“A tree ascended there. Oh pure transcendence! Oh Orpheus sings! Oh tall tree in the ear!” — Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus Sonnets to Orpheus is a […]
Russian literature
My Universities
“Life is always better where people are fighting for their rights.” My Universities is the third and final installment of Maxim Gorky’s autobiographical trilogy, following My Childhood and […]
French literature
The Devil in the Flesh
“I was fifteen. I lied about my age. I said I was seventeen. I was tall for my age, and I looked older than I was.” Chapter 1: […]