Tag Archives: Anne Kister

“It was twenty years ago today . . .”: Celebrity and Immortality

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Scott Abbott

  Paris, 30 August 1997   “Louis Quatorze est mort en . . . en . . . en . . .”   “Oui! Oui! Oui! Oui!, says the old man’s friend quickly, hoping to forestall a lecture.”   It is … Continue reading →

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Learning Cyrillic / Ћзрилица

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Scott Abbott

“Learning Cyrillic” is the title of a story by David Albahari, in a translation by Ellen Elias-Bursac, published in Words without Borders, January 2007. It is also the title of a book of short stories, soon to appear in a US edition … Continue reading →

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Speaking Serbian

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Scott Abbott

He was riding with Anne and Zarko in their Volvo, Zarko driving, Anne in the back, he in the passenger seat. They were driving through Bavaria toward Linz, Austria, where they would see the new Opera by Phillip Glass and … Continue reading →

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Jazz in Cologne: Nicolas Simion and Martin Lubenov

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Scott Abbott

On the evening of April 18th (with Lyn enjoying the morning of her 51st birthday in Woodland Hills, Utah), I joined Zarko and Anne for their first wedding anniversary celebration (they have been together for twenty-some years). Anne was to … Continue reading →

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