Central European literary life A recurring obstacle to writing about Central European literature is the fact that it apparently doesn’t exist. As recently as this year, when Penguin UK brought out its… more →
literalabwrote 2 days ago: Drop the word literature in the conversation and everyone reels back in horror. You can practically … more →
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wrote 1 week ago: [ All credit to Phil, who most generously permitted me to use one of his pictures ] “Dogs are our li … more →
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wrote 1 week ago: From the novel: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera While they slept, she held him as … more →
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