"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
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brianzolitudine
Posted at 20:50h, 24 SeptemberCiao Shel! Stammi buona sulla cuccia! ;)
Shelidon
Posted at 20:52h, 24 SeptemberTenterò di non cadere! :-p
Damiani
Posted at 21:19h, 24 Septemberbentornata!!
mi ricorda tanto calvino questa striscia!
citoplasma
Posted at 05:42h, 25 SeptemberTroppo simpatico lo Snoopy scrittore! E’ il mio preferito!
heraclitus
Posted at 09:07h, 25 Septemberottima ripresa. ;-)
contenebbia
Posted at 18:58h, 25 Septembermi raccomando, shelidon. sei indispensabile a splinderopoli.un abbraccio