Lars Iyer's top 10 literary frenemies - The Guardian
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 The Guardian | Lars Iyer's top 10 literary frenemies The Guardian Theirs is a sunny kind of frenmity, with Sancho as the comic sidekick, an everyman realist to his master's idealist, spouting what have come to be called sanchismos, a humorous mixture of ironic Spanish proverbs and put-downs. Waiting for Godot or, ... |
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Writers must serve a social purpose - The Hindu
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 The Hindu | Writers must serve a social purpose The Hindu I was in Jaipur when the Literature Festival was on, and intended to go there, but was dissuaded by some friends who said it would be a waste of time. So what I learnt about it was from newspapers, television and the Internet. To put it in briefly, ... |
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'A Muslim Suicide': Literature in the tradition of Islamic art - Al-Masry Al-Youm
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'A Muslim Suicide': Literature in the tradition of Islamic art Al-Masry Al-Youm Ibn Sab'in is forced first out of Spain, and then Morocco, and is finally killed — or commits suicide — in Mecca. "A Muslim Suicide," which was long-listed for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2009, doesn't offer a realistic portrait of ... |
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Savannah Book Fest Q&A: Hillary Jordan - Savannah Morning News
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Savannah Book Fest Q&A: Hillary Jordan Savannah Morning News DO: Your second novel, “When She Woke,” which came out in October, uses elements of magical realism and dystopian futurism to paint an unpretty picture: that of a woman whose crime is publicly broadcast, à la “The Scarlet Letter,” to a watching, ... |
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'I prefer being a journalist' - Daily Sun
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'I prefer being a journalist' Daily Sun His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. |
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Am I talking your language? - Euro Weekly News
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Am I talking your language? Euro Weekly News But I am a realist and know the importance of the English language in the world of commerce. A Spanish restaurateur is a realist too: 'I couldn't run this business without English-speaking staff but I could without Spanish.' Common sense at last! |
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Call for production crew - Costume Design | Impossible Theatre - VIC - Australian Stage Online
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Call for production crew - Costume Design | Impossible Theatre - VIC Australian Stage Online Based in Melbourne, Impossible Theatre is currently developing a series of plays inspired by the work of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca. Please review our profile below for all details about Impossible Theatre. Impossible Theatre is looking ... |
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South-of-the-Border Speculation: 'Three Messages and a Warning' presents a ... - Austin Chronicle
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 Austin Chronicle | South-of-the-Border Speculation: 'Three Messages and a Warning' presents a ... Austin Chronicle In an effort to display the breadth and dynamism of the current state of Mexican speculative fiction, most of the pieces are, out of necessity, "short shorts," known in Spanish as microrelatos. "And if they could have been longer," says Eduardo Jiménez ... |
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Fresh insights into author of classic novel - Otago Daily Times
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 Otago Daily Times | Fresh insights into author of classic novel Otago Daily Times Mulgan was one of the youngest of the writers born between 1900 and 1914 who among them made a new New Zealand literature in the 1930s. Others in the group included Frank Sargeson (1903-82), ARD Fairburn (1904-57), RA K. Mason (1905-71), ... |
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Opium-tinted Bombay - Deccan Herald
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 Deccan Herald | Opium-tinted Bombay Deccan Herald It is a Bombay that we don't get to see in the many portrayals of the city in literature, cinema and mainstream media. A journey into the underbelly of the city from the eighties, through the nineties and into the present, the book is about a Bombay of ... |
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