Sunday, May 09, 2021
Saturday, May 08, 2021
Beers & Books LXXV – Thomas Pynchon
V., The Crying of Lot 49, Against the Day*, * "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers. |
* List of Episodes in Against the Day
* Pynchon Wiki: Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon *8 May 1937
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Thursday, April 29, 2021
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Beers & Books LXXVIII – Ian Rankin
"I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my head when I'm writing my books." |
Ian Rankin *28 April 1960
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Beers & Books LXXVII – Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño (28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003)
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Beers & Books LXXVI – Terry Pratchett
Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am. |
Terry Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015)
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Monday, April 26, 2021
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Beers & Books LXXV – Anthony Trollope
Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write. |
Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 Dezember 1882)
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Friday, April 23, 2021
Beers & Books LXXIV – Halldór Laxness
Love of, and respect for, the humble routine of everyday life and its creatures was the only moral commandment which carried conviction when I was a child. |
Halldór Laxness (23. April 1902 in Reykjavík – 8. Februar 1998)
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
Beers & Books LXXIII– María Zambrano
“La palabra es libertad.”
The Intellectuals in Spain's Drama (written 1936/37) |
María Zambrano 22 April 1904 – 6 February 1991)
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Beers & Books LXXII – Henry Fielding
"The prudence of the best heads
is often defeated
by the tenderness of the best hearts."
Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754)
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