Writers vs. Commentators
(ConversationalReading) Right now I'm in the midst of Rex by Jose Manuel Prieto as I read my way though the finalists for the Best Translated Book Award. As it happens, this book has quite a bit to recommend, but right here I want to focus on a certain dichotomy of Prieto's
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