I would quite like to see this book. I really should not buy books but we do not have them in the library. They have it at Rice. We can not only construct and resist Spanish modernity; we can also visualize it, and that book would also be fun to read. Axé.
Pérez Galdós has the inglesa speak Spanish like this: -¡Oooh!… usted… mi quejarme al coachman… usted reventar me for it. ♦ We have read a novella describing a trip on Madrid’s first ever public tram, which started running in 1871 and was horse drawn. The route began in the barrio of Salamanca, went down Serrano … More Englishwoman vs. Spaniard on public transportation, Madrid 1871, and more evidence of my avant-garde nature
«Não se vêem vírgulas entre as casas, o que torna tão difícil a sua leitura e as ruas tão cansativas de percorrer. A frase nas cidades é interminável». –Henri Michaux I have to find it in French. I got it here. “There are no commas between the buildings, which makes their interpretation difficult and the … More My new favorite dictum
At last I know what “rocambolesque” means. And the writer Ponson du Terrail, who created the character Rocambole, believed in speed and eschewed perfectionism. That gave rise to interesting errors: “Her hands were as cold as those of a snake” (Elle avait les mains aussi froides que celles d’un serpent) “With one hand, he raised … More Rocambole
Why is it that when I think I am having some sort of grammatical, stylistic or diction problem in Spanish and I look it up, I always discover that what I had said originally was right? (I do not have the same kind of luck with English.) Axé.
Las hordas salvajes de la noche se echaron sobre la ciudad amedrentada. La bahía florecida, de mástiles y lunas, se derrama sobre la partitura ingenua de sus manos, y el grito, lejano de un vapor, hacia los mares nórdicos. Adiós al continente naufragado. Entre los hilos de su nombre se quedaron las plumas de los … More Vrbe V
Here is a portfolio of references for The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Do you like this book? I see why one should like it and that it is admirable but it reminds me of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love which was, once again, interesting but not lasting. I am much, much more … More Junot Díaz
I envy Tulane faculty because they have one interesting symposium after another, but Jazzfest is for middle-aged tourists. This year, allons à Lafayette where the cool kids go. I will present a total of nine bands, in French. I will be broadcast on the radio with Mariachi Las Alteñas and Oliver M’Tukudzi & The Black Spirits. I woke up this morning … More L’identité
Esta nueva profundidad del panorama es una proyección hacia los espejismos interiores La muchedumbre sonora hoy rebasa las plazas comunales y los hurras triunfales del obregonismo reverberan al sol de las fachadas. Oh muchacha romántica flamarazo de oro. Tal vez entre mis manos sólo quedaron los momentos vivos. Los paisajes vestidos de amarillo se durmieron … More Vrbe II
Saint-Louis, Senegal/New Orleans Conference New Orleans, Louisiana April 22-25, 2013 will be the site of the second part of an international conference, “Saint-Louis, Senegal, and New Orleans: The Comparative and Linked History of Two Port Cities on Each Side of the Atlantic from the 17th to the 19th Centuries,” cosponsored by Tulane, the Ecole des … More African New Orleans
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