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Books
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo’s Cultural Primers for The Son of Man
Jean-Baptise Del Amo, author of The Son of Man (tr. Frank Wynne) shares his list cultural primers that inspired the writing of his latest novel.
Roots of Dread: Folk Horror Cinema and the Rituals Beneath British Soil
“Folk Horror on Film” reveals British folk horror cinema’s deep cultural tensions and uncanny landscapes.
Hugh Ferriss and The Metropolis of Tomorrow: Where Imagination Meets Concrete
Hugh Ferriss’ shadowy sketches have influenced the imagination and aesthetics of cities from the 1920s to today, anticipating the dreams and fears of the city.
Is there a good end for doomers?
In “Doomed to Fail,” J.J. Anselmi provides a detailed examination of doom metal background, and cultural significance.
Makanin’s Asan: Dark myth of in Chechnia
Asan is less a book about Russia’s Chechen battles and more of an unsatisfied, jittery novel that shows how war pushes participants and observers to piece together narratives that explain or justify actions.
From father to son, immutable violence – on The son of the man by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
The Son of Man depicts violence transmitted from person to person without denouncing the paternal figure.
Clifford Harper: What is Government?
An extract from the anarchist graphics of Clifford Harper. (Text: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Confessions of a Revolutionary, 1849)
Mircea Cărtărescu to Receive Guadalajara’s Literature Prize
The 2022 edition of Guadalajara fair’s top literary award goes to the Bucharest-born Mircea Cărtărescu.
[Antonio Lobo Antunes] Incest and dictators
Act of the Damned offers readers another another look at Antunes’ complex, vile brilliance.