January 2002

Caught inside by lz in Reading Archive on 29Jan2002

The Last Amateurs by lz in Reading Archive on 23Jan2002

John Adams by lz in Reading Archive on 19Jan2002

The Man Without Qualities (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) by lz in Reading Archive on 15Jan2002

Brilliant heady work, thick with words, which may have been the result of translation, but 700+ pages of intellectual thought a la Sartre became a heavy burden. This is no mere novel, this is a tome describing the unease of the 20th century. The "hero" Ulrich, as a character, stands...

NICE! by lz in Weblog on 10Jan2002

"Of all the words in the English language, few have more varied careers than nice..."...

ENGLISH: THE NEW WORLD LANGUAGE by lz in Weblog on 10Jan2002

good economist.com article on the triumph of English. "The real reason for the latterday triumph of English is the triumph of the English-speaking United States as a world power."...

A Year in Van Nuys by lz in Reading Archive on 09Jan2002

A Private Possession by mjs in Reprints on 09Jan2002

EILEEN PUSHES THE puff sleeve higher on her skinny arm but it slips down almost to her elbow again; the elastic cannot hold it.

Summer in Baden-Baden by lz in Reading Archive on 08Jan2002

Mating by lz in Reprints on 08Jan2002

>Gaffe Fest< I treated his four days away as nothing when he came back.

David Copperfield by lz in Reprints on 08Jan2002

>CHAPTER LII: I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION<

Washington Square by lz in Reprints on 08Jan2002

>CHAPTER XXXV< Her refreshed attention to this gentleman had not those limits of which Catherine desired, for herself, to be conscious; it lasted long enough to enable her to wait another week before speaking of him again.

The Adventure of a Photographer by lz in Reprints on 08Jan2002

WHEN SPRING comes, the cityÍs inhabitants, by the hundreds of thousands, go out on Sundays with leather cases over their shoulders. And they photograph one another.

Secrets of the Flesh by lz in Reading Archive on 02Jan2002

The American by lz in Reprints on 02Jan2002

a short excerpt from Chapter II (Newman in the Louvre)