Tim Parks

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

in the Moral Fables, Leopardi posited the invention of a super intelligent robot that would be a man’s perfect friend, never betraying or contradicting him. “It seems impossible to think,” he reflects, that we “cannot teach a machine to speak.”

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

Cheering to see Hotel Milano appearing in Turkish!

[Nedim Dertli @nedo_dertli]

libre kültür'de yazdım; tim parks ve "hotel milano" 📚

evren ne kadar gürültülü olursa olsun sessizliğin kıyısında kendisiyle sohbet edenler, yaşamın çoğu kez dünyanın ağırlığını umursamayan küçük ve hafif anların dinginliğinde nefes aldığını bilirler.

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[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

"Worst comes to worst, disillusioned writers might turn to AI to have their work appreciatively read."

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

Distressed that the pursuit of truth had merely made life more difficult, he turned to poetry and quickly became Italy’s most sublime bearer of ill tidings. @TheTLS https://t.co/A654FiTA61

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

Little portrait by my brother who used an old photo of me with his life drawing class at New York's School of Visual Arts... Thought it might be fun to post. https://t.co/XEQuEWcnQb

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

Across Sicily with Garibaldi's Thousand is released in the USA today. The first British edition has sold out...

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@womanandsphere @TheTLS Thanks, Elizabeth. Positive Amazon reviews always welcome...

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

Many thanks to Alma Books for this recommendation! Just watch out for the heat...

[Alma Books @almabooks]

Our favourite #book to read this Summer: Across Sicily with Garibaldi’s Thousand by Tim Parks
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[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

@johnmckeag Thanks John. There's a lot more straight travel writing in The Hero's Way. And again of a different kind in Italian Ways, my book on Italian railways.

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

@womanandsphere @TheTLS Not easy! Many thanks!

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

@AmandaPCraig @procrastixote @TheTLS For sure. I suppose the point is that it wasn't what we wanted to do. It gets worse as one ages, especially when it doesn't do the trick anyway.

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

@AmandaPCraig @procrastixote @TheTLS You're very kind. Perhaps I'm actually good at this. Who knows. Perhaps one can understand writers by the way each reacts to the need to self promote....

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

@AmandaPCraig @TheTLS I'll look forward to it!

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

@procrastixote @AmandaPCraig @TheTLS I've really no idea, since I never do sell much! Each person must do what seems appropriate for them.

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

and the secone...

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

Writers as sage, writers as self-promoter... here's the piece in two photos...

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

@AmandaPCraig @TheTLS No harking, Amanda, as I saw it. Simply an invitation to reflect on the compatibility between writer as independent thinker and as self-promoter. In the end the article itself, especially the end, is a sly piece of self-promotion, and meant to be seen as such.

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

Should I be paying people to attack me? I get round-robin emails from fellow authors begging their entire contact list to buy their book, please. It’s demeaning. @thetls https://t.co/KhcUk48OOG

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

@Benpagelondon @TheTLS Yep, a fine writer, though... there's a wonderful account by Saba of a visit to his house as a young man.

[Tim Parks @TimParksauthor]

One needs to sell, but one doesn't want to pass round the collection plate... @TheTLS https://t.co/KhcUk48OOG