Memory stories
I started reading about the age of four. I can still remember a collection of books my parents gave me when I was five. There was a copy of Aesop’s … Continue reading
Wednesday, 18 December, 2013 · 1 Comment
Li Po walks back to heaven
Once I found a book called The Living Past, written by Ivar Lissner in 1957: 60 essays on aspects of antiquity. One essay that had a vivid impact on me … Continue reading
Wednesday, 6 June, 2012 · 2 Comments
Words and meanings
When I read a translation of a poem I often want to shorten it. The translator makes too much effort to recreate the equivalent of the original form of the … Continue reading
Monday, 12 October, 2009 · Leave a comment
