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Malamud and the Quote Found

20 Thursday Aug 2020

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Bernard Malamud, Israel Shenker, Stories, story, storytelling, writing

Yes, yes – in the end I found it.

We talked about that quote of Bernard Malamud, didn’t we? The one about stories, stories, stories, the one I was sure I’d jotted down and never found again – not in old notebooks, not in the Web… That one.

Well, as was bound to happen, I found it in the end. Continue reading →

Seers and Storytellers

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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Kipling Year, Many Inventions, Poetry, Rudyard Kipling, storytelling, writing

inkwellThe Finest Story in the World has to be one of my favourite Kipling stories. It certainly was one of the first I read, many years ago, in a more than decent Italian translation, back when I still believed Kipling was just the man of the Jungle Books and Kim. Let us say that this particular short story, taken from Many Inventions, was a relevant step towards discovery. Continue reading →

And as Mr. Kipling says…

10 Tuesday Mar 2015

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elephants, Rudyard Kipling, storytelling, writing

ashesandsnowOne of my favourite pieces of K-wisdom – to be kept in mind to stave off a temptation to obsess over the proper rules of storytelling.

Because It Isn’t There

05 Thursday Mar 2015

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crime drama, mysteries, police procedurals, storytelling, Thomas Berger, writing

lansbury-as-miss-marple-reading-up-on-poisonsThere is this very sweet elderly lady I’ve known all my life. She’s past eighty, unmarried, very busy with gardening, embroidery and good deeds. And she is a voracious reader – with a taste, it turns out, for crime stories, mysteries and thrillers. Oh, and police procedurals on the telly. The gorier they are, the better Miss M. likes them. Continue reading →

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