Gary Michael Perry
@gmperry.bsky.social
London-based bookseller and book marketing person. Books in English, Portuguese and, occasionally, Spanish. 🏳️🌈
Água Viva now has competition as my favourite Lispector. This was absolutely incredible. I’ve underlined pretty much every line.
February 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Água Viva now has competition as my favourite Lispector. This was absolutely incredible. I’ve underlined pretty much every line.
Loved this. Complex, propulsive, deliciously sordid. Morante’s "dark symphony" confronts the ways in which, through delusion, fantasy and deceit, we fashion ourselves and each other. In LIES AND SORCERY, imagination is an essential, yet treacherous, mode of survival.
January 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Loved this. Complex, propulsive, deliciously sordid. Morante’s "dark symphony" confronts the ways in which, through delusion, fantasy and deceit, we fashion ourselves and each other. In LIES AND SORCERY, imagination is an essential, yet treacherous, mode of survival.
Can’t quite believe it’s that time of the year again, but here are my top reads (in English) of 2024. Lots of great stuff from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, @dauntbookspub.bsky.social, @picadorbooks.bsky.social, @faberbooks.bsky.social, @prototypepubs.bsky.social, amongst others.
December 2, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Can’t quite believe it’s that time of the year again, but here are my top reads (in English) of 2024. Lots of great stuff from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, @dauntbookspub.bsky.social, @picadorbooks.bsky.social, @faberbooks.bsky.social, @prototypepubs.bsky.social, amongst others.
Obcecado com este livro.
November 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Obcecado com este livro.
Lisbon/Évora book haul
November 23, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Lisbon/Évora book haul
Descobri uma livraria incrível em Évora e sim a conta bancária sofreu muito.
November 20, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Descobri uma livraria incrível em Évora e sim a conta bancária sofreu muito.
Juro, vou voltar pra Londres super pobre.
November 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Juro, vou voltar pra Londres super pobre.
Este livro é uma loucura. Não faz sentido nenhum mas é lindo.
November 19, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Este livro é uma loucura. Não faz sentido nenhum mas é lindo.
How to resist? (I didn’t)
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
How to resist? (I didn’t)
I’m going in, comrades.
November 17, 2024 at 7:44 PM
I’m going in, comrades.
“Não dou pão a ninguém, só sei dar umas palavras. E dói ser tão pobre.”
November 15, 2024 at 9:57 PM
“Não dou pão a ninguém, só sei dar umas palavras. E dói ser tão pobre.”
Acabei de descobrir o restaurante das passivas.
November 15, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Acabei de descobrir o restaurante das passivas.
A privilege to be working on this AMAZING book. Seriously awesome synergy between translator and writer. Not out until April, but one to add to your wishlists now.
November 15, 2024 at 2:32 PM
A privilege to be working on this AMAZING book. Seriously awesome synergy between translator and writer. Not out until April, but one to add to your wishlists now.
Current read in Portuguese, comrades.
November 13, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Current read in Portuguese, comrades.
About halfway through this from Pol Guasch and it’s truly exceptional. A little like reading Lispector.
September 10, 2024 at 8:26 PM
About halfway through this from Pol Guasch and it’s truly exceptional. A little like reading Lispector.