Monthly Archives: September 2015

Gogol, Nikolai. Dead Souls. First published (in Russian) 1842. This translation (Pevear and Volokhonsky) vintage classics, New York, 1996. Electronic version from Kindle. F; 09/15. Russia. I’ve never been there but over the years it’s loomed large and dark in … Continue reading →

I’m having some trouble with my computer. It seems there is a folder within one of the main folders that contains itself. I only became aware of this because certain mundane functions like saving a document into the documents folder … Continue reading →

This swish informal restaurant sits on a mezzanine in Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel, the hotel built I believe for the 2010 Olympics and not yet showing its age. It is showing its class, however, a pretty good cut below … Continue reading →

O’Hagan, Andrew. The Illuminations. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 2015. Electronic version on Kindle. F;9/15. This story had for me enough insight and sentiment that it was clear this author has what I call grace: a classy and enviable way with … Continue reading →

James, Marlon. A Brief History of Seven Killings. Penguin, New York, 2014. Electronically downloaded for Kindle. F/9/15. You either love this book or you hate it, or maybe you both love it and hate it. In any case it’s hard to … Continue reading →