Two Poems from Two Drunken Poets — by Blake Brownrigg on Monday, February 11, 2013

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The following translations were done for an anthology of musical compositions, each musical piece having had its inspiration from a poem tha...

Date — by Blake Brownrigg on Saturday, March 31, 2012

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Next in the series of translations of 夢で会いましょう is a small story called "Date" by Itoi. Date I used to go along with her dating met...

Musil's Unfinished Work — by Blake Brownrigg on Tuesday, September 6, 2011

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In an out of the way mansion, one of those places that once housed the aristocracy, you notice--by the simple fact that it is the only item ...

Coffee Cup — by Blake Brownrigg on Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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The next story in Let's Meet in a Dream is a short one, "Coffee Cup". Maybe it is the simplicity of it that makes it so beli...

金大班的最後一夜 — by Blake Brownrigg on Sunday, October 24, 2010

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今晚剛看完了白先勇的《金大班的最後一夜》，這篇小說來自《台北人》這本短篇小說集。這本書中的小故事不僅樸實而且逼真。莫種程度上，這是因為白先生以James Joyce的意識流風格寫作。說不定我是因為白先勇以James Joyce的風格而喜歡他所寫的小說。原因怎樣都無所謂，喜歡就是喜...

尤利西斯，我的聖經 — by Blake Brownrigg on Saturday, October 2, 2010

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尤利西斯是愛爾蘭作家─James Joyce於1922年出版的長篇小說（想起來，何止是‘長篇’）。尤利西斯延續著Joyce先前在A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man裡所描寫的男主角─Stephen Dedalus的故事。 小說一開頭，St...

Fermat's Last Theorem — by Blake Brownrigg on Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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One bright midday Fermat was writing of pythagorean triplets in the margings of his Euclid, when a local mobster (whatever the french equiva...