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Book Review: When Fate Totters — Pascal Garnier’s Bleak Romans Noirs

Pascal Garnier’s characters slip through cracks, cross borders, pass through the thin mirrors of the self, and commit irreparable acts.

The success of this short novel set in Japan lies in the empathy it creates for a pair of ordinary and lonely characters.

Barbara Moss October 30, 2020 at 4:18 pm on Film Review: Toxicity Roulette — 1969, 2020, and “The Trial of the Chicago 7”Steve This is an excellent review As I too was a young woman in New York at Columbia Watching desks...
Tre October 30, 2020 at 1:47 pm on Food Commentary: The Chicken Sandwich Wars — Political Food Fight RevisitedYooooo, This article is very timely.
ms October 30, 2020 at 1:08 pm on Jazz Album Review: Keith Jarrett’s “Budapest Concert” — Crystalline EndgameHere is the quote from John Cage: In Zen they say: If something is boring after two minutes, try it...
Steve Stone October 30, 2020 at 10:44 am on Book Review: “The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock” — The Art of Doing Nothing, WellGreat Review! Excited to read this book.
Sam October 30, 2020 at 12:55 am on Literary Remembrance: Homage to Guy Davenport — Brilliance Worth SavoringWonderful, these. If I may add a couple companions: "To notice is to rescue, to redeem." -- James Wood "Attention,...