Who doesn't love a grim hamburger ? Though I order mine, like my steaks, black and blue — as rare as they're willing to make them.

Thanks. He really was a remarkable writer, so much to discover still.

And so did the 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 !!!

When 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 reviewed the first translation of this one they paired it with ... Musil's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 !

Me too ! (I have some, but not anywhere near enough, *sigh*.)

Have never been able to find a copy of that one, so I had to plump for:

They used to be better at this -- 2005: "185 library systems, representing 129 cities from 51 countries" web.archive.org/web/20041205... Though of course that also meant much longer long/nominated-lists. Don't know why they have such trouble keeping libraries on board/enlisting new ones.

Poor geographic distribution (e.g. only 2 libraries from Africa, very little Asian representation (only 1x India; large parts of continent not represented); etc.) and home-favoring selections (New Zealand: 4 (!) libraries selecting books by 4 NZ authors ....) top the list.

Always approve of the public being informed what titles are actually in the running for a prize ! That said, I have a LOT of issues with the nominating procedure here.

Also: Omri Boehm looking "Beyond Identity" in 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 www.nyrb.com/products/rad..., and very curious about "A Modern Solution to an Ancient Problem in Sanskrit Grammar" by Rishi Rajpopat, 𝑃𝑎̄𝑛̣𝑖𝑛𝑖'𝑠 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒 from @harvardpress.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

(These are very good, but looking back on Shakespeare for review-purposes I'm reminded just how leagues-beyond incredible Shakespeare's work is. Really should return to it far more often/regularly.)

Here's hoping for an extended US/UK moment to follow ! (The @wakefieldpress.bsky.social and @ecwpress.bsky.social volumes are certainly deserving of a larger audience !)

Here you go:
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...

(No publisher/distributor page yet; Google AI helpful as always, *sigh* (language recognition is apparently hard — but, hey, that is the title of the Spanish translation sajalineditores.com/libros/mia-e...).