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Who Would Dare?
It doesn’t get much better than this. If you love books, if you want to love books, read this, damnit. Roberto Bolaño Alex Majoli/Magnum Photos A bookshop in Venice, 2010 The books that I remember best are the ones I … Continue reading
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Conrad—The Problem with Revolutionaries
I’m not sure why I find this appealing: it’s likely because I have never had the nerve or gall to be a revolutionary. In a real revolution–not a simple dynastic change or a mere reform of institutions–in a real revolution … Continue reading
The Dull New Global Novel
Yet another way that the Internet and globalization have changed literature. Tim Parks Félix Vallotton: The Patriotic Couplet, 1893 Not all writers share the same sense of whom they are writing for. Many may not even think they are directing … Continue reading
