Fiction Fiesta
We met up in Nick’s bar, The Promised Land, to discuss literature in translation with some friends, editors, writers and such luminaries from the field of literary translation as Christopher...
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It is our last day in Istanbul, and the rain continues, as it has done since Friday evening, shrouding the Bosphorous in grey mist. Before catching a taxi to the airport we snatch a visit to Aghia...
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Bosphorous from the terrace of Megara Palace Leaning house by lamplight Ramshackle house Aghia Sophia at night Bill with friend Chap doing something unspeakable to sheep Sappho wondering...
View ArticleThe Losers’ Club
Following a comment made about my last post; namely Tom Gething’s remark that not getting it is essentially another way of getting it, I am reminded of the pragmatic consequences of not getting it,...
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