Steve Mitchelmore
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Another review that doesn't realise the significance of that particular date. this-space.blogspot.com/2025/06/on-c...
<i>On the Calculation of Volume 1</i> by Solvej Balle
The premise of this multi-volume novel is simple: a modern-day French woman called Tara finds herself stuck inside the eighteenth day of a N...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Another review that doesn't realise the significance of that particular date. this-space.blogspot.com/2025/06/on-c...
A bit lumpy for soup, wouldn't you say?
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A bit lumpy for soup, wouldn't you say?
"It's the lack of humor, the deadly seriousness of contemporary novelists like Olga Tokarczuk, Jon Fosse, and László Krasznahorkai, who seem to be the darlings of literary critics, that I find off-putting and even depressing."
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"It's the lack of humor, the deadly seriousness of contemporary novelists like Olga Tokarczuk, Jon Fosse, and László Krasznahorkai, who seem to be the darlings of literary critics, that I find off-putting and even depressing."
This review says the novel is "translated and edited extremely carelessly". www.enotes.com/topics/georg...
Georges Perec Criticism: Celebrations In a House of Fiction - Gabriel Josipovici - eNotes.com
In the following review, Josipovici favorably reviews Life: A User's Manual, but finds fault with the English translation by David Bellows.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This review says the novel is "translated and edited extremely carelessly". www.enotes.com/topics/georg...
There's always the Webpage Archive: archive.ph/9ncTY
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October 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
There's always the Webpage Archive: archive.ph/9ncTY
Indeed. And the Scud Mountain Boys before them.
September 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Indeed. And the Scud Mountain Boys before them.
Also, how many songs are named after authors? Here's the Pernice Brothers glorious contribution. youtu.be/Bexd18r6ZSU?...
B. S. Johnson by Pernice Brothers
YouTube video by FrohleinU
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September 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Also, how many songs are named after authors? Here's the Pernice Brothers glorious contribution. youtu.be/Bexd18r6ZSU?...
Relevant trivia: my friend Morris' first job in the film industry was on Fat Man on the Beach, though he's not listed on IMDB. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j70...
Fat Man on a Beach (1973) film by B.S. Johnson dir. Michael Bakewell
YouTube video by Daniel Walwin
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September 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Relevant trivia: my friend Morris' first job in the film industry was on Fat Man on the Beach, though he's not listed on IMDB. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j70...
Thanks – I saw it last night, and I can vouch for Jeff Bursey.
September 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Thanks – I saw it last night, and I can vouch for Jeff Bursey.
Looking at the suggestions for a replacement, I may never be able to listen once he's gone.
September 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Looking at the suggestions for a replacement, I may never be able to listen once he's gone.