Bookish marginalia
A PROGRESSIVE ON THE PRAIRIE: Several worthy book-related items have passed by recently so here’s a round up:
- The 2007 Nebula Awards were announced last weekend. Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union won Best Novel.
International Press
Life’s deeper mysteriesAt my age I’m about as far from childhood as it’s possible to be. Read More →
Karinthy’s Kafkaesque Classic In Translation At LastThings have changed a bit since Metropole was first published to great acclaim in Hungary in 1970. Read More →
When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleasKafka never sent this letter to his father, but instead showed it to friends. Justin Cartwright imagines the father’s reply. Read More →
Blog Talk
Save the Book World PetitionSignatures are being gathered for a petition to save the Washington Post’s Book World. Read More →
Ferenc Karinthy: MetropoleIf it isn’t Hell, it’s certainly a private hell for Budai, and while certain events echo the Hungarian revolution Read More →
Publishers’ disappointments and regrets‘Kate Figes finds out which books were left on the shelf and which were the envy of all’ from a variety of UK publishers. Read More →
Reviews and Opinions
I’m an Earthling myselfKalvar’s pieces are short drama acts in which the characters...
The Meaning of SarkozyWeek in layoffs. From the New Yorker Blog on how bad the economical...
Burroughs on Addiction, Miller on other type of drug: possessionsAs a result of my good habit of browsing the Paris Review interviews...
