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Oh Mann Ammann
shigekuni wrote 4 months ago: Eine traurige Nachricht, ein echter Verlust. Der Ammann Verlag schließt seine Pforten. Hier ist ein … more →
Paolo tells all!
shigekuni wrote 7 months ago: Paolo Giordano, rising star of the Italian literary scene, who has recently published his debut nove … more →
What China Miéville finds exciting
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shigekuni wrote 7 months ago: China Miéville, one of the best writers of our age, on his new book, The City and the City: … more →
Uncancan
shigekuni wrote 8 months ago: A list of Some Good Fantasy on the M John Harrison blog. Worth looking at. Good: Tom Waits’s o … more →
Cut up and Tabulate!
shigekuni wrote 9 months ago: David Nygren twittered an idea, “about writing a novel in an Excel spreadsheet.”, experi … more →
The Lizard of Oz: Rachel Ingalls' “Mrs. Caliban”
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shigekuni wrote 10 months ago: Ingalls, Rachel (1983), Mrs. Caliban, Harvard Common ISBN 0-87645-112-1 There is a risk to this: bur … more →
Short Circuit: Ilija Trojanow's “Autopol”
shigekuni wrote 10 months ago: Trojanow, Ilija (1997), Autopol, dtvISBN 3-423-24114-4 While not conceiving or constructing it first … more →
Wild at Art: Gottfried Keller's “Der Grüne Heinrich”
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shigekuni wrote 10 months ago: Keller, Gottfried (2007), Der Grüne Heinrich (Erste Fassung), Deutscher Klassiker Verlag ISBN 978-3- … more →
Gotham City: Colson Whitehead's ”The Intuitionist”
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shigekuni wrote 10 months ago: Whitehead, Colson (2000), The Intuitionist, AnchorISBN 0-385-49300-2 I may be experiencing a streak … more →
Flotsam: Stephen Marche's “Shining at the Bottom of the Sea”
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shigekuni wrote 10 months ago: Marche, Stephen (2007), Shining at the Bottom of the Sea, Riverhead BooksISBN 978-1-59448-941-9 Mark … more →
Rationality: Beryl Bainbridge's “Harriet Said...”
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shigekuni wrote 10 months ago: Bainbridge, Beryl (1977), Harriet Said…, Fontana ISBN 978-0-00-614650-6 “Harriet Said…”, … more →
And then there were none: Robert Coover’s “Gerald’s Party”
shigekuni wrote 11 months ago: Coover, Robert (1985), Gerald’s Party, Grove PressISBN 0-8021-3528-5 Ros was famous for her breasts … more →
Kapitalismuskritik
shigekuni wrote 11 months ago: She showed me a photograph: it was Ros on her hands and knees, looking over her shoulder at her rais … more →
Shadows: Yasushi Inoue’s “Der Tod des Teemeisters” and “Das Jagdgewehr”
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shigekuni wrote 11 months ago: Inoue, Yasushi (2008), Der Tod des Teemeisters, SuhrkampISBN 978-3-518-46025-2[honkaku bō ibun, tran … more →
New it ain't: Lydia Davis' "Varieties of Disturbance"
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shigekuni wrote 11 months ago: Davis, Lydia (2007), Varieties of Disturbance, FSGISBN-13 978-0-374-28173-1ISBN-10 0-374-28173-4 Thi … more →
Fittings: William Gaddis’ “Carpenter’s Gothic”
shigekuni wrote 11 months ago: Gaddis, William (1999), Carpenter’s Gothic, PenguinISBN 0-14-118222-9 William Gaddis was probably on … more →
Koogelblitz: Patrick Hamilton’s “The Slaves of Solitude”
shigekuni wrote 11 months ago: Hamilton, Patrick (2007), The Slaves of Solitude, New York Review BooksISBN 978-1-59017-220-9 This i … more →
Field Work: Ilija Trojanow’s “Der Weltensammler”
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shigekuni wrote 1 year ago: Trojanow, Ilija (2007), Der Weltensammler, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag ISBN 978-3-423-13581-8[Trans … more →
