The cry of Job—why am I being so tested? Some years ago, while helping out in a rural Haitian clinic, PdV found herself wondering, along with most Haitians, how on earth one beautiful small country came to be singled out by fate or the Almighty for such extraordinary treatment. After the grand, once in history […]
‘France for the truly French’, ‘keep out the foreigners’, ‘we must revive national identity’, etc etc. All familiar battle-cries of a certain segment of the right-wing, foremost but not exclusively the Front National, which polled 30% in recent regional elections. BUT–be careful what you wish for, mes amis. During decades of life in Europe, and […]
Bonsoir colere. Pointdevue is furious. Last night, out to grab a bite with a neighbor. Our little old streets alive with perhaps 150 heavily armed police. Obama and Hollande and Royale and hangers-on dining at the 300 euro a head resto around the corner, L’Ambroisie. On the way home we halted among a crowd of […]
‘In this entertaining satire of empire, Christian Kracht makes use of a nihilistic magic realism, without the sweetness one normally associates with that mode.’ This review by PdV’s Maristed first appeared on August 10 in ArtsFuse.Org Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas by Christian Kracht. Translated from the German by Daniel Bowles. Farrar Straus […]
This review first appeared in Artsfuse.org. I Refuse. Translated by Don Bartlett. Graywolf Press, 224 pages. Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes. Translated by Don Bartlett. Graywolf Press, 128 pages. by Kai Maristed Once upon a time, if you asked someone reasonably well-read to name a writer from that small handful of small […]
Should you find yourself overwhelmed by the state of the world, or by a personal sadness, or even too much happiness–you might want to step out of time for a time. In Paris this is easy. Walk up the Boulevard St. Germain from the Museum of Arab Culture, or down from the Sorbonne. Stay on […]
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