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...

Shugesato Itoi - Haruki Murakami — by Blake Brownrigg on Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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This next story of Let's Meet in a Dream is somewhat special. It is a story written by Shigesato Itoi which takes his coauthor Haruki ...

Shigesato Itoi - Whale — by Blake Brownrigg on Saturday, May 15, 2010

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Let's Meet in a Dream is a compilation of essays and short stories from Shigesato Itoi and Haruki Murakami. You may know Murakami from...

The Night Before Choicemass — by Blake Brownrigg on Sunday, March 21, 2010

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This is time sensitive yes, but as an Obama year has just passed, I'd like to pay attention to it in some way. 'Twas the night befor...