Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather than improving life, multitasking, "user-friendly" technology, and the culture of convenience are pr…
In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of th…
Era uma vez um país em que o ardor das paixões sucumbia ao frio dos costumes. Havia naquele país uma cidade bela e lúgubre, onde os ricos se repimpavam no luxo mais ostensivo e os pobres não tinham o …
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Veneti…
كانت تلك أوّل مرة يبدو فيها بكرُها هشًّا وضئيلًا وموشكًا على البكاء. ألا يقول الحقيقة هذه المرة؟ حقيقة أنها أحبّته «على طريقتها الجاسوسية الشاذة» وليس كما يحتاج؟ ولكن بأيّ شيء تفيدُ تلك القوائم اللانه…
Escrito en 1929, Mendel el de los libros narra la trágica historia de un excéntrico librero de viejo que pasa sus días sentado siempre a la misma mesa en uno de los muchos cafés de la ciudad de Viena.…
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Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Thousand Cranes is a luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living t…
