March 2025 - Andrew Blackman

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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

My thoughts on Vincenzo Latronico's beautiful novel about millennial expats in Berlin, recently longlisted for the International Booker Prize.

funes the memorious

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Borges Marathon, Part 18: Funes, His Memory

My thoughts on Funes, His Memory, aka Funes the Memorious, a short fiction by Jorge Luis Borges about a man with an…

Clear by Carys Davies

Reading

Reading Wales Month: Clear by Carys Davies

A church minister is sent to evict the last inhabitant of a remote island, but things don't go as planned.

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Robert on Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos: “Great book and an insightful review. USA Trilogy also terrific. Astonishing that Dos Passos is not more widely read and…” Jun 21, 23:52
Emma @ Words And Peace on Borges Marathon, Part 20: The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero: “Nice! In this one, I also highlighted the multiple references to references: https://wordsandpeace.com/2021/12/27/ficciones-by-jorge-luis-borges-the-form-of-the-sword/” Jun 21, 19:23
Silvia Cachia on Borges Marathon, Part 20: The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero: “Your Borges marathon posts inspired me to buy all his short stories. I am out of town, but at one…” Jun 21, 10:07
Andrew Blackman on All the Books on One Shelf: “Yes, I’m definitely better at speaking than reading. Still not great, mostly because we’ve spent so long travelling outside Serbia.…” Jun 19, 15:23
Andrew Blackman on All the Books on One Shelf: “Oh yes, that would be annoying to have different languages mixed up! I’m definitely not at the stage where I…” Jun 19, 15:20