Tuesday, October 03, 2023

The makers of counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags are promoting their wares with live fashion shows on TikTok

 


       Lydia Davis Q & A 

       At The New Yorker Merve Emre has a Q & A with the author, in Why Lydia Davis Loves Misunderstandings

       Along the way, Emre opines:
Her translation of Madame Bovary is the best English version by far, because its deadpan reminds us that the book is both a great realist novel and a satire of realism.


Taylor Lorenz: The makers of counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags are promoting their wares with live fashion shows on TikTok.



       Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023) 

       Syrian author Khaled Khalifa has passed away; see, for example, Saeed Saeed's report in The NationalCelebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa dies aged 59

       Several of his works have been translated into English -- see the Farrar, Straus and Giroux author page -- though none are under review at the complete review