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‘Terra Nostra’ by Carlos Fuentes

Incredible the first animal that dreamed of another animal. Monstrous the first vertebrate that succeeded in standing on two feet and thus spread terror among the beasts still normally and happily crawling close to the ground through the… Read More

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 Posted on May 17, 2012 by

 Literature, Mexico, The Novel

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What is a Classic?

A couple of days ago I blogged about John Franklin’s moment of clarity while listening to a late Beethoven sonata in 1845, less than twenty years after it was composed. The music had – according to Sten Narodny’s… Read More

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 Posted on August 24, 2011 by

 Everyday Stuff, Literature, Music

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