August 2025 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Borges Marathon, Part 22: The Secret Miracle

My thoughts on "The Secret Miracle", a short story in which Jorge Luis Borges plays with time and causality.

Reading

Milkman by Anna Burns: Review

My thoughts on a Booker Prize winning novel about a teenage girl living in 1970s Belfast and struggling to survive in a…

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Silvia Cachia on The Three-Cornered Hat by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón: “I am proud to see Spain’s classical literature being praised and enjoyed in translation! I am glad to see you…” Jul 25, 13:27
Anonymous on The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid: Book Review: “Your review exactly expressed my feelings about this book. A great premise, but I found the writing to be off-putting.…” Jul 24, 13:05
Stefanie on Emma Zunz: Borges Marathon, Part 32: “Disappointed there is no way out metaphysical something or other with this one 😉” Jul 23, 16:48
Andrew Blackman on Emma Zunz: Borges Marathon, Part 32: “It is! I’ve never done this kind of long-term reading project before, and I’m getting a lot more out of…” Jul 23, 15:24
wadholloway on Emma Zunz: Borges Marathon, Part 32: “Borges is not a writer I have read, nor is he on my radar, but I can imagine how fascinating…” Jul 23, 09:15