Monthly Archives: August 2013

The Meal that Opens the New Year

Since I started The Catcher in the Sand I use to mark the Jewish holidays with postings that relate one way or another with the occasion. I decided this time to mark Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year with a … Continue reading

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Carte: Moshe Idel – Evreii lui Saturn

‘… ma intreb daca o istorie bazata pe ideea unei intelegeri corecte a cartilor, faptelor sau persoanelor, ar fi mai adecvata decat una intemeiata pe prezumtia ca aceeasi factori au fost inteles gresit. Poate ca o istorie bazata pe intelegeri … Continue reading

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Carte: Ilf si Petrov – 1001 de zile sau Noua Seherazada

A trecut cred aproape jumatate de secol de cand am citit cele doua carti foarte cunoscute semnate de Ilia Ilf si Evgheni Petrov ’12 scaune’ si ‘Vitelul de aur’. Am aflat intre timp ca cei doi mari scriitori satirici sovietici … Continue reading

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a thriller in the swamps (Film: In the Electric Mist – Tommy Lee Jones, 2009)

Some films deserve a better fate. This is in my opinion the case with ‘In the Electric Mist’ which is totally unknown to most of the cinema fans because it seems to not having been released in cinema theaters in … Continue reading

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