Thank you for writing about Yoko Tawada and Elsa Morante! I haven't read the Tawada you mentioned - am working my way through trying to read her German essays - but I will add this to my stack. Have you read 'The Last Children of Tokyo'? I need to discuss the ending of that. Also, I read Morante's 'History' and am still thinking about it…
Thank you for writing about Yoko Tawada and Elsa Morante! I haven't read the Tawada you mentioned - am working my way through trying to read her German essays - but I will add this to my stack. Have you read 'The Last Children of Tokyo'? I need to discuss the ending of that. Also, I read Morante's 'History' and am still thinking about it - not sure when I'll be ready for another of her tomes, but good to know what you thought about 'Lies and Sorcery.' Must get the Phil Christman collection.
I really haven't read that much Tawada at all (just the Paul Celan novella mentioned here + The Naked Eye, which someone described to me as the darker half of Qiu Miaojin's Last Words from Montmartre). But I really do trust your recommendations so hopefully I can get to The Last Children of Tokyo soon!!
Christman's collection is great—it made me feel very invigorated about the essay form!
Thank you for writing about Yoko Tawada and Elsa Morante! I haven't read the Tawada you mentioned - am working my way through trying to read her German essays - but I will add this to my stack. Have you read 'The Last Children of Tokyo'? I need to discuss the ending of that. Also, I read Morante's 'History' and am still thinking about it - not sure when I'll be ready for another of her tomes, but good to know what you thought about 'Lies and Sorcery.' Must get the Phil Christman collection.
I really haven't read that much Tawada at all (just the Paul Celan novella mentioned here + The Naked Eye, which someone described to me as the darker half of Qiu Miaojin's Last Words from Montmartre). But I really do trust your recommendations so hopefully I can get to The Last Children of Tokyo soon!!
Christman's collection is great—it made me feel very invigorated about the essay form!
(And I’m curious what you’d think!)
It’s short!! And funny-sad.