The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure, Entry No. 1: Casimir Adamowitz-Kostrowicki
Just when you thought the greatest failures in the Western canon were lost forever… C.D. Rose rescues the stories of these authors and their best (worst?) works for definitive appreciation.… Read more »
This week in 1913: Rilke thinks about his lovers, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is coined, and Hitler paints a picture
1913 is now available in paperback. Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt… Read more »
This week in 1913: Rilke wants a divorce, Kaiser Wilhelm shoots 1,100 pheasants, and a magnificent display of French art is dismissed by critics
1913 is now available in paperback. Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt… Read more »
The end of 1913: Rilke wants peace, the Mona Lisa crosses the French border, and Kafka writes a very long (and somewhat creepy) love letter
Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the… Read more »
This week in 1913: Swann’s Way is published, Georg Trakl gives a bad reading of a fantastic work
Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the… Read more »
This week in 1913: Rilke wants a divorce, King Otto is declared insane, and “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is coined
Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the… Read more »
This week in 1913: a zeppelin explodes, Rilke watches dancers, and Freud goes mushroom hunting
From now until the end of the year, we’ll be publishing weekly excerpts from 1913, which The Observer called “An absolute gem of a book. 1913 was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt… Read more »
This week in 1913
From now until the end of the year, we’ll be publishing weekly excerpts from 1913, which The Observer called “An absolute gem of a book.” 1913 was the year Henry Ford first put… Read more »