Beers & Books VII

 Madeleine Bourdouxhe (25 September 1906 – 16 April 1996)

Joan Chamorro * 24 September 1962

Andrea Motis *9 May 1995

Au revoir, Madame, et merci

Juliette Gréco (7 February 1927 – 23 September 2020)

Tango Tuesday – Amelita Baltar

Amelita Baltar *24 September 1940

A blissful repose of nothingness

We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.

Wir können unser Leben als nutzlos störende Episode in der seligen Ruhe des Nichts betrachten.

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 Februar 1788 – 21 September 1860)

Beers & Books VI

Terra Nostra

Carlos Fuentes (11 November 1928 – 15 May 2012)

Saturday Night Music – Adiemus colores

Karl Jenkins * 17 February 1944

Friday is Skyday

Looks as if ...

... there were someone dancing.

 

Beers & Books V

 

The Lady with the Dog

Anton Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904)

On the Road

. . .

 

Beers & Books IV

My Name is Red

 

Orhan Pamuk *7 June 1952

In memoriam Jacobo Árbenz

Jacobo Árbenz (14 September 1913 – 27 January 1971)

Beers & Books III

An Ian McEwan
would have been fitting, too.
But then a spell was put upon me.

John Burnside *19 March 1955