Connecting the dots, following the lines…
«Το ξέρω πως είμαι τρελή, μα η αγάπη κάποιον τρελαίνει». Ο ανεκπλήρωτος έρωτας της παντρεμένης Πηνελόπης Δέλτα για τον Ίωνα Δραγούμη και τα πιθανά αίτια της αυτοκτονίας της Η Πηνελόπη Δέλτα έχει χαρακτηριστεί ως η συγγραφέας «των παιδικών μας χρόνων», μιας και τα παιδικά μυθιστορήματα που έγραψε μεγάλωσαν πολλές γενιές εφήβων. «Τα μυστικά του βάλτου»,... Continue Reading →
“You are the only person I can talk with about the shade of a cloud, about the song of a thought…” Long before Vladimir Nabokov (April 22, 1899–July 2, 1977) became a sage of literature, Russia’s most prominent literary emigre, and a man of widely revered strong opinions, the most important event of his life took place:... Continue Reading →
It's already been 60 years since Albert Camus died in a car crash southeast of Paris on January 4, 1960. Driver of the Facel Vega sports car that crashed into a tree, was his publisher Michelle Gallimard. What's tragic is that he had a train ticket on him that he decided not to use, at... Continue Reading →
"Shakespeare and Company" was Sylvia Beach's legendary Parisian bookstore that first opened 100 years ago. Her partner in life and in business -Adrienne Monnier- owned his own store "La Maison des Amis des Livres", that would become a meeting place for the leading men of French letters. That, gave the opportunity to Beach and Monnier... Continue Reading →
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