Árni Ibsen wrote:
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> on 10/19/02 1:07 AM, Frederick Pollack at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> > Árni Ibsen wrote:
> >>
> >> Frederick,
> >>
> >> This caught me unawares. Thank you for posting it. And I know VAN HOUTEN'S
> >> COCOA only too well from my own childhood. So good to have a reference that
> >> means something.
> >>
> >> Best
> >>
> >> Árni
> >>
> >> --
> >> Árni Ibsen
> >> Stekkjarkinn 19,
> >> 220 Hafnarfjördur,
> >> Iceland
> >>
> >>
> > Dear Arni,
> >
> > The detail about Mayakovsky, as a young poet (technically a Futurist -
> > tho' the Russian Futurists were rather different from Marinetti's
> > group), imagining he would jump into the Neva yelling that slogan, was
> > taken directly from his pre-WW1 poetry.
> >
> > The other day I picked up Halldor Laxness's "World Light" [Heimsljos],
> > Magnus Magnusson translation. Nice new paperback editions of his work
> > are coming out here, w/ good intros by Sven Birkerts. I'm enraptured by
> > this novel - unusual tone, outlook.
> >
> > Speaking of novels, wonder if anyone out there has read Camilo Jose Cela
> > - esp. The Hive (La Colmena). Recommend highly.
>
> I read that! The Hive, yes. Years and years and years ago. And another novel
> of his that I liked even better, as I recall. Something picuaresque, as I
> recall, about rural men. And the dark. Couldn't recall the title, even if
> threatened with death.
Mazurka for Two Dead Men.
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