Macumbeira
a Reader's diary
Friday, August 8, 2025
Italiensehnsucht
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Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn, Im dunkeln Laub die Gold-Orangen glühn, Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Himmel weht, ...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
There is too much writing and not enough reading
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"Er wordt teveel geschreven en te weinig gelezen". Frits van Oostrom in an interview with Garrelt Verhoeven in Online Boekensalo...
Sunday, November 24, 2024
He felt quite sure that he would never die.
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"Is it difficult to die Daddy?" 'No, I think it's pretty easy, Nick. It all depends.' They were seated in the boat...
Sunday, December 31, 2023
If Not, Winter - Fragments of Sappho translated by Anne Carson, Folio Society edition
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I’m very pleased with my purchase of this beautiful edition. The letterpress printing and cream-colored paper are simply exquisite—Homer h...
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Reading Oscars 2022
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All along the year 2022, I crawled slowly further over the lines of Dante Alighieri's Commedia . O ne canto each evening before bedtim...
Monday, June 6, 2022
Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine
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The loss of irreplaceable books has recently been on my mind. While visiting the fair for Artbooks in Ghent, I was attracted by a stand wit...
Sunday, June 5, 2022
"The Poetics" by Aristotle
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"How to tell a Story, An ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers" is nothing less than Aristotle's cl...
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