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Laura
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Notes for me.
Musique Concrete - Marcela's story - made me think of Jean Rhys - that descent into madness as a result of extreme disillusion.
End of a Struggle - begins exactly as José Saramago's - The Double - even the same intent by the narrator to ascertain which of them is real! extraordinary. Saramago read Davila?
Oscar - I think of Leonora Carrington's short stories - or even perhaps Shirley Jackson.
— Apr 02, 2026 10:50AM
Musique Concrete - Marcela's story - made me think of Jean Rhys - that descent into madness as a result of extreme disillusion.
End of a Struggle - begins exactly as José Saramago's - The Double - even the same intent by the narrator to ascertain which of them is real! extraordinary. Saramago read Davila?
Oscar - I think of Leonora Carrington's short stories - or even perhaps Shirley Jackson.
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Laura
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I'm having to read this slowly - because basically - it's giving me the creeps.
— Apr 02, 2026 07:41AM
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Fragment of a Diary - this one reminded me of Kafka's - The Hunger Artist, only it's much worse.
— Mar 31, 2026 08:47AM
