March 2025 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

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

Reading

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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On the Holloway Road³¹
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wadholloway on Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim: “I have made a note of this book for when it is released. In SF (that I have read) this…” Mar 17, 00:29
Andrew Blackman on What is this “rules-based international order” you speak of?: “Thanks Stefanie! Yes, those people longing for Armageddon are truly terrifying. Did you read Naomi Klein’s essay about end times…” Mar 16, 12:54
Andrew Blackman on Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim: “It certainly got me thinking too, Silvia! That’s what good novels often do – prompt us to see life in…” Mar 16, 12:43
Silvia Cachia on Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim: “It seems a great book. The concept of identity is very interesting and this book sounds well written. I too…” Mar 15, 12:51
Stefanie on What is this “rules-based international order” you speak of?: “This is such a good post Andrew! You are right, there never has been a rules based order, it is…” Mar 12, 20:23