Brau on Borges’ terrain?
Newly-translated stories of Argentine writer Edgar Brau “don’t feel like imitations [of Borges] so much as further explorations of the same geography of the imagination.”
Newly-translated stories of Argentine writer Edgar Brau “don’t feel like imitations [of Borges] so much as further explorations of the same geography of the imagination.”
Death in the Afternoon is not just the title of Hemingway’s book on bullfighting. It’s also an absinthe cocktail he enjoyed.
Online at Google Video: Charlie Rose’s interviews with Toni Morrison, David Foster Wallace, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dave Eggers, Ian McEwan, Gore Vidal & Martin Amis, and many others.
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From the James Hynes archives: “What stands between John Crowley and a serious literary reputation?”