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Continue reading →: Some days on the middle finger..On my the third and last night in Kagio I realised that there was actually someone there other than me. I had seen a fishing boat go out on a couple of the mornings but not watched closely enough to see if the guy stayed in the village. I walked…
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Continue reading →: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Six astronauts in a space station orbit our planet over the course of a single day, existing in a sort of trance; weightless, outside of time, transfixed and astonished by the “ringing singing lightness” of the countries of the world they see below. In some ways, its the height of…
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Continue reading →: In the Nether RegionsAnd so I reach the terminus for this journey, a fitting zenith here at Porto Kagio, where I can take a few days, reflect, put the van in reverse if only figuratively, and head back north. Off-season Porto Kagio is a delight in the fine weather we have had the…
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Continue reading →: To the Entrance of HadesThis morning I drove down to the tip of the Mani peninsula. From where the road ends it’s a wild four kilometre hike on a rocky path to Cape Tainaron. Here, the eastern Laconian Gulf meets the Messenian Gulf from the west. It took its name from the mythical son…
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Continue reading →: Skeletons In The Closet by Jean-Patrick Manchette
translated from the French by Alyson Waters This is the seventh NYRB translation of a Manchette novel. To some degree, in order of translation at least, he lives off the strength of his phenomenal earlier work, Fatale, The Mad and the Bad, and Three to Kill, though the latter NYRB…
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Continue reading →: To Mani..Mani, the southernmost and middle peninsula of the Peloponnese or Morea, straddling the districts of Lakonia and Messenia in southern Greece, is a treasure trove of Byzantine architecture, Frankish castles and stunning scenery. The isolated aspect of this beautiful area, combined with the independent nature of its people meant that…
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Continue reading →: Mystras – GytheioMy plan to visit the archaeological ruins site at Mystras was thwarted. The ruin of the fortified town is situated on the foothill slopes of the Taygetos mountains just above the new town of Mystras and only four kilometres from the city of Sparta. It served as capital of this…
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Continue reading →: Russian Gothic by Aleksandr Skorobogatovtranslated from the Russian (Belarus) by Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse This little Belarussian gem, or perhaps black opal is more appropriate, has taken more than thirty years to reach English translation, though on its relase in 1991 won several awards. A cause for celebration most certainly. It is a tale told…
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Continue reading →: The Sanctuary by Gustavo Eduardo Abrevayatranslated from the Argentinian Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger The premise of the novel may be nothing new, a car breakdown in the desert miles from anywhere expect a small town whose inhabitants are up to no good.. but, Abrevaya does a solid job in relating the tale in such…
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Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
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