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Notebooks

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Scott Abbott

A beautiful new book of Peter Handke’s drawings arrived in the mail this week. The drawings are from his notebooks, most of them small, all of them of things he sees while walking or traveling. They are visual notes, like … Continue reading →

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Books and Book Sites

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Scott Abbott

As my books slip away from consciousness, time for a reminder and links to pages with lots of information and photos about each one. Beginning with the most recent: The Perfect Fence: Untangling the Meanings of Barbed Wire (with Lyn Bennett, … Continue reading →

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Serbian Authors: Stubovi kultura

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Scott Abbott

A few hours ago Zarko sent me this photo of a gathering of authors in the lobby of the Belgrade publisher Stubovi kultura. “We are there too,” he wrote. It takes some careful looking, but there are our portraits on … Continue reading →

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Preparing for a Review of David Albahari’s Two New Books in English

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Scott Abbott

I’m just about done with a review I’ve been working on for over a year. Here is how it will begin: Double Consciousness David Albahari Globetrotter Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać Yale, 2014 Learning Cyrillic Translated from the Serbian by Ellen … Continue reading →

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Vampires & A Reasonable Dictionary: The Book in and of Itself

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Scott Abbott

In the mail today, the second volume of our set. Feels good to hold it in my hands. Both covers with drawings by Nina Pops.

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“Repetitions” and “Vampires & A Reasonable Dictionary”

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Scott Abbott

first announcement of our books: http://punctumbooks.com/titles/repetitions-vampires-a-reasonable-dictionary/

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Punctum Books: Our “Repetitions” and Our “Vampires + A Reasonable Dictionary”

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Scott Abbott

Working with the editor of Punctum Books toward publication of these two books in English, Zarko and I just sent off the following: In 1994, after following a character in Peter Handke’s novel Repetition into what is now Slovenia and … Continue reading →

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