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MICHAEL KAMAKANA
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We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. MichaelKamakana serves as a vessel to project my passions, and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.
Perdido Street Station (book review) China Miéville
(New Crobuzon, #1) 210612: the length of this book intimidated me. i have not read it for twenty years because of this. now, after...
The Scar (book review) China Miéville
(New Crobuzon, #2) 210712: actually maybe less than five- but i did read it in three sittings. seems to be quibbling to say i never liked...
La Jalousie (book review) Alain Robbe-Grillet
210719: this is the translation which i have read, which reviews are more or less the same as this [book:Jealousy & In the...
Les Gommes (book review) Alain Robbe-Grillet
130519 read in french: i have read this before in translation years (decades...) past, 3rd r-g i think. since then have read some...
The Facts of Winter (book review) Paul Poissel
Kakyoung Lee (Illustrator), Paul La Farge (Translator) 050719: there is an interesting point about how literal translation of the title...
A Luminous Republic (book review) Andrés Barba
Lisa Dillman (Translator), Edmund White (Foreword) 200721: there are some beautiful images here, some haunting, hurting narratives,...
Frankenstein in Baghdad (book review) Ahmed Saadawi,
Jonathan Wright (Translator) 200823: dark, satiric, violent, postmodern. this vision of Baghdad in the early years of this 21st century...
In Black and White (book review) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,
Phyllis I. Lyons (Translator) 201003: the man who wrote 'to the point of murder'... then in paranoia tries to extricate himself from how...
Waiting For Godot (book review) Samuel Beckett
050519: went to see production of this play last night. independent theatre, performance, company, simple, single set, industrial stage,...
Momo (book review) Michael Ende
Marcel Dzama (Illustrations) 210422: i have read this at least three times, this is a new translation, though how different i do not know...
Tekkon Kinkreet: Black and White (book review) Taiyo Matsumoto
(Black and White #1-3) .??? 2000s: great art. great art...
Blood Song (book review) Eric Drooker
Joe Sacco (Introduction) 120719 first review: second reading i have decided to up the rating, as this time i do as riley suggests- read...
Every Person on the Planet (book review) Bruce Eric Kaplan
An Only Somewhat Anxiety-Filled Tale for the Holidays .??? 2010s: this is a perfect treat, perfect form, perfect medium. comic, graphic,...
Swamp Thing: Protector of the Green (book review) Scott Snyder, Yanick Paquette (Illustrations)
(Swamp Thing (2011) #1-2) 120519: rec from riley. superhero comics... or maybe just ‘weird’ comics? ‘horror’ comics? not something i know...
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol. 17: Kraven's Last Hunt (book review)
(Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection 17) Peter David (Text), David Michelinie (Text), J.M. DeMatteis (Text), Christopher J. Priest, et al....
The Book Tour (book review) Andi Watson
210522: eerie, excellent, exasperating. never been on book tour but this seems to capture its strange nature, in everything from just...
Daytripper (Daytripper #1-10)(book review) Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá,
Craig Thompson (Introduction), Dave Stewart (Colours), Sean Konot (Lettering) 291017 from 230216: just read this again and again it is...
West Coast Blues (book review) by Jacques Tardi (artist), Jean-Patrick Manchette
161010: later addition: looked at this again last night, decided to critique as if verbal rather than visual fiction, but such is...
The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (book review) Suehiro Maruo
Ryan Sands (Translator), Kyoko Nitta (Translator) 200614: reread and reaffirm favoritegraphic, this time notice setup more, very...
