The agreeable eye

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More specifically concerning: miklós szentkuthy

4ix2022

4 September 2022, around 17.10.

‘…if one finds an absolutely comfortable sitting place in a spot not designed for sitting, one is taken over by a mystical happiness, one of life’s most profound, most agreeable joys.’ —Miklós Szentkuthy, on windowsills, Towards the One & Only Metaphor (trans. Tim Wilkinson)

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2 January 2023, around 5.37.

archaism and fish bones…

friend of all frillies

7 January 2023, around 4.27.

It may have been a matter of poor timing that put me out of sympathy with the book. At another time I might have found it a diverting collection of essays and fragments, droll, witty, amusing, with a certain neurasthenic charm – as one would expect to find after looking at more nuanced review. Unfortunately, I […]

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