Saturday, August 28, 2021

Beers & Books CXVIII – Liam O'Flaherty

[left to right]
The Informer, Mr Gilhooley,
Two Lovely Beasts and other Stories,
I went to Russia;
Famine;

A Tourist's Guide To Ireland (1929)


The Sniper [Shortstory I read in an anthology]

Liam O'Flaherty (28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984)

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Beers & Books CXVII – Jorge Luis Borges

He measured the achievements of others
by what they had accomplished,
asking of them that they measure him
by what he envisaged or planned.

Jorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986)

Friday, August 13, 2021

Sunday, August 01, 2021