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On Salvador Espriu.
Suffice it to say that when you read Espriu in Spanish instead of Catalan with the idea that you are reading a close approximation of his work, you lose the entire context in which he was writing. His...
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Omnivore: Actually eating.
Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). I watched Alfian Sa’at and Glen Goei’s Cook a Pot of Curry last night. It was quite...
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Rojak: Landays, tennis, and secret illusions.
Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Assorted “I’m tired of praising exotic flowers./I miss Sangin’s gardens; they...
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Daniel Craig interviews Thom Yorke.
The form of the album is not something that is really looked at in the same way anymore—which, when that was first happening, I thought was quite cool, because I was sick of the restriction of the...
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It’s Valentine’s Day.
“He’s got something to say.” Video for David Bowie’s “Valentine’s Day” off of The Next Day. [via YouTube] d
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L’Amour excerpt.
Three days. Three days, during which there is a Sunday. The sound grows, S. Thala reels, then the sound fades away. A storm comes that unsettles the sea. Three nights. In the morning, dead gulls on the...
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Book review.
Here is a review of Angel Igov’s A Short Tale of Shame, which I received a couple of days ago. [via Numéro Cinq] d P.S. This is the 1000th post on this blog, apparently. Hooray.
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Fragments.
Here. An essay. On the fragmented novel. Read. Click the link. [via fractious fiction] d
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Omnivore: No no no no.
Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). A good reading week sees me complete John Campbell’s pictures for sad children (the first...
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Rojak: In vogue.
Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Assorted More on Marguerite Duras’s L’Amour: an interview with the...
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New Hayao Miyazaki film.
Here’s the trailer to the new Hayao Miyazaki film, The Wind Rises. [via YouTube] d
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Interview with Can Xue.
We must first clarify this idea—what is Chinese culture? The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the way we interact with each other, romantic relationships, sense of languages, ways of speaking—do these...
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Krasznahorkai interview.
Ok, a short story for you. I don’t know how long but I spent many years on the road, trying to find architecture that a human being had built in defence against the bad, and that’s why I was in Denmark...
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Gravity trailer.
Here is the trailer to Alfonso Cuarón’s upcoming film, Gravity. It reminds me a bit of one of my favourite anime series, Planetes. [via YouTube] d
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César Aira story.
If I were a character in a play, the lack of true privacy would arouse in me feelings of profound mistrust, disquiet, suspicion. In some way—I don’t know how—I would feel the silent, attentive presence...
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Omnivore: Old and new.
Omnivore is a regular report on some of the things that I’ve been enjoying during the week (or thereabouts). I’ve fired up some records from my really tiny vault: Fela Kuti, Chick Corea, Blind Faith,...
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Rojak: JJ Cale dies.
Rojak is a regular collection of assorted links as well as a bulletin summarising the week (or thereabouts) on this blog. Assorted JJ Cale has died. [via Consequence of Sound] Here’s the Fiona Apple...
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The suggestion of people.
Illusions Winter months, the touch of green cloth suggests cold. Summer months, the sight of red suggests heat. Upon entering, a spirit shrine seems to hold ghosts. The belly of a grand master monk...
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