Definitely have to read more Muriel Spark.
(From a 2004 profile in πβπ πππππ , mentioned in James Bailey's 'Like a Cat Loves a Bird' https://t.co/JHO0nnna3n.)
(If none of the top five vote-getters is published by a small(er) publisher, the book from one that got the most votes is added to the shortlist. Wonder whether any US/UK literary prizes would consider such a rule.)
The votes are in and the finalists for the @PremioStrega β the leading Italian literary prize β have been announced https://t.co/FIj1eITXPL Six this year, instead of the usual five because of prize-rule that one of the finalists has to come from a small(er) publisher.
@a_nathanwest Can't see him with either plastic or, for that matter, β¬ β cash and Schilling, all the way. Probably expected Siegfried Unseld to pay, in any case.
Hoping that the resuscitation of the BrΓ€unerhof [https://t.co/eFle7IWDK7], Thomas Bernhard's favored hangout works out and that it doesn't entirely lose all its atmosphere. Looks like they're close to done with the new look.
"While I quickly lost my belief in the characters (much less my ability to tell them apart), the novel did feel like an ideal way of being told things." Michael Hofmann reviews Gabriele Tergit's 'Effingers' ('The Effingers' in the UK ...) @LRB https://t.co/lvoplKTXFD