A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them into the sea, because the newborn child had a temperature all night and they thought it was due to the stench. The world had been sad...
The Sky Walker
This mixtape provides a saunter through some jazzy and experimental artists, including JOYFULTALK, Vels Trio, Scott Walker, Prefuse 72, Notilus, Murcof, 12twelve and Ohneotrix Point Never
A House For Mr Biswas
If, before Raghu left for the sugar-estate, Mr Biswas sneezed, Raghu remained at home, worked on his vegetable garden in the morning and spent the afternoon making walking-sticks and sabots, or carving designs on the hafts of cutlasses and the heads of walking-sticks....
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Contracrostipunctus Achilles has come to visit his friend and jogging companion, the Tortoise, at his home. Achilles: Heavens, you certainly have an admirable boomerang collection! Tortoise: Oh, pshaw. No better than that of any other Tortoise. And now, would you like...
Homesick for Another World
A Dark and Winding RoadAround nine o’clock, I pulled my sleeping bag out and unrolled it on the bed which was covered in old blankets and dust and mouse poop, and slept with no trouble at all. In the morning I guzzled a litre of mineral water and drove on the dark and...