In shastraic defiance I ate a 'Ceylonese Egg Paratha' for dinner at the Raya International, Kumbakonam's only multi-cuisine bhotel/b in the centrum. Dikshitar called me next day, having memorized my number instamente, all that Vedic math. b...../b David Davidar first told me about him for which I love David to bits, because bCalasso's/b book on Hindu myth, 'Ka', is the best thing I've read. I want to will my autographed copy to the nation or something! His book on Greek myth, ...
A great critic like Roberto bCalasso/b - see his excellent Literature and the Gods - knows that when the spark that animates art is enslaved by childish emotion and proffered only in service of sentiment it suffocates, smolders and is extinguished. b...../b Max Morden has returned to the bvacation/b spot of his youth as he grieves the death of his wife. Remembering his first, fatal love, Morden works to reconcile himself to his loss. Banville's trademark linguistic virtuosity is ...
