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Finished #Flights
#OlgaTokarczuk #Tokarczuk25
…he'd had a massive stroke...She sat up next to him all night, whispering into his ear, believing he heard and understood her. She led him down the dusty road among…the warehouses, the ramps, the dirty garages, down the side of the highway, all night.
#OlgaTokarczuk #Tokarczuk25
…he'd had a massive stroke...She sat up next to him all night, whispering into his ear, believing he heard and understood her. She led him down the dusty road among…the warehouses, the ramps, the dirty garages, down the side of the highway, all night.
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Finished #Flights
#OlgaTokarczuk #Tokarczuk25
…he'd had a massive stroke...She sat up next to him all night, whispering into his ear, believing he heard and understood her. She led him down the dusty road among…the warehouses, the ramps, the dirty garages, down the side of the highway, all night.
#OlgaTokarczuk #Tokarczuk25
…he'd had a massive stroke...She sat up next to him all night, whispering into his ear, believing he heard and understood her. She led him down the dusty road among…the warehouses, the ramps, the dirty garages, down the side of the highway, all night.
#ThePlaceofShells
#MaiIshizawa
He must've noticed me, and the monotonous squeak of his suitcase wheels drew closer. As the distance between us gradually lessened, I could tell that both the far-off time and my frozen memory had begun to thaw, creaking like those wheels.
#MaiIshizawa
He must've noticed me, and the monotonous squeak of his suitcase wheels drew closer. As the distance between us gradually lessened, I could tell that both the far-off time and my frozen memory had begun to thaw, creaking like those wheels.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#ThePlaceofShells
#MaiIshizawa
He must've noticed me, and the monotonous squeak of his suitcase wheels drew closer. As the distance between us gradually lessened, I could tell that both the far-off time and my frozen memory had begun to thaw, creaking like those wheels.
#MaiIshizawa
He must've noticed me, and the monotonous squeak of his suitcase wheels drew closer. As the distance between us gradually lessened, I could tell that both the far-off time and my frozen memory had begun to thaw, creaking like those wheels.
#Praiseworthy
#AlexisWright
Brokenness.Poverty broken....Broken homes…Broken ties.Broken culture. Broken land.Broken people.Broken love? Broken joy? Race broken.A broken state of affairs.Broken band-aids. Broken children. Broken thoughts. Links to all times broken...
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
#AlexisWright
Brokenness.Poverty broken....Broken homes…Broken ties.Broken culture. Broken land.Broken people.Broken love? Broken joy? Race broken.A broken state of affairs.Broken band-aids. Broken children. Broken thoughts. Links to all times broken...
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#Praiseworthy
#AlexisWright
Brokenness.Poverty broken....Broken homes…Broken ties.Broken culture. Broken land.Broken people.Broken love? Broken joy? Race broken.A broken state of affairs.Broken band-aids. Broken children. Broken thoughts. Links to all times broken...
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
#AlexisWright
Brokenness.Poverty broken....Broken homes…Broken ties.Broken culture. Broken land.Broken people.Broken love? Broken joy? Race broken.A broken state of affairs.Broken band-aids. Broken children. Broken thoughts. Links to all times broken...
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
Finished #Seascraper
#BenjaminWood
‘I want to go as far as we can get into that fog,Tom.Can we do that?'
'Yeah,but if it thickens up too much, the horse is going to fret.'
'Then how about we find the sea so I can get a proper look at it…needn't hang around too long…head up to the edge and back.'
#BenjaminWood
‘I want to go as far as we can get into that fog,Tom.Can we do that?'
'Yeah,but if it thickens up too much, the horse is going to fret.'
'Then how about we find the sea so I can get a proper look at it…needn't hang around too long…head up to the edge and back.'
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Finished #Seascraper
#BenjaminWood
‘I want to go as far as we can get into that fog,Tom.Can we do that?'
'Yeah,but if it thickens up too much, the horse is going to fret.'
'Then how about we find the sea so I can get a proper look at it…needn't hang around too long…head up to the edge and back.'
#BenjaminWood
‘I want to go as far as we can get into that fog,Tom.Can we do that?'
'Yeah,but if it thickens up too much, the horse is going to fret.'
'Then how about we find the sea so I can get a proper look at it…needn't hang around too long…head up to the edge and back.'
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
The wilderness…had taken him, loved him…got into his veins, consumed his flesh, and sealed his soul to its own by the inconceivable ceremonies of some devilish initiation. He was its spoiled and pampered favorite. Ivory? I should think so. Heaps of it, stacks of it.
#JosephConrad
The wilderness…had taken him, loved him…got into his veins, consumed his flesh, and sealed his soul to its own by the inconceivable ceremonies of some devilish initiation. He was its spoiled and pampered favorite. Ivory? I should think so. Heaps of it, stacks of it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
The wilderness…had taken him, loved him…got into his veins, consumed his flesh, and sealed his soul to its own by the inconceivable ceremonies of some devilish initiation. He was its spoiled and pampered favorite. Ivory? I should think so. Heaps of it, stacks of it.
#JosephConrad
The wilderness…had taken him, loved him…got into his veins, consumed his flesh, and sealed his soul to its own by the inconceivable ceremonies of some devilish initiation. He was its spoiled and pampered favorite. Ivory? I should think so. Heaps of it, stacks of it.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#TheNames
#DonDeLillo
“…the Americans choose strategy over principle every time and yet keep believing in their own innocence…Does your boss tell you that power must be blind in both eyes? You don't see us…the final humiliation. The occupiers fail to see the people they control."
#JosephConrad
#DonDeLillo
“…the Americans choose strategy over principle every time and yet keep believing in their own innocence…Does your boss tell you that power must be blind in both eyes? You don't see us…the final humiliation. The occupiers fail to see the people they control."
#JosephConrad
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#TheNames
#DonDeLillo
“…the Americans choose strategy over principle every time and yet keep believing in their own innocence…Does your boss tell you that power must be blind in both eyes? You don't see us…the final humiliation. The occupiers fail to see the people they control."
#JosephConrad
#DonDeLillo
“…the Americans choose strategy over principle every time and yet keep believing in their own innocence…Does your boss tell you that power must be blind in both eyes? You don't see us…the final humiliation. The occupiers fail to see the people they control."
#JosephConrad
#Flights
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
“You have to go to Cuba-but the Cuba they've got now, under Fidel. When he dies, Cuba's going to be the same as everywhere. But if you go right now you'll see some incredible poverty…You really have to get on it, though-apparently Fidel is pretty ill."
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
“You have to go to Cuba-but the Cuba they've got now, under Fidel. When he dies, Cuba's going to be the same as everywhere. But if you go right now you'll see some incredible poverty…You really have to get on it, though-apparently Fidel is pretty ill."
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#Flights
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
“You have to go to Cuba-but the Cuba they've got now, under Fidel. When he dies, Cuba's going to be the same as everywhere. But if you go right now you'll see some incredible poverty…You really have to get on it, though-apparently Fidel is pretty ill."
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
“You have to go to Cuba-but the Cuba they've got now, under Fidel. When he dies, Cuba's going to be the same as everywhere. But if you go right now you'll see some incredible poverty…You really have to get on it, though-apparently Fidel is pretty ill."
#Underworld
#DonDeLillo
Then she said, "Duck and cover! Duck and cover…”
…He liked to duck and cover.There was a sense of acting in unison that he found satisfying…felt the comfort of numbers…a community of lookalikes and do-alikes…In their prayer posture they could have been anyone from anywhere.
#DonDeLillo
Then she said, "Duck and cover! Duck and cover…”
…He liked to duck and cover.There was a sense of acting in unison that he found satisfying…felt the comfort of numbers…a community of lookalikes and do-alikes…In their prayer posture they could have been anyone from anywhere.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#Underworld
#DonDeLillo
Then she said, "Duck and cover! Duck and cover…”
…He liked to duck and cover.There was a sense of acting in unison that he found satisfying…felt the comfort of numbers…a community of lookalikes and do-alikes…In their prayer posture they could have been anyone from anywhere.
#DonDeLillo
Then she said, "Duck and cover! Duck and cover…”
…He liked to duck and cover.There was a sense of acting in unison that he found satisfying…felt the comfort of numbers…a community of lookalikes and do-alikes…In their prayer posture they could have been anyone from anywhere.
#V #ThomasPynchon
an odd sort of peace…like what the black was feeling as he gave up the ghost.Usually the most you felt was annoyance;the kind of annoyance you have for an insect…You have to obliterate its life…the knowledge that this is only one unit in a seemingly infinite series…
#JosephConrad
an odd sort of peace…like what the black was feeling as he gave up the ghost.Usually the most you felt was annoyance;the kind of annoyance you have for an insect…You have to obliterate its life…the knowledge that this is only one unit in a seemingly infinite series…
#JosephConrad
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#V #ThomasPynchon
an odd sort of peace…like what the black was feeling as he gave up the ghost.Usually the most you felt was annoyance;the kind of annoyance you have for an insect…You have to obliterate its life…the knowledge that this is only one unit in a seemingly infinite series…
#JosephConrad
an odd sort of peace…like what the black was feeling as he gave up the ghost.Usually the most you felt was annoyance;the kind of annoyance you have for an insect…You have to obliterate its life…the knowledge that this is only one unit in a seemingly infinite series…
#JosephConrad
Finished #Neuromancer
#WilliamGibson
“Numb," he said. He'd been numb a long time, years. All his nights down Ninsei, his nights with Linda, numb in bed and numb at the cold sweating center of every drug deal. But now he'd found this warm thing….
#WilliamGibson
“Numb," he said. He'd been numb a long time, years. All his nights down Ninsei, his nights with Linda, numb in bed and numb at the cold sweating center of every drug deal. But now he'd found this warm thing….
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Finished #Neuromancer
#WilliamGibson
“Numb," he said. He'd been numb a long time, years. All his nights down Ninsei, his nights with Linda, numb in bed and numb at the cold sweating center of every drug deal. But now he'd found this warm thing….
#WilliamGibson
“Numb," he said. He'd been numb a long time, years. All his nights down Ninsei, his nights with Linda, numb in bed and numb at the cold sweating center of every drug deal. But now he'd found this warm thing….
Flights
by Olga Tokarczuk
by Olga Tokarczuk
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Flights
by Olga Tokarczuk
by Olga Tokarczuk
#Flights
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
They pose themselves a question, and they give themselves an answer…And there is that other assumption, which is terribly dangerous- that we are constant, and that our reactions can be predicted.
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
They pose themselves a question, and they give themselves an answer…And there is that other assumption, which is terribly dangerous- that we are constant, and that our reactions can be predicted.
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#Flights
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
They pose themselves a question, and they give themselves an answer…And there is that other assumption, which is terribly dangerous- that we are constant, and that our reactions can be predicted.
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
They pose themselves a question, and they give themselves an answer…And there is that other assumption, which is terribly dangerous- that we are constant, and that our reactions can be predicted.
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
He was just a word for me. I did not see the man in the name any more than you do. Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you…a vain attempt….
#JosephConrad
He was just a word for me. I did not see the man in the name any more than you do. Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you…a vain attempt….
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
He was just a word for me. I did not see the man in the name any more than you do. Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you…a vain attempt….
#JosephConrad
He was just a word for me. I did not see the man in the name any more than you do. Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you…a vain attempt….
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Finished #TheLandinWinter
#AndrewMiller
“Stay here…It will be a mess,"he said.
"…does that matter?"
…This was,and was not quite,the woman who had walked into the shade of the trees that afternoon at the tennis party,feigning surprise…He nodded and picked up his bag, wondering what he had lost,who.
#AndrewMiller
“Stay here…It will be a mess,"he said.
"…does that matter?"
…This was,and was not quite,the woman who had walked into the shade of the trees that afternoon at the tennis party,feigning surprise…He nodded and picked up his bag, wondering what he had lost,who.
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Finished #TheLandinWinter
#AndrewMiller
“Stay here…It will be a mess,"he said.
"…does that matter?"
…This was,and was not quite,the woman who had walked into the shade of the trees that afternoon at the tennis party,feigning surprise…He nodded and picked up his bag, wondering what he had lost,who.
#AndrewMiller
“Stay here…It will be a mess,"he said.
"…does that matter?"
…This was,and was not quite,the woman who had walked into the shade of the trees that afternoon at the tennis party,feigning surprise…He nodded and picked up his bag, wondering what he had lost,who.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#Flights
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
That evening is the limit of the world, and I've just happened upon it, by accident…My own presence is the only thing with a distinct outline now, an outline that quivers and undulates…And all of a sudden I know: there's nothing for it now, here I am.
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
That evening is the limit of the world, and I've just happened upon it, by accident…My own presence is the only thing with a distinct outline now, an outline that quivers and undulates…And all of a sudden I know: there's nothing for it now, here I am.
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#Flights
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
That evening is the limit of the world, and I've just happened upon it, by accident…My own presence is the only thing with a distinct outline now, an outline that quivers and undulates…And all of a sudden I know: there's nothing for it now, here I am.
#OlgaTokarczuk
#Tokarczuk25
That evening is the limit of the world, and I've just happened upon it, by accident…My own presence is the only thing with a distinct outline now, an outline that quivers and undulates…And all of a sudden I know: there's nothing for it now, here I am.
#Seascraper
#BenjaminWood
…all sorts in the water now that wasn't there when he was just a lad. Strange chemicals and pesticides and sewage…Fleeting things…they augur trouble…hard to sleep of late…His dreams are full of slag heaps…he's there in amongst them with a shovel, trying to clear a path.
#BenjaminWood
…all sorts in the water now that wasn't there when he was just a lad. Strange chemicals and pesticides and sewage…Fleeting things…they augur trouble…hard to sleep of late…His dreams are full of slag heaps…he's there in amongst them with a shovel, trying to clear a path.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#Seascraper
#BenjaminWood
…all sorts in the water now that wasn't there when he was just a lad. Strange chemicals and pesticides and sewage…Fleeting things…they augur trouble…hard to sleep of late…His dreams are full of slag heaps…he's there in amongst them with a shovel, trying to clear a path.
#BenjaminWood
…all sorts in the water now that wasn't there when he was just a lad. Strange chemicals and pesticides and sewage…Fleeting things…they augur trouble…hard to sleep of late…His dreams are full of slag heaps…he's there in amongst them with a shovel, trying to clear a path.
#BleedingEdge
#ThomasPynchon
"...visiting-lecturer gigs, including at the infamous School of the Americas."
School of the Americas trained Latin American military personal in combat and political leadership. Several graduates have been accused of human rights abuses.
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
#ThomasPynchon
"...visiting-lecturer gigs, including at the infamous School of the Americas."
School of the Americas trained Latin American military personal in combat and political leadership. Several graduates have been accused of human rights abuses.
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#BleedingEdge
#ThomasPynchon
"...visiting-lecturer gigs, including at the infamous School of the Americas."
School of the Americas trained Latin American military personal in combat and political leadership. Several graduates have been accused of human rights abuses.
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad
#ThomasPynchon
"...visiting-lecturer gigs, including at the infamous School of the Americas."
School of the Americas trained Latin American military personal in combat and political leadership. Several graduates have been accused of human rights abuses.
#HeartofDarkness
#JosephConrad