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Excerpts from an interview published in 2019: insights into Žarko’s work . . . In my literature, the writer’s need to come as close as possible to reality in fiction, and to use authentic names and his own Self, is … Continue reading
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This morning, casting about for ideas to present/discuss in Alex’s and my joint seminar Picturing Words/Speaking Pictures, I gathered, was surprised by, found myself reading the books pictured here. In early March, over the course of two weeks, I’ll lead … Continue reading
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New York Times: 21 December 2023 “At least 15 people were killed during a shooting rampage in the Czech Republic on Thursday, including 14 people at Charles University in Prague and the suspect’s father, the authorities said. Twenty-four other people … Continue reading
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Peter Handke’s new book arrived at my perch above Utah Valley this week. And this paragraph on page 11 provoked, as Handke’s work has always done, an attempt at translation. Er war, seit langem, ohne Frau, hatte auch keine Kinder, … Continue reading
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Books by Žarko Radaković from my Collection Missing: Tübingen, Pogled, Knjige o Muzici (with David Albahari), Putovati, and the new MUBI 68 and Knjiga O Fudbalu Juče je bilo potpisivanje romana Žarka Radakovića. Yesterday was a signing of Žarko Radaković’s … Continue reading
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Zarko’s dear, life-long friend, David Albahari has passed on. A few years ago I reviewed two new translations of Albahari’s novel Globetrotter and a book of short stories, Learning Cyrillic for Open Letters Monthly. The review is HERE (an archive … Continue reading
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Zarko is a major Serbian writer, with a dozen novels, joint works, and a long list of translations. Laguna Press, Serbia’s premiere literary publisher, has published some of these, including our recent book We: On Friendship. Thoughtful reviews continue to … Continue reading
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Review of our We: On Friendship, published this month in Zagreb Radaković is one of the authors who, in addition to the basic flow of his work, also turns to other forms of writing, and his books in four hands … Continue reading
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Re-reading Peter Handke Germans. Always preceded by “blond,” “dreamy”—but how efficient their army! Hugo, Victor. Made a sad mistake, really, when he entered politics. Impiety. Thunder against. Voltaire. Famous for his frightful grin or rictus. His learning superficial. Handke, Peter. Genocide … Continue reading
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Aleksa Đukanović, PROSE IN TWO VOICES, interview with writer Žarko Radaković, November 5, 2022. Co-writing, is it really possible? “Four-handed writing” is an inadequate term. Because writing is always confinement in a cell and acting alone… It started a long … Continue reading
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