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Strange, Trembling Letters

Cover of Hunger by Knut Hamsun
12 February 20193 September 2019
Chris Taylor
Hunger Knut Hamsun 1890 1996 in translation by Sverre Lyngstad ‘The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth ... READ MORE
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What Time is Now on Proxima b?

Cover of The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
26 January 201915 August 2019
Chris Taylor
The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli 2017 In translation by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre 2018 When but a lowly student of ... READ MORE
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The Hunger to See Properly

6 January 201910 August 2020
Chris Taylor
White Sands Geoff Dyer 2016 This is a travel book, apparently. It proceeds in gonzo style (with a disclaimer that not every ... READ MORE
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Pincher Martin Finds Rockall

Cover of Pincher Martin by William Golding
22 December 201815 August 2019
Chris Taylor
Pincher Martin William Golding 1965   William Golding is known to most only as the author of The Lord of the Flies. ... READ MORE
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From Hysterical Realism to Austerit...

Covers of White Teeth by Zadie Smith and Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
14 November 201823 November 2022
Chris Taylor
White Teeth Zadie Smith 2000 Home Fire Kamila Shamsie 2017 White Teeth gleamed with promise. Appearing at the turn of the ... READ MORE
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Juvenalia: literary works produced ...

Cover of The Satires by Juvenal
20 October 201815 August 2019
Chris Taylor
The Satires Juvenal c. 110-130 In translation by Niall Rudd 1991 Satire is a genre we inherit from the Romans. From the ... READ MORE
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In the Borderlands of Language: tra...

Sun glimpsed through gap in fence
7 October 201815 August 2019
Chris Taylor
Signs Preceding the End of the World Yuri Herrera 2009 2015 in translation by Lisa Dillman Sworn Virgin Elvira Dones 2007 ... READ MORE
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Punk's Undead

Punk Rock Jesus Comic Cover
25 September 201815 August 2019
Chris Taylor
Punk Rock Jesus Sean Murphy 2013 The Year’s Work in the Punk Bookshelf or, Lusty Scripts Brian James Schill 2017 ... READ MORE
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Two or Three are Gathered Together

Merged Narrative Voice
9 September 201815 August 2019
Chris Taylor
There are moments in life in which we are not in ourselves, but out in the midst of others’ reaching out. These may be ... READ MORE
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Legends that Eco in Reality

The Book of Legendary Lands
27 August 201815 August 2019
Chris Taylor
The Book of Legendary Lands Umberto Eco 2013 Before setting out on the adventures that would make him famous, Alonso Quixano ... READ MORE
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