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Verkhovensky replied to the thread Non-Writer Obituaries.He helped Kevin find the hotel lobby in the classic that is Home Alone 2: Alone in New York. -
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/01/paul-auster-dies-aged-77-death-american-author-new-york-trilogy
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I think it's outrageous a small country to have 2 or 3 translators from a "non-conventional" language and a big country like mine don't...
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Verkhovensky replied to the thread Recently Begun Books.I mean, you can major in Portuguese in Zagreb, so I guess there are plenty of people that at least theoretically can translate from...
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Verkhovensky replied to the thread Recently Begun Books.I'm a big fan of Agualusa! I liked My Father's Wives most of his books that I've read, however I haven't yet read Chameleons. Maybe...
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^Same here, I used to think that she was simply brutal, but with the passing of years I came to appreciate her humor as well. I second...
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Something I didn't appreciate about EJ when I first read her is she is very funny. Some people (like young me) fail to pick up on the...
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Verkhovensky replied to the thread Elfriede Jelinek.She is much more misanthropic. When reading her, you just feel that contempt towards humanity... I read her early novel Women as Lovers...
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Verkhovensky replied to the thread International Booker Prize.I don't get it, you are intrigued, yet you don't want to think about it?
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Verkhovensky replied to the thread Understanding Nobel Prize: 1934---1936.I think I already pondered about how the whole debate concerning the literary validity of "genre" literature (crime in particular)...
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Sure, it's a short but compelling read, a good starting point if you want to get a sense of Starnone's style. :)
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Verkhovensky replied to the thread WLF Reading List 2024.I read it a long time ago, but isn't the age gap in GGM's Memoirs of my Melancoly Whores something ridiculous. Like 90-year old guy...
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I just found out the audiobook is narrated by Humberto Vélez, who is the voice of Homer Simpson in Spanish :ROFLMAO:
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Verkhovensky replied to the thread International Booker Prize.Dante, have you read Starnone's novel Ties by any chance?
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Verkhovensky reacted to alik-vit's post in the thread Portuguese translation(s) & publishing with
Haha.
Well.... khm-khm... well....