After Octavian
Sintesa. Bibliophile. Lieder Enthusiast. Operavore. Balletomane. Gourmand. Oenophile. Eavesdropper Extraordinaire. She/Her They/Them
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- I think I hit Dostoevsky in that sweet spot during the mid-teens when all the angst and the existential questioning (not to mention the melodrama) is irresistible. I sped through the entirety of his work translated into English at that time in less than a year, most of it in just the summer.
- Oh, to be young and voracious again!
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- A life without capsicums is hardly worth living and I use fish sauce often as a substitute for anchovies when I'm too lazy to deal with those little fish or don't have them on hand.
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- I am so tempted to do this challenge but I am already 5 days behind! It looks fun, though, and I'm enjoying your posts, Marina.
- As it happens, the book I've just started, Salvador Elizondo's 'Farabeuf, or the Chronicle of an Instant' was published in 1965, the decade in which I was born.
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View full threadI'm also reading Alia Gorbunova's collection of flash fiction, (Th)ings and (Th)oughts (trs. Elina Alter). This is just delightful. I dip into it whenever I need a little pick me up or diversion.
- Ack! The author's name is Alla not Alia! Apologies.
- I've just started Salvador Elizondo's 'Farabeuf, or the Chronicle of an Instant' (trs. John Incledon). I'm reading it because it is referenced both explicitly (in an epigram) and obliquely throughout Ave Barrera's superb 2019 novel, Restauración, one of the best books I read in 2025.
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- That is an excellent point about the orchestra. I would imagine finding balance between the instruments and the voices is much harder in a concert setting.
