Nicholas Andriani

Category: literature

Scribes and Sake: Kasa-Jizo (かなじぞ)

Aug 3, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

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Reading fairytales within the origin language. Contextual agreements between time and place, emotions and aesthetics. We might localize our hearts out but truth be told we humans are too complex to translate. #japanese #japaneselanguage #folklore #fable
Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad

Oct 29, 2020

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Keeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
The Grandeur of Ordinary Life: James Joyce on Literature About You, Me, And Everyone In Between

Mar 26, 2020

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Nicholas Andriani

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What. A. Quote! Now, here we have the a monolith in name, diction, style, form, class, you name it who’s greatest achievement is rekindling the fire of what makes a novel a novel, or bending, no, rewriting the rules of literature and yet despite all that here he is claiming that all he’s written is…
Book Announcement: Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan

Oct 16, 2019

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Nicholas Andriani

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On Reading and Translating the World’s Stories: Catching Up with Ann Morgan — Discover

Apr 16, 2019

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Nicholas Andriani

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Book blogger Ann Morgan of A Year of Reading the World had a fantastic 2015. We caught up with Ann and chatted about connecting with fellow book lovers, translating more of the world’s stories into English, and her unique journey from blogger to author and speaker.
That Settles it, “Writing is Hard.” -Yeats

Mar 6, 2019

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Nicholas Andriani

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“A line will take us hours maybe, Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought, Our stitching and unstitching have been naught. Better go down upon your marrow bones And scrub a kitchen pavement, or break stones Like an old pauper, in all kinds of weather— For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to…