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In One Breath — The Making of Russian Ark
In One Breath is a documentary about the making of Aleksandr Sokurov’s 2002 film Russian Ark, one of the dreamiest, most sublime movies I’ve ever experienced. The entirety of Russian Ark unfolds in...
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A Partial History of Lost Causes (Book Acquired, 3.06.2012)
A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer DuBois. Publisher Random House’s copy: In Jennifer duBois’s mesmerizing and exquisitely rendered debut novel, a long-lost letter links two disparate...
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Read “Second Variety,” a Story by Philip K. Dick
The Russian soldier made his way nervously up the ragged side of the hill, holding his gun ready. He glanced around him, licking his dry lips, his face set. From time to time he reached up a gloved...
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Pasternak’s The Last Summer, Another Lovely Penguin (Book Acquired Some Time...
Big thanks again to Ryan Mihaly for sending me another Penguin edition. This time, Ryan sent me Boris Pasternak’s The Last Summer. (Ryan writes reviews of merit at Flying Object, btw). Ryan also sent...
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“A Transgression”— Anton Chekhov
“A Transgression” by Anton Chekhov A COLLEGIATE assessor called Miguev stopped at a telegraph-post in the course of his evening walk and heaved a deep sigh. A week before, as he was returning home from...
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The Twelfth Department (Book Acquired, Sometime Last Week)
The Twelfth Apartment is a forthcoming thriller from William Ryan. Macmillan’s blurb: The new Captain Korolev mystery set in 1930s Stalinist Russia, from the lauded author of The Holy Thief and The...
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