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 Libraryschurmane wrote 4 hours ago: If Americans have so little sense of nuances, it isn’t that they’re incapable of graspin … more →
Anda wrote 1 day ago: o nuvela de thomas mann. nu cred ca am citit-o. nu-mi amintesc sa o fi citit. dar am anumite dubii. … more →
Vera wrote 1 day ago: Te-am facut plicticos, pedant, didactic, m-am lamentat si m-am tinguit, am jurat sa te pastrez pentr … more →
Marcel Vejmelka wrote 6 days ago: von Karl-Josef Kuschel, Frido Mann und Paulo Astor Soethe ist erschienen im Verlag Artemis & Win … more →
Jim Everett wrote 1 week ago: Literary mash-ups are hot now, following the publication of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and I d … more →
fabsjpg wrote 1 week ago: Finally, the quintessential piece of literature based in Venice, Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice. I k … more →
savidgereads wrote 2 weeks ago: Now I know that I said a few days ago that I wouldn’t be joining in any more challenges but rules ar … more →
mekleni wrote 3 weeks ago: Not drawn in by health problems but by my desire to let Venice reveal itself to me, I successfully e … more →
Nathan wrote 3 weeks ago: Our son has a differently philosophy to baby life than his big sister. At nine months, he has six te … more →
The Accidental Blogger wrote 1 month ago: Everyone needs inspiration, but as writers, we need more than most. We need the inspiration and enc … more →
peter wrote 1 month ago: Sontag on American writers: ”I think I learned a lot about punctuation and speed from Donald … more →
eromenos wrote 1 month ago: Film is our era’s entertainment channel par excellence, and it is one of the best ways to capt … more →
organictriffidfarm wrote 1 month ago: Guilt! Guilt, I say! Since moving to this godforsaken place, I have developed a habit that has come … more →
Ron Pavellas wrote 1 month ago: I just finished reading The Outsider, by Colin Wilson. I will read it, I am sure, no less than two m … more →
Ayda wrote 2 months ago: In prezent citesc Casa Buddenbrook de Thomas Mann si am impresia ca a trecut o vesnicie iar eu nu ma … more →
Jana wrote 2 months ago: It’s certainly just coincidence that as I was reading through Margaret Atwood’s Negotiat … more →
movid wrote 2 months ago: In THE BIBLE chapters 37-50 of the very first book, GENESIS, one could find the narrative of the lif … more →
Lex wrote 3 months ago: Perhaps the fundamental catastrophe of religion is what Joseph Campbell called, “mistaking the metap … more →
clarespark wrote 3 months ago: Everyone is excited now about the proposed initiatives to reform mental health care, and though t … more →