As tomorrow James Joyce will – not would! – celebrate his 142nd birthday, and as today is Laughing Lhursday, I think it is about time to once again post this glorious encounter of him and Samuel Beckett.
James Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941)
Samuel Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989)
* [For first time visitors]:
Typo in the title?
Nah.
It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.
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| Quiet Existences |
Hermann Bang (20 April 1857 – 29 January 1912)
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| And I'll dance with you in Vienna I'll be wearing a river's disguise The hyacinth wild on my shoulder, My mouth on the dew of your thighs . . . |
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| Vater und Sohn unterwegs Feðgar á ferð / The Old Man and His Sons |
Heðin Brú (August 17, 1901 – May 18, 1987)
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| Arno Schmidt The great reading book |
Arno Schmidt (18 January 1914 – 3 Juni 1979)
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| Hier wird getanzt Her skal danses (Let There Be Dancing) |
William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991)
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| The Moonstone |
A very happy 200th Birthday, Mr. Collins.
Wilkie Collins ((8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889)
