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When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarna

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When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation.", The New Yorker, July 7, 1986]

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Things, events, that occupy space yet come to an end when someone dies make us stop in wonder - and yet one thing, or an infinite number of things, di...more

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There is a line in Verlaine I shall not recall again,There is a street close by forbidden to my feet,There's a mirror that's seen me for the very last...more

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Puis il réfléchit: la réalité ne coïncide habituellement pas avec les prévisions; avec une logique perverse, il en déduisit que prévoir un détail circ...more

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Let not the rash marble riskgarrulous breaches of oblivion's omnipotence,in many words recallingname, renown, events, birthplace.All those glass jewel...more

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Emma dropped the paper. Her first impression was of a weak feeling in her stomach and in her knees; then of blind guilt, of unreality, of coldness, of...more

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It seemed incredible that this day, a day without warnings or omens, might be that of my implacable death.