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Review – The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

My only knowledge of Lydia Davis, before coming to The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, is that she was the translator of Marcel Proust’s Swanns Way, in the Penguin edition which adorns my shelves – and its one of the six volumes of Remembrance of Things Past which I’ve actually read (only three to go).

However, [...]

August 5th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: fiction, short stories | 22 comments - (Comments are closed)

Review: Bomber County – Daniel Swift

In Bomber County Daniel Swift describes how he started to research the life of his grandfather (also Daniel Swift) who was lost at sea when his the Lancaster bomber he was flying was shot down over Holland.  His researches, which included visits to military graves and other memorable sites in western Europe, led him to [...]

August 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: history, memoir | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)

Don Quixote Readalong Part 2 – when danger outweighs hope

So far, my reading of Don Quixote has shown me that its humour is its strongest feature, quite apart from the compelling drama of the ridiculous “adventures” and the lyrical tales which are told along the way (by the way, the idea of reading Don Quixote over ten weeks came from Stu of Winstonsdad’s blog).

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August 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: fiction, translation | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)
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