A Reading Diary
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| • [[Alfonso el Sabio]], the fable of the singing bird that makes a hundred years seem like a few minutes, in [[Las Partidas]] | • [[Alfonso el Sabio]], the fable of the singing bird that makes a hundred years seem like a few minutes, in [[Las Partidas]] | ||
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| • [[Leon Bloy]], “[[The Captives of Longjumeau]]” | • [[Leon Bloy]], “[[The Captives of Longjumeau]]” | ||
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| • [[Tennyson]], “[[The Lotos-Eaters]]” | • [[Tennyson]], “[[The Lotos-Eaters]]” | ||
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| - | • [[Lord Dunsany]], “[[Carcassonne]]” | + | *[[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany|Lord Dunsany]], “[[Carcassonne (Lord Dunsany) |Carcassonne]]” |
| - | + | *[[André Dhôtel]], [[Le Pays où l'on n'arrive jamais]] | |
| - | • [[André Dhôtel]], [[Le pays où l'on n'arrive jamais]] | + | *[[Sir Thomas Bulfinch]], [[My Heart's in the Highlands (Bulfinch)|My Heart's in the Highlands]] |
| - | + | *[[Book of Genesis]], [[Promised Land|the Promised Land (for Moses) ]] | |
| - | • [[Sir Thomas Bulfinch]], [[My Heart's in the Highlands (Bulfinch)|My Heart's in the Highlands]] | + | *[[Kurt Weill]], “[[Youkali]]” |
| - | + | *[[Kafka]], [[The Castle]] | |
| - | • [[Book of Genesis]], [[Promised land|the Promised Land (for Moses) ]] | + | |
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| - | • [[Kurt Weill]], “[[Youkali]]” | + | |
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| - | • [[Kafka]], [[The Castle]] | + | |
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| *[[Books about books]] | *[[Books about books]] | ||
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A Reading Diary is a book by Alberto Manguel.
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On the theme of time suspended
• Bioy Casares, “The Perjury of the Snow”
• Kobo Abe, Woman in the Dunes
• Perrault, “Sleeping Beauty”
• Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle”
• Alfonso el Sabio, the fable of the singing bird that makes a hundred years seem like a few minutes, in Las Partidas
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On places that cannot be left
• Leon Bloy, “The Captives of Longjumeau”
• Bunuel, The Exterminating Angel
• Hans Christian Andersen, “The Snow Queen”
• Tennyson, “The Lotos-Eaters”
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On places that cannot be reached
- Lord Dunsany, “Carcassonne”
- André Dhôtel, Le Pays où l'on n'arrive jamais
- Sir Thomas Bulfinch, My Heart's in the Highlands
- Book of Genesis, the Promised Land (for Moses)
- Kurt Weill, “Youkali”
- Kafka, The Castle
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See also
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