"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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utente anonimo
Posted at 14:26h, 03 FebruaryApprofitto del tuo blog per mandarti tanti auguri di buon compleanno. Ti avevo scritto prima di Natale, ma non so se il mio email ti sia mai arrivato! In ogni caso, io non sono sparita del tutto. Un abbraccio, Raffaella.
ragnorosso
Posted at 11:53h, 04 Februaryehi, io non ti avevo fatto gli auguri perchè credevo fossi arrivata a quell’età a cui una donna non compie più gli anni, ma se lo gradisci: buon compleanno!
pirkaff
Posted at 17:56h, 04 FebruaryA quanto leggo fai gli anni,auguri.:-)
Se posso dirlo preferisco la versione old style dei Queen.:-)
Shelidon
Posted at 13:23h, 13 February@ Raffaella: grazie degli auguri, effettivamente non ho ricevuto nessuna e-mail prima di Natale! Mi fa piacere che tu non sia sparita: se passi dall’Italia (o da Israele, a questo punto), fammi un fischio.
@ Ragno rosso: certo che gradisco gli auguri! E tuttavia sono ormai giunta a quell’età in cui il conteggio degli anni rimane quello dell’anno precedente.
@ Pirkaff: io sono combattuta, anche questa versione ha il suo fascino.