Czesław Miłosz was a Lithuanian poet of Polish extraction (and he made sure to let people know this). His poetry was powerful and highly affected by his sufferings inside of the Soviet Union, as well as his later embrace of Roman Catholicism.
The Washington Post reviews the above-listed book here.
I admit that I picked up Miguel Ángel Asturias’s 1963 novel Mulata de Tal because of the cover and blurb alone. This 1982 translation is by Gregory Rabassa, and part of a series of Latin American authors that Avon/Bard put out in really cool attractive mass market paperbacks in the 1980s. The titles can be hit or […]
via Miguel Ángel Asturias’s weird novel Mulata (Book acquired, 14 April 2017) — Biblioklept
It is truly a shame that such a treasure like Sayat-Nova, whose works were written in Armenian, Azeri, Georgian and Russia has been turned into a tool for nationalism.
Kamyar Jarahzadeh writes a wonderful article on the legendary band here for Ajam Media Collective.
A Little Blog of Books posts on her predictions for the only book prize that should matter.
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From OpenCulture.com’s website:
In this darkly poetic animation, the Polish filmmaker Piotr Dumala offers a highly personal interpretation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s classic novel, Crime and Punishment. “My film is like a dream,” Dumala said in 2007. “It is as if someone has read Crime and Punishment and then had a dream about it.”
I wish goodwill and a prosperous Lent to my Roman Catholic friends. T.S. Eliot reads his poem, “Ash Wednesday,” which fits the day well.
He walked through the streets, unthinkingly seeking the darker ones, glad to be alone and to feel the night air against his face. The streets were crowded. People pushed against him as they passed, stared from doorways and windows, made comments openly to each other about him-whether with sympathy or not he was unable to […]
via Their faces are masks (From Paul Bowles’ novel The Sheltering Sky) — Biblioklept
https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=f_OJH5_f13A
Everyone’s favorite junkie uncle, William S. Burroughs, being his old cranky self. Splat, indeed.
Elizabeth Hyde Stevens of Long Reads writes a rather interesting essay on Argentina’s greatest gift to literature (and my personal favorite author), Jorge Luis Borges, and his relationship with money.
Roxanne Panchasi of New Books Network has interviewed David A. Shafer regarding his biography of French dramatist, poet and actor Antonin Artaud.
The book is available here, via Amazon.com, and can read more about the book via Reaktion Books’ website.
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