12 Wednesday Dec 2012
Posted in Events, Korean, Literature
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Some pretty awesome news got relayed to me via Twitter this morning: it has just been announced that South Korea will be the “market focus” of the 2014 London Book Fair. The London Book Fair, in case you are not familiar with it, is a 3-day event that takes place at Earls Court in April each year. Continue reading »
11 Sunday Dec 2011
Posted in Literature
The reading recommendations for Argentina in the Guardian’s World Literature Tour are out.
I’m highly pleased that Julio Cortázar features prominently on the list – with Rayuela (Hopscotch, trans. by Gregory Rabassa) as well as his short stories, both of which I can’t recommend often enough.
Next stop on the world literature tour is Chile.
17 Thursday Nov 2011
Posted in Japanese, Literature
I have recently been reading Murakami’s latest work, 1Q84, in fact, I just finished Book 2 today. I will review the novel once I am done with the third part, but I can already say that I wasn’t particularly impressed by the first 600 pages. Despite this, articles like Nathan Heller’s “The secret to his success. Hint: It’s not great writing” – published on Slate yesterday – really irk me. Why? Because much of Heller’s criticism focuses on Murakami’s writing style, comments that are completely unjustified given that he is reading a translation. A few quotes from Heller’s article:
12 Saturday Nov 2011
Posted in Film, Japanese, Literature, Manga / Manwha / Comic, OST
11 Friday Nov 2011
Posted in Events, Film, Literature
More film festivals in London keep popping up out of nowhere – and I really mean ‘popping up out of nowhere’, as some are still very much in their infancy. The 2nd Portuguese Film Festival runs from November 10-30, with films screening at cinemas across London.
But this is not just any old film festival:
The focus of the festival will be on adaptations of Portuguese literature and will include a special session at the Barbican, with classic silent film Os Lobos (directed by Rino Lupo) being accompanied by Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa.
08 Tuesday Nov 2011
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