"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
S.S. Van Dine was the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright (1888–1939), an art critic, editor, and novelist from the US who created Philo Vance, apparently one of the defining amateur detectives of the Golden Age of detective fiction. The Vance series ran to twelve
This is the third collection I read from these charming little light-blue books with the golden pages, and they’re uneven at best. Once again, as such, I have mixed feelings about this collection and I’ll have to proceed scientifically to give a rating, so here
In 1947, British-American poet W.H. Auden published The Age of Anxiety, a long poem subtitled “A Baroque Eclogue”. In a nutshell, four strangers meet in a bar on Third Avenue in Manhattan, on All Souls’ Night, so it’s even seasonal, in the middle of a
S.S. Van Dine was the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright (1888–1939), an art critic, editor, and novelist from the US who created Philo Vance, apparently one of the defining amateur detectives of the Golden Age of detective fiction. The Vance series ran to twelve
This is the third collection I read from these charming little light-blue books with the golden pages, and they’re uneven at best. Once again, as such, I have mixed feelings about this collection and I’ll have to proceed scientifically to give a rating, so here
In 1947, British-American poet W.H. Auden published The Age of Anxiety, a long poem subtitled “A Baroque Eclogue”. In a nutshell, four strangers meet in a bar on Third Avenue in Manhattan, on All Souls’ Night, so it’s even seasonal, in the middle of a
8 Comments
contenebbia
Posted at 13:47h, 13 OctoberTi auguro un weekend di-vino, allora!
heraclitus
Posted at 07:51h, 14 Octoberaddirittura con la cannuccia? ;-)
buon gemellaggio e soprattutto buon alcolico.
Damiani
Posted at 15:36h, 14 Octoberbuon weekend alcolico!
impbianco
Posted at 16:36h, 14 OctoberAllora buon fine settimana all’insegna del vino! Io sono astemio! :P
X-Bye
SpiderCi
Posted at 17:22h, 14 OctoberBuona sbronza, allora ! ;p
Shelidon
Posted at 22:39h, 15 OctoberUn week-end squisito: grazie ai meravigliosi padroni di casa!
GPQ
Posted at 10:39h, 17 Octobergrrrr e non mi hai chiamato ..amo i gemelaggi alcolici..anche le fratellanze e le gugginanze
Shelidon
Posted at 22:20h, 17 OctoberA mia parziale discolpa posso solo portare il fatto che non so chi tu sia.