Exotic and irrational entertainment

...books, opera, Bollywood, and other indefensible obsessions

Works discussed on E & I

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

The Wager and slavery

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Captives being taken on board a slave ship on the west coast of Africa. Image source: The Guardian David Grann's The Wager: A Tale of ...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

What's Love Got To Do With It?

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Poster for What's Love Got To Do With It? (2022). Image source: IMDB.com The marriage crisis Marriage is in an ongoing state of cris...
Saturday, May 4, 2024

In memoriam: Paul Auster

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Paul Auster. Photo credit: Jerry Bauer. Image source: L'actualité . Paul Auster, The Locked Room (1986), Book Three of The New York T...
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Saturday, April 27, 2024

Mark Morris: Socrates and Via Dolorosa

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Members of the Mark Morris Dance Group perform in Socrates . Photo credit: Chris Hardy. Image source: San Francisco Chronicle Those who tr...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Haruki Murakami, part 7: Burning and Norwegian Wood

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Still from Lee Chang-dong's Burning (2018). Image source: The Criterion Collection As a follow-up to my post on the film Drive My Car...
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