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11 Books to Read: The Best Reviews of October
By WSJ Books Staff Bound to Violence By Yambo Ouologuem, translated by Ralph Manheim | Other Press The Malian writer Yambo Ouologuem's 1968 epic -- now in a new edition that reintroduces readers to his provocative work -- was a dramatic rejoinder to nostalgic visions of African history. Review by Sam Sacks But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
Bound to Violence
This critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the racist plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France’s prestigious Renaudot Prize. An engrossing, tragic tale spanning the thirteenth to the twentieth century, Bound to Violence recounts the fate of the imaginary empire of Nakem and the dynasty of the Saïfs who reign there as devious masters.
Paris Review - The String Bag
By Anne Carson Anne Carson and I first met in 1988 at a writers’ workshop in Canada, and have been reading each other’s work ever since. The interview that follows is a mix of our usual conversation and discussion about topics that preoccupy Carson’s work—mysticism, antiquity, obsession, desire. Carson was born on June 21, 1950, in Toronto, the second and final child of Margaret and Robert Carson. Her mother was a housewife; her father worked for the Toronto Dominion Bank.
The Model of a Modern Modernist
The Model of a Modern Modernist The Making of Modern Drama by Richard Gilman Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 292 pp., $8.95 The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke, translated by Michael Roloff Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 133 pp., $6.95 Short Letter, Long Farewell by Peter Handke, translated by Ralph Manheim Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 167 pp., $7.95 A Sorrow Beyond Dreams: A Life Story by Peter Handke, translated by Ralph Manheim Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 70 pp., $5.95 The Innerworld of...
Get the Word of the Day - gewgaw | Dictionary.com
Origin of gewgaw Gewgaw derives from Middle English giuegaue. It is a gradational compound of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to the Middle French and French term gogo, as in the adverb à gogo meaning “as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore.” It’s been used in English since the late 12th century or the early 13th century.
The Left-Handed Woman
ABSTRACT: Marianne, referred to as “the woman” throughout the story, is 30, lives with her child, Stefan, 8, and her husband, Bruno, in a bungalow colony in western Germany. She picks up her husband at the airport. He has been in Scandinavia on a business trip for 3 weeks. It is winter, after Christmas. Bruno says he almost went mad from loneliness in Finland and that he saw how bound he was to his wife. They eat dinner in the hotel restaurant and spend the night.
Raymond Williams
Bert Brecht, the Communist poet and playwright, has become a cultural monument. Is it then not time, he might ask, to consider blowing him up? One of the problems is this kind of tough talk. A certain recklessness of language, a down-to-earth bluntness, has been widely received as his most valuable legacy. It is what makes him, some say, an essentially popular writer. But that difficult term takes us back to his period, which is essentially that of the Twenties and Thirties.
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