Nothing is stranger and more delicate than the relationship between people who know each other only with their eyes, who meet daily, even hourly, and yet are compelled, by force of custom of their own… more →
The Floating LibraryUtisz wrote 5 days ago: I can’t but agree with Lukàcs’s misgiving about the ending of Thomas Mann’s Royal … more →
hdatta wrote 1 week ago: Magic Mountain – now this is quite a read. This novel by Thomas Mann captures the experience of Hans … more →
Scott W. Smith wrote 1 week ago: When Henry Miller died in 1980 at the age of 88 he had over 40 books published. On Wikipedia it was … more →
thegreatbertholinis wrote 2 weeks ago: …die schwerfällige Ordnung und Gesetzlichkeit des Alltags aufgehoben, die Hindernisse und Umst … more →
mraley wrote 2 weeks ago: by Matthew Raley The question I’m wrestling with these days is what to do about evangelical mu … more →
Marcel Vejmelka wrote 4 weeks ago: Revista Estudos Avançados (São Paulo) vol. 23, no. 65, 2009 com o dossiê “Vieira, Machado, Gu … more →
emilywalton wrote 1 month ago: Happy Birthday… Thomas Mann (6.6.1875) … more →
Elizabeth wrote 1 month ago: In the years before the outbreak of World War I, a young man named Hans Castorp takes a train into t … more →
Steve Evans wrote 1 month ago: Roberto Bolaño, trans. Natasha Wimmer | The Savage Detectives | Picador | 2008 Juliana Spahr | The T … more →
LW wrote 1 month ago: The British Library Gates The British Library conjures images of rows and rows of books– and … more →
Dr. Sineokov wrote 2 months ago: He was caught in the enchantment of a sacredly distorted world full of Panic life — and he dre … more →
Dr. Sineokov wrote 2 months ago: Nothing is stranger and more delicate than the relationship between people who know each other only … more →
Dr. Sineokov wrote 2 months ago: For beauty, my Phaedrus, beauty alone is both lovely and visible at once; it is, mark me, the only f … more →
Dr. Sineokov wrote 2 months ago: “Tadziu! Tadziu!” He turned back; beating the resistent water into a foam with his legs, … more →
Dr. Sineokov wrote 2 months ago: The experiences of a man who lives alone and in silence are both vaguer and more penetrating than th … more →
Dr. Sineokov wrote 2 months ago: There was silence. The oar splashed, the water thudded against the bow. And the talking and whisperi … more →
Dr. Sineokov wrote 2 months ago: “Yes, I shall stay,” Aschenbach thought. “Where would things be better?” And … more →
severalfourmany wrote 2 months ago: Tue 5/12/09 7:04 PM There are a number of reasons that I find Schopenhauer so appealing. First of al … more →
Chris H. wrote 2 months ago: “No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.” - Thomas Mann … more →