Michael Dirda

2 weeks ago | infobae.com | Michael Dirda

Últimas NoticiasPolíticaEconomíaDólar hoyDeportesSociedadPolicialesSe dice que cuando Guerra y paz estaba terminado y a punto de publicarse, Tolstoi miró el enorme libro y de repente exclamó: “¡La regata de yates! Se me olvidó poner la regata de yates!“. Con 1.174 páginas, Mark Twain, de Ron Chernow tiene esencialmente la misma extensión que Guerra y paz, pero aparentemente no se ha pasado nada por alto ni se ha omitido nada.

2 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | Michael Dirda

Diz-se que, quando Guerra e Paz estava concluído e prestes a ser publicado, Tolstóiolhou para aquele livro enorme e de repente exclamou: “A regata! Esqueci de falar da regata!” Com 1.174 páginas, Mark Twain, de Ron Chernow, tem mais ou menos o mesmo tamanho de Guerra e Paz, mas parece que nada foi esquecido nem deixado de fora.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Dirda

What we get wrong about Mark Twain (washingtonpost.com) What we get wrong about Mark Twain By Michael Dirda 2025051512000000 It's said that when "War and Peace" was finished and about to be published, Tolstoy looked at the huge book and suddenly exclaimed, "The yacht race! I forgot to put in the yacht race!" At 1,174 pages, Ron Chernow's "Mark Twain" is essentially the same length as "War and Peace," but seemingly nothing has been overlooked or left out.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Dirda

Disillusioned by politics, I read these books to get out of my slump (washingtonpost.com) Disillusioned by politics, I read these books to get out of my slump By Michael Dirda 2025050816000000 For the first six weeks after Jan. 20, I didn't read a book. I moped instead.

Mar 6, 2025 | nybooks.com | Michael Dirda

Ford Madox Ford’s 1915 novel, The Good Soldier, opens with one of the most arresting first sentences in twentieth-century fiction: “This is the saddest story I have ever heard.” The paragraph that follows, however, almost immediately undercuts it with a series of irresolute, contradictory statements:We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy—or rather, with an acquaintance as loose and easy and yet as close as a good glove’s with your hand.