Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Literary Conference César Aira 1999 César Aira is a special treat.  Not since I first read Cormac McCarthy in 2007 has an author new to my reading palette captured my interest and made me want to read more so … Continue reading →

The Trial Frank Kafka 1925 “These contradictions are easy to explain … We must distinguish between two things: what is written in the Law, and what I have discovered through personal experience; you must not confuse the two.” (192) I’ll … Continue reading →

No Exit John -Paul Sartre 1944 Conceived and Directed by Kim Collier 2011 Sartre’s one act play ‘No Exit’ is currently running at the A.C.T. Theater in San Francisco.    I had first read the play over ten years ago so, … Continue reading →

The Joke Milan Kundera 1967 Translated from Czech 1992 Existential. Chauvinistic. Political. Whatever label you aim to apply to Kundera, there is only one word that truly describes who he is and what he is to the novel: Artist.  Kundera … Continue reading →