Galago #91

Swedish Galago is back once again with an action-packed issue of comics. Super great Liv Strömqvist disses Cornelis Vreeswijk, Italian Andrea Bruno tells a story about kids and war, Finnish Amanda Vähämäki has the most wonderful style, Knut Larsson is featured with the magical "Triton", Eva Björkstrand is cool.

La Douleur by Marguerite Duras

This is the horror.

Of war and of what comes after; the time that passes between war and peace.

I lived with these stories during my short trip to Paris; the hours between learning about the sudden loss of a dear friend on the bus from Beauvais to the city, and returning home to the devastating cold of the Stockholm streets. It may sound strange, but it was truly a comfort in a weird way.

Rest in Peace, hermanolito. I love you, tú sabes.

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Je vous présente...

I had to kill the ol' Friendster blog because of all the crazy ads, so welcome to the new librairie.

For all ye' who don't already know, this is where I post everything I read. It's been going on since December 2005 (so it's not like I've read 64 titles this October only)...

Love, Peace and Equal Rights.

Abahn Sabana David by Marguerite Duras

This month is Duras month in Stockholm, as Judiska Teatern holds seminars on her work and performances of "The Dogs in Prague", which is director Pia Forsgren's stage adaptation of Katarina Frostenson's translation of the novel Abahn Sabana David. And oh yes, Cinemateket is showing a whole lot of her films. Enfin!

To say something about the novel itself, it is friggin' fantastic.

Ants Have Sex in Your Beer by David Shrigley

We are not allowed in Shrigley's hell. We must stay in our own hells.

Skissbok by Marcus Nyblom

Great wordless art from Swedish artist Marcus Nyblom! Buy here.

Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

And I love David Lynch. Yeah well, who doesn't.

I'm the One that I Want by Margaret Cho

I love Margaret Cho.

Der Himmel über Berlin by Wim Wenders

This is obviously one of the most fantastic presents I've ever been blessed with: the full script and photographs of every scene!

Thank you Jan for being the most fabulous friend.

Dix heures et demie du soir en êtê by Marguerite Duras

Perhaps she should get her own category. Anyway, I'll continue not really writing about her books. Modernista will publish La maladie de la mort in Swedish shortly, and that's great for people and devastating for me. In some weird way. But congratulations, Sweden.

Dogs & Water by Anders Nilsen

Anders Nilsen's drawings are magical.

This book is fantastic.

Something like Brian Ralph's Daybreak but sad and drawn with a real thin pen.

Le Navire Night by Marguerite Duras

I wish I could see all Duras' own films some day.

Until then, thank heavens for Modernista, the only Swedish publisher that seems to care about her work at all at the moment.