Citario Nietzsche
On the anniversary of Friedrich Nietzsche’s birth, this citarium evokes his idol-shattering hammer, the lion that gives birth to the child, and the eternal return.
Loose Pages
Modernity
Essays
How a Savage Detective Appeared in the Year 2666
Bolaño’s work is a literary battle against conventional modernity, with metaphors of samurai and detectives.
Essays
Flesh and Blood Essay (1)
Color—or its absence—reveals the distance between ancient epic and the modern perception of realism.
Essays
Turner: the Glow and the Man
Mike Leigh’s ‘Mr. Turner’ explores the complex personality and final stage of the painter J.M.W. Turner, balancing his artistic genius with his human side and the cinematic recreation of his work.
Essays
Baudelaire and the Prose Poem
Baudelaire, creator of the prose poem, transformed the modern city into a subjective and metaphysical language. His «flâneur» gaze captured «spleen» and elevated it to art, anticipating decadence and the avant-garde.