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== Books == | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Konr%C3%A1d | |||
Though Konrád has frequently portrayed his Berettyóúfalu childhood in his novels, and particularly in The Feast in the Garden, he attempted to present this period in a more precise documentary form in two more recent books, Departure and Return (2001) and Up on the Hill During a Solar Eclipse (2003). The first of these books treats a single year – 1944-45 – while the second covers fifty, after beginning with a reflection on the final years of the twentieth century, more precisely the morning solar eclipse of 1999, experienced from the peak of St. György Hill. These books were published separately in Europe, and together in New York as A Guest in My Own Country (2007). | |||
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Short quotes, odd bits, etc.
Books
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Konr%C3%A1d
Though Konrád has frequently portrayed his Berettyóúfalu childhood in his novels, and particularly in The Feast in the Garden, he attempted to present this period in a more precise documentary form in two more recent books, Departure and Return (2001) and Up on the Hill During a Solar Eclipse (2003). The first of these books treats a single year – 1944-45 – while the second covers fifty, after beginning with a reflection on the final years of the twentieth century, more precisely the morning solar eclipse of 1999, experienced from the peak of St. György Hill. These books were published separately in Europe, and together in New York as A Guest in My Own Country (2007).
Links
Nonsense
On This Day in History
- February 4, 1936 – Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
Latin phrases
- Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. ("Kill them all. For the Lord knows those who are his."). Supposed statement by Abbot Arnaud Amalric before the massacre of Béziers during the Albigensian Crusade, recorded 30 years later, according to Caesarius of Heisterbach. cf. "Kill them all and let God sort them out."
Links to pursue
- Aimee Laurel
- Andrea Graham
- http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/760947/what-cubic-problems-did-tartaglia-and-fior-pose-to-each-other
Overheard (true quotes)
- "I vow to crush all of my children's dreams. That's my main goal in life." (Female co-worker in her mid-thirties.)
Etc.
- Trysting, trysting ... one, two ....
- Florin for your thoughts.
- I Gambol as I Grumble.
- Cards Longa, Vita Brevis.
- As far as I'm concerned, your out of control is under control.
- I'll take it under behoovement.
- Squanderosa: the dinner club for a gilded era.
Pynchon
Art Wars
- Abstract Impressionism (nonfiction)
- Harold Rosenberg (nonfiction)
- Manhattan Project (nonfiction)
- Manhattan Project
- Rock the Cradle (nonfiction)
- Diego Rivera (nonfiction)
- Diego Rivera Shakes His Fist
- Atomic Manhattan (drink)
- Soviet Union (nonfiction)
- Julius Rosenberg (nonfiction)
- Ethel Rosenberg (nonfiction)
- The Book of Daniel (novel) (nonfiction)
Games etc.
- Balloon Wars - speech balloons vs. thought balloons
- Origami Crane - Origami Crane game
- The Stepford Consumers
- Green Treacle 5
- The Bespokesman
- Carrie d'Auouei from Hawaii
- Egocluniac
- Too Early Gig ("Twirly Gig")
- Silk Tornado
- Ocean Front Properly
- Ocean Front Prosperity
- Leonyda, Leona, Lyonah
- Tarski's World
Egypta Commodificata
- Pharaoh Unlimited
- United Afterlife
- Necropolis Associates
- North-South Kingdoms Free Trade Association
- Greater North Kingdom Co-Prosperity Zone
Lords of the Phantom Zone
Mashups
Rodeo Clown MASH_UP Mystery Date
Moon in your perfume MASH_UP Shooting Star
Misc.
- Copper: the Shameless Metal
- Alba Zorba
- Straw dogs, plastics sturgeons -- whatever it takes.
Boat-builders
Boat-builders are a breed apart. What Texans are to land, boat-builders are to water.