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Rise

Rise


A good writer, a certain kind of good writer, always leaves me wanting to drop the book and start writing.
– Richard Gwyn



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  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    Do you plan on reading it and compare with the Schade translation? That should be interesting. Yes, the stories are also my favourite, I kept rereading them. This was when I lived in the mountains of Central America with only a handful of books to read; a good thing that Rulfo's bundle was among those few. Now I have a little e-reader with hundreds of books. How times have changed.

    I found Stefan Zweig's Chess story. Looking forward to it.

    posted yesterday. ( send a note )
  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    Thanks! I knew I could count on you.

    posted 3 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    You are the one who can help me with this, Rise: do you know a good english translation of Rulfo's El Llano en Llamas?

    posted 4 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Ellen S

    Ellen S says

    I have never heard of Maoh, maybe because I haven't followed manga (something else for my "spare" time...)

    Thanks for the information about Teju Cole. He actually came to a literary festival in my little town. I was sorely disappointed that I couldn't hear him read because I had another commitment at that time.

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Ellen S

    Ellen S says

    Hi Rise,

    I've finished it. I'm now reading The Trial, which I read ages ago. I have the Muir translation, with the fragments and passages deleted by the author as appendices.

    I've also started Open City by Teju Cole. My interest in that book was piqued by a couple of reviews that drew connections between Cole and Sebald.

    What are you reading these days?

    posted 10 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Chugs

    Chugs says

    And there was apparantly some rather blind confusion on my part. Don't know
    how I've missed these updates, if I've just been not getting emails or not paying attention:
    I missed the whole changing of the name of the group, the last few posts. I'm
    completely out of it here, also completely stoked to see things still going & along a larger thread
    of interest....

    posted 10 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Chugs

    Chugs says

    The editors/librarians is active still, it's me that's not. NO big deal.
    I know how big some of the early sets were, but this is, as per the spine
    & bibliographical info: "The Complete Burton Translation w/ The Complete
    Burton Notes, The Terminal Essay, A Complete Index, & 1001 Decorations
    By Valenti Angelo." It's six volumes in three books, each slipcased & running
    close to 4000 pages. here's a listing of the edition:

    http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/complete-001-arabian-nights-vols-77114129

    posted 11 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Jim H

    Jim H says

    I'm not liking it. I'm reading the Muir translation. Which translation did you read?

    posted 11 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Chugs

    Chugs says

    I was going through the five that I was in since Bolano group dissolved, & there hadn't been
    activity on two of them in 5 months & 2 years respectively. The editors & librarians group, plus
    the one you had involved me in I wasn't active at all in, didn't see the need. I just started going to
    groups & clicking on "leave group". Hadn't intended to leave the World Lit, I was actually follwing a
    few of the links from there this weekend, looking for some interesting titles, looking to broaden my
    reading horizons. Was looking to rejoin next time I loggin in....I'm not going to be very active on here
    this year, taking a step back but forward aw well. Trying to do some writing, but also focusing on one
    big book instead of tearing through 80 or 100 or whatever we've been averaging the past few years.
    I've got a great Burton translation of The Arabian Nights ("1,001 Nights/Thousand Nights & One Night")
    that I'm pretty mystified by. I'm picking up small things here & there to break it up a bit, but it's a goal
    I've had since finding this edition last year for my birthday....

    posted 12 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Jim H

    Jim H says

    What happened to The Castle group read?

    Jim H.

    posted 12 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Chugs

    Chugs says

    Second read of TSD, eh? Any new or changed opinions?

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    I have seen some good reviews, but I'll wait for yours before I add it to the Pile :D

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    Oh dear, I see you started 1Q84, that will keep you busy for a while! I saw it on display in my local bookstore; my heart sank at the thought of carrying it home.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Chugs

    Chugs says

    There's a short Q & A on the Book Bench today discussing Bolano & New Directions, a quick read:
    http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/01/this-week-in-fiction-roberto-bolano.html#entry-more

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Suze

    Suze says

    Yay! I added you to our blogroll. Riddley is in there, too.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Suze

    Suze says

    I wanted to ask you before I do it--is it cool if I link your blog on IB? You haven't been real showy with your link so I wasn't sure if you wanted exposure or not. :) But I've been trying to link people I know who do book reviews.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    Your musings about the Library of Babel are equally marvellous. I hadn't thought of it as a tesseract, but that is an interesting idea. I am going to spend some time reading your other blog entries on Borges.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    Now that is a truly marvellous review.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    Yes, I bought myself a copy and it is just as good as I remembered. I love the part about Gödel with his undecidable statements that shook the very foundations of mathematics. Have you read the GEB?

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Louisa van der Luyden

    Louisa van der Luyden says

    Going by the description of Voyage Along the Horizon, it seems like something Borges could have written. Interesting, I am adding it to my list.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )

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