Monthly Archives: May 2009
On Political Enemies and ‘Zoological Metaphors’
A certain character of admittedly limited intelligence, Monsieur Assouline, remarked on his blog – you’re either modern or you’re not – that I called those Socialists who joined the Sarkozy government ‘rats’ and christened Sarkozy himself the ‘Rat Man’. Anyone
On Political Enemies and ‘Zoological Metaphors’
A certain character of admittedly limited intelligence, Monsieur Assouline, remarked on his blog – you’re either modern or you’re not – that I called those Socialists who joined the Sarkozy government ‘rats’ and christened Sarkozy himself the ‘Rat Man’. Anyone
Why We Read
It was Camilo who gave me the book. He is dead now. He was killed at the start of the Nicaraguan insurrection that toppled the 45-year-old Somoza dynasty. We were both young. We were both aware that our country was
Why We Read
It was Camilo who gave me the book. He is dead now. He was killed at the start of the Nicaraguan insurrection that toppled the 45-year-old Somoza dynasty. We were both young. We were both aware that our country was
The Story Is Chief Among His Fellows
“The sounding of the battle-drum is important; the fierce waging of the war itself is important; and the telling of the story afterwards – each is important in its own way… But if you ask me which of them takes
The Story Is Chief Among His Fellows
“The sounding of the battle-drum is important; the fierce waging of the war itself is important; and the telling of the story afterwards – each is important in its own way… But if you ask me which of them takes
In Pursuit of Books
Collectors are people with a tactical instinct; their experience teaches them that when they capture a strange city, the smallest antique shop can be a fortress, the most remote stationery store a key position. How many cities have revealed themselves
In Pursuit of Books
Collectors are people with a tactical instinct; their experience teaches them that when they capture a strange city, the smallest antique shop can be a fortress, the most remote stationery store a key position. How many cities have revealed themselves
(Mis)readings