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Death will come
A newly translated story by the Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973). « P.S. Did you know that Uncle Karl died ten days ago of stomach cancer? »
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Crafting a human text is like wrestling a wild animal
On Cécile Wajsbrot’s « Nevermore », Eva Meijer’s « Een woord voor », and the constant self-flagellation that comes with putting words to paper.
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The dog who bit everyone
Fifty-one years after his death, Pasolini’s vision of capitalism is even more urgent. A new play examines his unfinished masterpiece.
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