Takeshi Sudo
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November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“A paradoxical, cyclic motion it may seem: particulars are understood via the whole and the whole via particulars.”
— Peter Cornell, THE WAYS OF PARADISE, I - 23
(Translated by SASKIA VOGEL, Fitzcarraldo Editions)
— Peter Cornell, THE WAYS OF PARADISE, I - 23
(Translated by SASKIA VOGEL, Fitzcarraldo Editions)
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“A paradoxical, cyclic motion it may seem: particulars are understood via the whole and the whole via particulars.”
— Peter Cornell, THE WAYS OF PARADISE, I - 23
(Translated by SASKIA VOGEL, Fitzcarraldo Editions)
— Peter Cornell, THE WAYS OF PARADISE, I - 23
(Translated by SASKIA VOGEL, Fitzcarraldo Editions)
“I grew up in New England, and I was always sort of haunted by Melville’s presence. And I think one of the wonderful things in that book was that he never compromised.”
— Ocean Vuong (in conversation with Tommy Orange)
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#MelvilleMonday
— Ocean Vuong (in conversation with Tommy Orange)
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#MelvilleMonday
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November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“I grew up in New England, and I was always sort of haunted by Melville’s presence. And I think one of the wonderful things in that book was that he never compromised.”
— Ocean Vuong (in conversation with Tommy Orange)
www.cityarts.net/event/ocean-...
#MelvilleMonday
— Ocean Vuong (in conversation with Tommy Orange)
www.cityarts.net/event/ocean-...
#MelvilleMonday
November 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Living in Europe, but borders blur when it comes to Pynchon — so yes, the US edition it is.
#ThomasPynchon #ShadowTicket
#ThomasPynchon #ShadowTicket
October 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Living in Europe, but borders blur when it comes to Pynchon — so yes, the US edition it is.
#ThomasPynchon #ShadowTicket
#ThomasPynchon #ShadowTicket
October 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“there is such a dumb blankness, full of meaning, in a wide landscape of snows”
—— Moby-Dick, 42: The Whiteness of The Whale
#MelvilleMonday
—— Moby-Dick, 42: The Whiteness of The Whale
#MelvilleMonday
October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“there is such a dumb blankness, full of meaning, in a wide landscape of snows”
—— Moby-Dick, 42: The Whiteness of The Whale
#MelvilleMonday
—— Moby-Dick, 42: The Whiteness of The Whale
#MelvilleMonday
“The continuous cycle of pronominal expansion and contraction is the heart of writing for me, it is the time of writing, the filling and emptying of the chambers of the art.”
—— Ben Lerner, Cardiography
#SundaySentence
—— Ben Lerner, Cardiography
#SundaySentence
October 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“The continuous cycle of pronominal expansion and contraction is the heart of writing for me, it is the time of writing, the filling and emptying of the chambers of the art.”
—— Ben Lerner, Cardiography
#SundaySentence
—— Ben Lerner, Cardiography
#SundaySentence
“and turned me to admire the magnanimity of the sea which will permit no records.”
—— Moby Dick, CHAPTER 13
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
—— Moby Dick, CHAPTER 13
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
October 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“and turned me to admire the magnanimity of the sea which will permit no records.”
—— Moby Dick, CHAPTER 13
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
—— Moby Dick, CHAPTER 13
#MelvilleMonday 🐳
“ミツバチたちは、花々が折りたたまれた状態で生まれることを知っている。「折りたたむ」とは、もとにあったものを折り曲げて重ね、小さくすることであるが、花々の場合、もとにあったものは、発生のときには存在しない。この起源の秘密と記憶が、甘い蜜を生むのだ”
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見えないものを集めるミツバチ
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October 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“ミツバチたちは、花々が折りたたまれた状態で生まれることを知っている。「折りたたむ」とは、もとにあったものを折り曲げて重ね、小さくすることであるが、花々の場合、もとにあったものは、発生のときには存在しない。この起源の秘密と記憶が、甘い蜜を生むのだ”
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“Freedom is the preservation of that original personal isolation. It stems from fetal self-entanglement, so similar to the movement made by fern buds in their tiny croziers before they unfold.”
—— Pascal Quignard, The Answer to Lord Chandos （Translated by Stéphanie Boulard and Timothy Lavenz)
—— Pascal Quignard, The Answer to Lord Chandos （Translated by Stéphanie Boulard and Timothy Lavenz)
October 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Freedom is the preservation of that original personal isolation. It stems from fetal self-entanglement, so similar to the movement made by fern buds in their tiny croziers before they unfold.”
—— Pascal Quignard, The Answer to Lord Chandos （Translated by Stéphanie Boulard and Timothy Lavenz)
—— Pascal Quignard, The Answer to Lord Chandos （Translated by Stéphanie Boulard and Timothy Lavenz)
Reposted by Takeshi Sudo
August 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
#SundaySentence
“once a picture is finished the picture says whatever it can say, no more no less, the picture says in its silent way whatever can be said, and if it's not finished yet then how it's going to turn out and what it's going to say isn't something that can be said in words”
“once a picture is finished the picture says whatever it can say, no more no less, the picture says in its silent way whatever can be said, and if it's not finished yet then how it's going to turn out and what it's going to say isn't something that can be said in words”
October 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#SundaySentence
“once a picture is finished the picture says whatever it can say, no more no less, the picture says in its silent way whatever can be said, and if it's not finished yet then how it's going to turn out and what it's going to say isn't something that can be said in words”
“once a picture is finished the picture says whatever it can say, no more no less, the picture says in its silent way whatever can be said, and if it's not finished yet then how it's going to turn out and what it's going to say isn't something that can be said in words”
Reposted by Takeshi Sudo
Playground was released in paperback with W. W. Norton today, so we’ve unlocked this piece by Joy Williams on Richard Powers’ thrilling and affecting novel The Overstory →
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October 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Playground was released in paperback with W. W. Norton today, so we’ve unlocked this piece by Joy Williams on Richard Powers’ thrilling and affecting novel The Overstory →
books.substack.com/p/review-joy...
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books.substack.com/p/review-joy...
@wwnorton.com
“At its best, it(literature) used language to break out of language, into something more like music.”
—— Brad Mehldau, Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I
#SundaySentence
—— Brad Mehldau, Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I
#SundaySentence
September 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“At its best, it(literature) used language to break out of language, into something more like music.”
—— Brad Mehldau, Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I
#SundaySentence
—— Brad Mehldau, Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I
#SundaySentence
“That world, as I say, looks very much like our own, and nevertheless it maintains a side that is irreducible, at times even proudly secret.”
—— Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read
#sundaysentence
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—— Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read
#sundaysentence
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September 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“That world, as I say, looks very much like our own, and nevertheless it maintains a side that is irreducible, at times even proudly secret.”
—— Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read
#sundaysentence
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—— Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read
#sundaysentence
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“For this is one of those disheartening instances where truth requires full as much bolstering as error.”
—— Moby-Dick, CHAPTER 45
#MelvilleMonday
—— Moby-Dick, CHAPTER 45
#MelvilleMonday
September 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“For this is one of those disheartening instances where truth requires full as much bolstering as error.”
—— Moby-Dick, CHAPTER 45
#MelvilleMonday
—— Moby-Dick, CHAPTER 45
#MelvilleMonday
“The jingling of my apartment keys in my pocket seems to say this is our home, where is the door.”
—— Yuki Tanaka, Chronicle of Drifting
#SundaySentence #poetry
—— Yuki Tanaka, Chronicle of Drifting
#SundaySentence #poetry
September 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“The jingling of my apartment keys in my pocket seems to say this is our home, where is the door.”
—— Yuki Tanaka, Chronicle of Drifting
#SundaySentence #poetry
—— Yuki Tanaka, Chronicle of Drifting
#SundaySentence #poetry
“Maybe the spark from one's eyes can light those of the other, though our own soul is always in chaos. We can only recognize ourselves in each others eyes. In the deadly, sleeping, empty city prowls a wolf. In the blue sky hangs a lonely golden hook.”
—— Can Xue, Dialogues in Paradise
—— Can Xue, Dialogues in Paradise
August 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“Maybe the spark from one's eyes can light those of the other, though our own soul is always in chaos. We can only recognize ourselves in each others eyes. In the deadly, sleeping, empty city prowls a wolf. In the blue sky hangs a lonely golden hook.”
—— Can Xue, Dialogues in Paradise
—— Can Xue, Dialogues in Paradise
Reposted by Takeshi Sudo
EcoのThe Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanaをゆっくりゆっくり、数ページずつ読んでいる。記憶喪失した老人の話だが、読んだ本の記憶だけは残っているという設定。もう身につまされることばかり（とりわけ、陰嚢が痒くてボリボリ掻くあたりの描写が秀逸）。これを読んでいると、引喩（allusion）の技法というものを必然的に考えることになる。↓
August 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
EcoのThe Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanaをゆっくりゆっくり、数ページずつ読んでいる。記憶喪失した老人の話だが、読んだ本の記憶だけは残っているという設定。もう身につまされることばかり（とりわけ、陰嚢が痒くてボリボリ掻くあたりの描写が秀逸）。これを読んでいると、引喩（allusion）の技法というものを必然的に考えることになる。↓
“it’s not important now where, if the when is now, if it can happen in any now of those that are left to me.”
—— Julio Cortázar, Letter to a Young Lady in Paris (tr. Paul Blackburn)
—— Julio Cortázar, Letter to a Young Lady in Paris (tr. Paul Blackburn)
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“it’s not important now where, if the when is now, if it can happen in any now of those that are left to me.”
—— Julio Cortázar, Letter to a Young Lady in Paris (tr. Paul Blackburn)
—— Julio Cortázar, Letter to a Young Lady in Paris (tr. Paul Blackburn)
“To praise a work of literature by calling it sincere is now at best a way of saying that although it need be given no aesthetic or intellectual admiration, it was at least conceived in innocence of heart.”
——Lionel Trilling, Sincerity and Authenticity
——Lionel Trilling, Sincerity and Authenticity
August 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“To praise a work of literature by calling it sincere is now at best a way of saying that although it need be given no aesthetic or intellectual admiration, it was at least conceived in innocence of heart.”
——Lionel Trilling, Sincerity and Authenticity
——Lionel Trilling, Sincerity and Authenticity
“All that was left of Jun’s poems was her humming.”
Takafumi Sotoma / Fumi Yanagimoto "GINZA"
tr. Jesse Kirkwood
#SundaySentence
Takafumi Sotoma / Fumi Yanagimoto "GINZA"
tr. Jesse Kirkwood
#SundaySentence
August 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“All that was left of Jun’s poems was her humming.”
Takafumi Sotoma / Fumi Yanagimoto "GINZA"
tr. Jesse Kirkwood
#SundaySentence
Takafumi Sotoma / Fumi Yanagimoto "GINZA"
tr. Jesse Kirkwood
#SundaySentence