Reply #152: another first! james bond in the lounge!

[RainDog]

shaken or stirred?

Yeah, The Tim Drum is also a great movie/book. My favorite Belgian films are Ma Vie En Rose and Daens.

Who are some interesting contemporary German authors in English translation, to you? I read Perfume a long time ago. Apparently Patrick Süsskind is also a dramatist? That book was so well written, as far as creating a world of the senses though only one of them. The ending was something of a let down. I read about but haven't seen the movie made from that one. I do not think the essence of that story's power can be conveyed via film.

okay, another question for you. I assume you can answer this one. Have you ever read Emmanuel Todd's "After the Empire?" I just wondered what someone with your work concerns thought about Todd's assessment - considering his earlier success predicting the downfall of the USSR.