Ian Sansom

Writer

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Robert Walser, 'Jakob Von Gunten' (1909), translated by Christopher Middleton. Errant, unliterary, utterly sophisticated.

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Alan Morrison, 'Hello', from 'The Man With The Golden Cornet' (2005). Limpid brass.

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Greg Baxter, 'A Preparation for Death' (2010). Memoir of self-destruction.

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Phoebe Damosch, 'Service Included' (2008). New York waitress memoir. Sweet, tart.

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Martha Nussbaum, 'Love's Knowledge' (1990)

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Herman Melville, 'The Happy Failure'

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Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, 'The Hole in the Boat'

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Edmund de Waal, 'The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance' (2010)

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Jim Dodge, 'Fup' (1997)

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Hindemith, 'Viola Sonatas', Simon Crawford-Phillips/Laurence Power

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Aldo Buzzi, 'The Perfect Egg and Other Secrets' (2005)

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Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, 'Mindfulness in Plain English' (2002).

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Gina Ochsner, 'The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight' (2009).

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András Schiff, Janácek, 'On an Overgrown path 1:X', 'The barn owl has not flown away!'