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So Beautiful World is basically raising a canonical question—“How can we read or write novels (or care about love affairs) in the face of human misery”—and addressing it in the traditional way: by representing interiority and love affairs compellingly enough to keep you turning the pages—ideally, persuading you that, when people are fighting for th... See more

Me di cuenta de que la literatura se encuentra en las elipsis, en lo que acostumbramos a saltarnos en la narrativa común. La literatura duerme en esos huecos, esperando ser desvelada algún día.

We no longer look to religious authorities for cutting edge knowledge, and this is a good thing. But we still need elements of magic and spiritualism in our lives. For most of human history, perfume was a way to distinguish oneself as special, and this specialness took many different forms. It was about being pleasing, but it was also about being p... See more