Fragments
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare – Henry Miller
With the ‘Air-Conditioned Nightmare’ begins yet another fruitful writing period for Henry Miller, having just returned to the US from Europe in 1939 and World War II. Here is given an excerpt from this work, together with the autobiographical documentary ‘The Henry Miller Odyssey’ directed by Robert Snyder.
The Horizontal Tree of Piet Mondrian
Pete Montrian was the De Stijl art movement rapporteur, along with Theo van Doesburg. Neoplasticism, as he preferred to call the new movement, led abstract art to new fertile fields. The Horizontal Tree, presented here, belongs to the transitional period before the De Stijl principles were formulated.
Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) – Anne Sexton
The poem titled Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) of Anne Sexton is included in the Transformations collection, released in 1971 in Boston, USA, by the publishing house Houghton Mifflin Company.
Manifesto – A Poem by Nicanor Parra
The poem entitled Manifesto, is entirely given here – a poem written by the outstanding Chilean poet Nicanor Parra and was published in 1963, in Número journal, Uruguay. In 1969 it was included in the poetry collection Obra Gruesa, which was released by Editorial Universitaria publishing house of Chile.
Revolving Cranks by Andreas Embirikos
The whole poem ‘Revolving Cranks’ by Andreas Embirikos is given but is also heard in the article. The prominent’s Greek surrealist poem is included in the poetry collection entitled ‘Body of the Morning’ collection of 1945, while the sound document is contained in ‘The Embirikos reads Embirikos’ – ‘Dionysos’ 1964.
Satori in Paris – Jack Kerouac
The novel ‘Satori in Paris’ by the great American author Jack Kerouac was written on the occasion of his trip to France in the framework of a research he conducted on the roots of his Breton’s name. From this book, here is given the third chapter.
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Alberto Giacometti or sketches and drawings, works by the hand of artist.