The Essential Marcuse- Marcuse, Feenberg and Leiss (2007) Eleven selected writings by the Marxist philosopher Herbert Marcuse. Some of these didn’t interest me much at all, so I
Ulysses- James Joyce (1920) I bought this book years ago because it’s on almost every list of classic literature. But I couldn’t understand it, and after
Fascism: A Readers Guide- Walter Laqueur (1976) The book is a series of articles talking about various aspects of fascism. The most interesting for me was Zeev Sternhell’s article on
I have read 88 books this year, which is a new record for me. But, sadly, I’ll have to dial it back….starting from this month.Having
Gerusalemme liberata- Torquato Tasso (1581) So soon after having finished the Divine Comedy, I was reluctant to involve myself with another epic poem in archaic Italian. But
Paradiso- Dante (1321) Got busy on the translation this month and finished the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy. But because there are so
Paradiso- Dante (1321) Continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy. Canto 19 The sixth sphere: Jupiter- justice The souls, still in the arrangement of
Paradiso- Dante (1321) Continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy. Canto 13 The fourth sphere: the Sun- the wise, cont. Dante kicks the canto
Paradiso- Dante (1321) Continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy. Canto 9 The third sphere: Venus cont. Dante begins the canto addressing “Clemence”, which
Paradiso- Dante (1321) continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy. Canto 5 The first sphere: the moon, then to the second sphere: Mercury. Beatrice