Flying Houses

Oeuvre rule: I have only previously read How to be Alone , which came out a year after this.  I enjoyed it very much, while I thought Fra...

For the past few years I looked forward to the day when I could return to my work here and review the last novel by Thomas Mann that I wa...

While I learned last night that typing a blog post up while on my own dodgy internet connection can truly end up being a waste of an hour ...

While I have already posted a review of Buddenbrooks , I mentioned in that post that I had wasted an hour of my life writing this earlier ...

May 2, 2008 was my mother's birthday and my final day at Jefferies & Co. I called her to wish her a happy one, and my co-workers hel...

As far as reviews go, I feel it is appropriate to mention that a critic's knowledge of an artist's entire oeuvre is certainly ind...