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Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai :cool:
September 24, 2024 at 22:06
The Castle by Franz Kafka
September 01, 2024 at 21:03
Just wanted to announce that my girlfriend and I recently got engaged.
August 05, 2024 at 16:06
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary
July 29, 2024 at 00:52
I found it to be an enjoyable read, although I'm not very knowledgeable on comparative translations. Certainly worth checking out. I enjoyed the "oute...
July 29, 2024 at 00:51
Going on vacation tomorrow. Bringing The Book of Chuang Tzu along with Gilgamesh and Dao De Jing: A Philosophical Translation (rereading)
July 13, 2024 at 01:54
Martin Palmer and Elizabeth Breuilly translation. Penguin Classics version
July 13, 2024 at 01:49
Started The Book of Chuang Tzu last week
July 08, 2024 at 15:56
Started Deconstructing Postmodernist Nietzscheanism: Deleuze and Foucault by Jan Rehmann several days ago
June 19, 2024 at 01:15
I've been interested in the Mongol's since I was a boy. Nearly finished with the book. The first third focuses mostly on the origins of the Mongol Emp...
June 02, 2024 at 23:15
Unfortunately I'm far more cynical and predict that he'll serve no jail time. That said, I'm still leaning towards Biden in winning the election.
June 02, 2024 at 23:05
The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
May 28, 2024 at 22:47
Revolutionary Jews From Spinoza to Marx: The Fight for A Secular World of Universal and Equal Rights by Jonathan Israel
April 21, 2024 at 20:14
India: A History by John Keay
March 23, 2024 at 23:23
A History of Japan by R.H.P Mason and J.G Caiger
March 04, 2024 at 16:46
A History of China by John Keay Also been slowly reading the full One Thousand and One Nights
February 01, 2024 at 17:10
Yeah months and months later some prose still sticks with me.
February 01, 2024 at 17:09
Theory as History: Essays on Modes of Production and Exploitation by Jairus Banaji
January 15, 2024 at 16:47
The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han by Mark Edward Lewis
January 07, 2024 at 17:02
Time for my annual reading list 2023 edition. Far fewer books read this year than in prior years, no doubt a result of having read several books that ...
December 27, 2023 at 16:50
Finished yesterday, quite the trip, in the hallucinatory sense. A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Mark Tessler
December 11, 2023 at 16:56
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
October 30, 2023 at 00:40
Holy shit Israel Tells U.N. that all of North Gaza (over 1M people) has 24 Hours to Move South
October 13, 2023 at 03:54
I am doing very well, my girlfriend and I are moving in together next week so very excited about that. How are things with you?
October 12, 2023 at 14:45
The Israeli's have long abandoned the idea of a two-state solution, the Israeli government including Netanyahu, explicitly so. The idea of a two-state...
October 12, 2023 at 14:43
oh hurrah welcome back @"ArguingWAristotleTiff"!
October 11, 2023 at 03:20
40% of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank are 14 years old and under. 60% are 24 and under. The oldest of this cohort would have been seven years ...
October 10, 2023 at 23:16
This is a typical argument whereby Palestine is being penalized for what they hypothetically could do, (regardless of any actual objective) while the ...
October 10, 2023 at 23:05
No serious critic of Israel is going to condone Hamas' targeting of civilians, but understand that the actions committed by Hamas - so often labeled a...
October 10, 2023 at 00:47
gorgeous day in NYC
September 15, 2023 at 18:20
A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II by Gerhard L Winberg
September 15, 2023 at 18:18
The book was very interesting and certainly worth a read. While the book's main thrust is to revaluate the Treaty of Westphalia's historical relevancy...
September 15, 2023 at 18:17
The Myth of 1648: Class, Geopolitics and the Making of Modern International Relations by Benno Teschke
September 05, 2023 at 16:24
Just finished it and the answer is yes. A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East by László Krasznahorkai
August 26, 2023 at 17:50
The food is, as stereotyped, unbelievable. The wine also delicious and cheap. We ate a ton of pasta, cured meats, various wines that would be 3x the p...
August 22, 2023 at 22:34
It's fantastic, the prose is breathtaking at times.
August 22, 2023 at 22:24
Finished Don Quixote a few weeks back. Over halfway through Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
August 22, 2023 at 03:42
Just got back from a lovely vacation in Italy
August 22, 2023 at 03:40
Just got back from vacation, looks like 200K, I would have guessed 100K
August 22, 2023 at 03:39
Hell yes
June 24, 2023 at 15:33
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
June 17, 2023 at 16:08
After being mostly unavailable Werckmeister Harmonies has a new 4K restoration with a limited theatrical release around the United States. Not sure wh...
June 17, 2023 at 16:08
You might be interested to know I just saw Bela Tarr, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's cinematic collaborator, in-person in NYC on Monday in a very rare US appe...
June 16, 2023 at 00:18
lol what a dumbass
May 24, 2023 at 23:13
Don Quixote might be up next
May 22, 2023 at 03:31
The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times by Giovanni Arrighi
May 15, 2023 at 03:54
Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In by C. L. R. James
May 08, 2023 at 22:32
Caravaggio: The Complete Works by Sebastian Schutze
May 01, 2023 at 19:39
Very cool
April 28, 2023 at 16:48
The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War by Arno J. Mayer
April 15, 2023 at 22:42