Rest in peace Tomas
In the middle of life, death comes
to take your measurements. The visit
is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit
is being sewn on the sly.
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Rest in peace Tomas
In the middle of life, death comes
to take your measurements. The visit
is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit
is being sewn on the sly.
But we do. Many people have the same life as Leopold Bloom, Holden Caulfield etc.
Where are all the ducks?
"Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" is a one of my favourites with a beautiful imagery, original plot and mild horror. This book had me up late at night anxious to read more about the obsessiveness of...
"We can't ever be friends again." - John Fowles, The Magus.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/thomas-pynchon-to-publish-new-book/?partner=rss&emc=rss
I read this piece about Pynchon 1970 and thought it was interesting. Seems to be a very strange guy, just like you want him to be.
“History, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one another in monstrousness.” - Roberto Bolaño, 2666
The Bible. Never read it.
"I can’t think of any greater happiness than to be with you all the time, without interruption, endlessly, even though I feel that here in this world there’s no undisturbed place for our love,...
Two of my favourite poems by Tranströmer:
Fire Graffiti
Throughout those dismal months my life was only sparked alight
when I made love to you.
As the firefly ignites and fades, ignites and...
Joseph Conrad and Gustave Flaubert.
"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars."
From...
Philip K Dick and Julio Cortázar.
I have the same question. Two years later.
Such a great author. I read The Garlic Ballads today, amazing story, and I understand why he is so big in China.
Mo Yans Nobel Lecture
Excerpt from The Garlic Ballads
1, Crime and Punishment
2, The Stranger
3, Of Mice and Men
4, 2666
5, In Search of Lost Time
6, Slaughterhouse-Five
7, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
8, The Unbearable Lightness of...
It's strange though, that his lonesome characters always have sex.
I recommend "Life & Times of Michael K" by J.M. Coetzee.
Noam Chomsky, Oscar Wilde, Emile Armand, Han Ryner, Henri Zisly, Renzo Novatore, Miguel Gimenez Igualada, Adolf Brand and Lev Chernyi.
Yes, he is lonesome, but he also has Raymond and Marie.
My choice is Grenouille from Perfume.
Flowering Nettles by Harry Martinson.
In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine. - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Radiohead - Haruki Murakami
David Bowie - Kurt Vonnegut
Woody Guthrie - John Steinbeck
Pink Floyd - Franz Kafka
Bob Dylan - Louis-Ferdinand Céline
What do guys think about Frank O'Hara? I really like him. Maykovsky is a very good poem and this one I also love:
My Heart
I’m not going to cry all the time
nor shall I laugh all the time,
I...
Yes, Bob Dylan is God.
When I am sad I always listening to Blood on the Tracks and Tome Out Of Mind.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/04/10/arts/vonnegut3.jpg