The majority of the stories appear in the English translation for the very first time, and I am reviewing five of them below. The Opera Glasses by Louis Couperus (trans. Paul Vincent) –★★★1/2 This is a very well-written short story that keeps you on your toes throughout. It is...
But now, at your lei- sure, you can pour over some of the many topics Dunning has not only thoroughly researched but also formulated in to bite size and very readable explorations into the sometimes strange world of beliefs and investigations. Often I find myself reaching for copies of ...
on this day, a tan wool sweater vest. He looks like someone you would be more likely to encounter in a Paris library or office than in a desert camp. Indeed he is soft-spoken, choosing his words with scholarly scruple and carefully citing the contributions of other scholars, and ...
“…of the Good in you I can speak, but not of the Evil. For what is Evil but not Good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? When Good is hungry, it seeks food, even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, it drinks even of dead waters” (The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran). There are...