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Please see the final outline post, replacing this placeholder for the work-in-process.
This isn’t intended as commentary on the book by Collins but some notes on the Naxos audio reading of the novel. I’m not sure why I picked this out at the library but it turned out to be a delight. The cast does a very good job, not just in their narrated character but in […]
Jarmila by Ernst Weiss Tanslated by Rebecca Morrison and Petra Howard-Wuerz Afterword by Peter Engel Pushkin PressJarmila is one of those instances when most of what I have to say about a book has already been said. I’ll defer to Max at Pechorin’s Journal. And now that I look, I also see Guy at His […]
Without beating around the bush, Don Balomero made a very sensible commentary, the product of his experience and observation: “I don’t know what will happen twenty or fifty years from now. You can’t see that far ahead in Spanish society. All we know is that our country alternates between two fevers, revolution and peace. At […]
I continue with my erratic foreign movie posts for this year as well as posting on movies adapted from books. This turned out to be one of the most disturbing movies I’ve seen in a while. Luis Buñuel loosely adapts and updates Benito Pérez Galdós’ novel Halma (1895). A quick overview of the plot: Before […]
A simple web search will unveil a host of Bob Staake’s Bad Children Books. When I have more time I want to collect other links for alternate book titles or spoofs like this. Meanwhile, enjoy!
At Radio Prague recently… Jaroslav Hašek: not just The Good Soldier Švejk. I have been waiting for Behind the Lines for some time (and have recently been told “soon”). The interview with translator Mark Corner includes an excerpt from one of the stories. Willa Cather and the Bohemians of the prairies looks at the importance […]
At the risk of turning into the Galdós channel (all Galdós, all the time), I plan on intermittent posts on the author and Fortunata and Jacinta over the next few weeks. Hopefully they will be helpful for anyone thinking about exploring the author or book. In this post I want to highlight The Pérez Galdós […]