La bestia nella giungla e altri racconti

IL SENSO DI UNA FINE Eugène Delacroix: Giovane donna attaccata da una tigre. Si può vivere tutta la vita nell’attesa di un evento che la cambi? È quello che succede al protagonista di questo racconto, John Marcher: o, meglio, quello che John Marcher lascia succedere. In questo racconto si narra di un’at Leggi tutto

A terrible secret marks the lonely John Marcher's life: he is convinced that something will happen to him one day as if he hunted by a beast lurking in the shadows whose threatening presence he feels. With his friend May, he will therefore be on the lookout for the beast. But for what is it? What is Leggi tutto

Το ημερόλογιο αναμονής της μοίρας γράφεται απο την σπατάλη της ζωής και μετράει πάντα ημέρες, μήνες, έτη, σε μια χρονική κατάταξη όπου επιτρέπεται σε ένα άγνωστο πεπρωμένο, σε μια κακιά μοίρα που σώνει μυστικά και αθέατα τα θηράματα της απο μια χειρότερη μοίρα, να καταδικάζουν υπάρξεις στον σπαραγμό Leggi tutto

"No podía invitar a una mujer a que compartiera su situación de condena, temor y obsesión; y el resultado de aquello era precisamente lo que le preocupaba. Algo se ocultaba, acechándole, entre el ir y venir de los meses y los años, como una bestia agazapada en la jungla. Poco importaba si la bestia Leggi tutto

James is my second favorite writer, after Proust, of course. The Beast in the Jungle is probably his most masterful tale—novella or short story, you decide—and it's one that I've read at least ten times. While many of my readings have been colored by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's now canonical essay "The Leggi tutto

Με το "Το στρίψιμο της βίδας" ο Χένρι Τζέιμς με είχε οδηγήσει πριν χρόνια στο κέντρο του ερέβους των ανθρωπίνων φόβων. Με το "Το θηρίο στην ζούγκλα" μου χάρισε μια καινούργια αναγνωστική εμπειρία... Μια μυσταγωγική εμπειρία που περνάει μέσα από δαιδαλώδη μονοπάτια, τα οποία διακλαδώνονται συνεχώς μέχ Leggi tutto

Ωραία, φέτος έχω διαβάσει τα ωραιότερα σφηνάκια στιλάτης και υπέροχης λογοτεχνίας, από αυτές τις νουβέλες που σε εμπλέκουν τόσο έντονα στην ιστορία τους και που δε λησμονούνται εύκολα· πιάνουν χώρο στη νοερή βιβλιοθήκη του μυαλού, μπαίνουν σφήνες καλύπτοντας ένα κενό που το νόμιζες μικρό αλλά που τε Leggi tutto

Uma boa surpresa. Esta minha primeira leitura de Henry James é uma história do que fica pelo caminho; das palavras que não dizemos, dos gestos que não fazemos, ou porque não descortinamos o que nos está à frente do nariz, ou porque achamos que podemos sempre adiar. Até que um dia é tarde demais. As úl Leggi tutto

**** SPOILER ALERT **** (But please, before reading this review, invest the time in reading James's short story. You will be glad you did, regardless of whether you return to read the following) In one of the best reviews I've ever read of a piece of fiction (Note: any review, not just a Goodreads re Leggi tutto

"It’s dreadful to bring a person back at any time to what he was ten years before. If you’ve lived away from it,” she smiled, “so much the better.” It's not a big surprise for many of my friends if I say Henry James is one of my favorite authors so far. I'm really eager to read his masterpieces s Leggi tutto