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Pitol likes Canetti, but is also LIKE Canetti in my estimation. That’s an ambivalent proximity.

Las próximas semanas, parece, serán dedicadas explicitamente a Pitol.

I would love to write a small book, five effigies against the backdrop of the imperial city: Pushkin, Gogol, Blok, Akhmatova, Bely -- five personal hells.

Sock treatment can yield amazing results. It stimulates weakened fibers and rescues energy on the verge of being lost. Sometimes it's fun to provoke yourself. Without going overboard, of course....