleon, Slavkov, Re-enactment

On Memory and (Not) Forgetting

Giulia wrote 1 month ago: I recently returned to W.G. Sebald, a 20th century German author whose novel The Emigrants (Die Ausg … more →

Tags: General Musings, History, deutsches historisches museum, "The Emigrants", Vergangenheitsbewältigung, W. G. Sebald

Marginalia, no.76

Ian Wolcott wrote 2 months ago: All moments of time have coexisted simultaneously… ~ W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz Late September bluffs i … more →

Tags: marginalia, Quotes, Eternity, W. G. Sebald, Endless Summer

Be Better Than Yourself...

ppeditor wrote 3 months ago: ‘What I write is so inadequate … the worst trick God can play is to make you an artist, but only a m … more →

Tags: David Bowie, The Paris Review, ana silvera, W.G. Sebald, william faulker, Dan Brown

o tura mai veche de byblos1 comment

Barna Nemethi wrote 6 months ago:               … more →

Tags: coperte, curtea veche publishing, Bolaño, byblos, curtea veche, LABIRINTUL, mamleev, Molina, oconnor

A Man Marked by an Image2 comments

Terry wrote 6 months ago: I written several times before about some of the parallels I see between the art of W.G. Sebald and … more →

Tags: Chris Marker, W.G. Sebald

Sebald Exhibit in Paris1 comment

Terry wrote 7 months ago: The Goethe Institute in Paris has announced an exhibition of notes, postcards, photographs and docum … more →

Tags: W.G. Sebald

Vertigo (the magazine, this time)1 comment

Terry wrote 8 months ago: Almost a year ago I wrote about Will Stone’ book of poetry Glaciation, which includes a poem e … more →

Tags: W.G. Sebald, Will Stone

Review: AUSTERLITZ by W.G. Sebald

diaryofaneccentric wrote 8 months ago: Tracey from A Book Sanctuary recently reviewed Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald.  Here’s an excerpt: … more →

Tags: wwii, WWII Challenge, Book Reviews, W.G. Sebald

Appointments To Keep in the Past2 comments

Terry wrote 10 months ago: Eugene Atget, Rue de Valence, circa 1920s From W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz: If I am walking throu … more →

Tags: W.G. Sebald

War and Peace - Volume 1

Mark Kelly wrote 10 months ago: The latest pressing of Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece has been translated, annotated and introduced … more →

Tags: Reviews, Anna Pavlovna, Battle of Austerlitz, Battle of Hollabrunn, Battle of Schongraben, Battle of the Three Emperors, Captain Pushkin, Commander in Chief Kutuzov, Count Bezukhov

Snowshoe up Harvey Mountain

newyorkoutdoors wrote 10 months ago: By ALAN WECHSLER, TimesUnion.com, link to original article My friend Mike was running two hours late … more →

Tags: Hiking, Snowshoeing, Albany, harvey mountain, Taconic Mountains, Beebe Mountain, Harvey Mountain State Forest, AMC's Best Day Hikes in the Catskills & Hudson Vall

Adler's Journey2 comments

Terry wrote 11 months ago: Today’s New York Times/International Herald Tribune carries a review of H.G. Adler’s The … more →

Tags: W.G. Sebald, Hans G. Adler

End-of-year bargain$ in Columbia County CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!!!

cara wrote 11 months ago: “Recessions create opportunities” – Warren Buffet Today I scouted properties in Columbia County, ran … more →

Tags: Hudson Valley, Properties for Sale, Copake Lake, Columbia County, Ancram, Hillsdale, cabin, chalet, Cottage

today's the day

thephilosophisingmoose wrote 1 year ago: today is the day that i am back. and good to be back it is. not sure how long i’ll be back for … more →

Tags: napoleon

Adler, Theresienstadt, Sebald1 comment

Terry wrote 1 year ago: In W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz, much of the detailed information about the concentration camp The … more →

Tags: Hans G. Adler, W.G. Sebald

Camera Obscura

urbesque wrote 1 year ago: written by Kathleen Kelley This essay was originally published in Paper & Carriage no. 1 $18 Gre … more →

Tags: camera lucida, Caroline Picard, Kathleen Kelley, Paper & Carriage, Paper and Carriage, Roland Barthes, W.G. Sebald

Acceptable Evidence of Horror

Terry wrote 1 year ago: One of the most significant moments in Dan Jacobson’s book Heshel’s Kingdom occurs durin … more →

Tags: W.G. Sebald, Dan Jacobson


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