Oliver Basciano
@olibasciano.bsky.social
Writing, reporting, criticising. Mostly in south of the world.
OUTCAST: A History of Leprosy, Humanity and the Modern World is out now. You can buy it here: https://linktr.ee/oliverbasciano
OUTCAST: A History of Leprosy, Humanity and the Modern World is out now. You can buy it here: https://linktr.ee/oliverbasciano
The only bit of theory I can quote from memory perhaps.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The only bit of theory I can quote from memory perhaps.
Life is given its due only if everything that has a history
of its own, and is not merely the setting for history, is credited with life.
of its own, and is not merely the setting for history, is credited with life.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Life is given its due only if everything that has a history
of its own, and is not merely the setting for history, is credited with life.
of its own, and is not merely the setting for history, is credited with life.
In Outcast I just put the location of the setting, but (I'm not joking) that's because I like how in Bourne/Bond films etc a caption reveals the quick-fire different cinematic locations in which the action unfolds in the first five minutes.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In Outcast I just put the location of the setting, but (I'm not joking) that's because I like how in Bourne/Bond films etc a caption reveals the quick-fire different cinematic locations in which the action unfolds in the first five minutes.
And here is @timsmith-laing.com's incredibly generous five star review from back in June that got the book on the end-of-year list. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Leprosy never went away – here’s proof
Undesirables? Favourites of God? In his superb book Outcast, Oliver Basciano dispels long-abiding myths and interviews real-life sufferers
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
And here is @timsmith-laing.com's incredibly generous five star review from back in June that got the book on the end-of-year list. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Yes! Just 40 minutes of madness outside and then it was all over bar a very wet weekend!
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes! Just 40 minutes of madness outside and then it was all over bar a very wet weekend!
Incredible local women going out amidst gun battles to demand peace. bsky.app/profile/vozd...
Durante o confronto nos complexos da Penha e do Alemão, moradores saíram às ruas e becos pedindo paz. O ato ocorreu em meio à troca de tiros que marcou a operação policial na região.
🎥 Reprodução
🎥 Reprodução
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Incredible local women going out amidst gun battles to demand peace. bsky.app/profile/vozd...
I don't know who Ben is. *been, afff
October 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I don't know who Ben is. *been, afff
From the much-missed TWR: George Szirtes interviews Krasznahorkai www.thewhitereview.org/feature/inte...
Interview with László Krasznahorkai - The White Review
László Krasznahorkai was born in Gyula, Hungary, in 1954, and has written five novels and several collections of essays and short stories. Until recently, at least in the English-speaking world, he wa...
www.thewhitereview.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
From the much-missed TWR: George Szirtes interviews Krasznahorkai www.thewhitereview.org/feature/inte...
Thank you for taking the time to read and for your beautiful thoughts on the book!
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thank you for taking the time to read and for your beautiful thoughts on the book!