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Bookshelves perpendicular to one another with volumes of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname; on the left, from Cherryl Walker through Brian Whitaker, and on tbe right from AndrΓ© Maurois through Padmini Mongia, with the "Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature", Beowulf, and Betjeman on a separate bookcase.

Bookshelves perpendicular to one another with volumes of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname; on the left, from Cherryl Walker through Brian Whitaker, and on tbe right from AndrΓ© Maurois through Padmini Mongia, with the "Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature", Beowulf, and Betjeman on a separate bookcase.

Bookshelves perpendicular to one another with volumes of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname; on the left, from Edward W. Said through Shlomo Sand, Philippe Sands, and Lynne Segal, and on the right from Martin Amis and Ammianus Marcellinus through Margaret Atwood and Marcus Aurelius to Richard Bulliet, and Martin Bulmer & John Solomos.

Bookshelves perpendicular to one another with volumes of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname; on the left, from Edward W. Said through Shlomo Sand, Philippe Sands, and Lynne Segal, and on the right from Martin Amis and Ammianus Marcellinus through Margaret Atwood and Marcus Aurelius to Richard Bulliet, and Martin Bulmer & John Solomos.

Bookshelves perpendicular to one another with volumes of fiction alphabetised by author surname; on the left, from Zakes Mda and PatrΓ­cia Melo through China MiΓ©ville and Henry Miller, and on the right from Olive Schreiner and AndrΓ© Schwarz-Bart through Mario Vargas Llosa, M. G. Vassanji, and Yvonne Vera.

Bookshelves perpendicular to one another with volumes of fiction alphabetised by author surname; on the left, from Zakes Mda and PatrΓ­cia Melo through China MiΓ©ville and Henry Miller, and on the right from Olive Schreiner and AndrΓ© Schwarz-Bart through Mario Vargas Llosa, M. G. Vassanji, and Yvonne Vera.

Bookshelves perpendicular to one another with volumes of fiction alphabetised by author surname; on the left, from Orhan Pamuk through Edgar Allan Poe, and on the right from John McGahern through Herman Melville and Charlotte Mendelson.

Bookshelves perpendicular to one another with volumes of fiction alphabetised by author surname; on the left, from Orhan Pamuk through Edgar Allan Poe, and on the right from John McGahern through Herman Melville and Charlotte Mendelson.

One really must work away this pique about having to leave the #LateImperialLibrary to perform the tasks required of one's imperious personage in the heart of the country. Aunt Lydia was correct: duty is indeed a hard taskmaster. Noblesse oblige in #NorthJozi; aussi, pour encourager les autres . . .

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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1 day ago
Cluttered main desk in the nonfiction room surrounded by shelves on which the volumes are alphabetised by author or editor surname from Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield through Arthur Koestler.

Cluttered main desk in the nonfiction room surrounded by shelves on which the volumes are alphabetised by author or editor surname from Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield through Arthur Koestler.

Upright 1980s student desk with shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from Carlos Fuentes through Caroline Knowles.

Upright 1980s student desk with shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from Carlos Fuentes through Caroline Knowles.

Shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editoe surname from Brian McHale through Alan Morris and from Daphne Watsob througb Francis eilson and Mamphela Ramphele, and poetry from Anna Akhmatova through Dante Alighieri.

Shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editoe surname from Brian McHale through Alan Morris and from Daphne Watsob througb Francis eilson and Mamphela Ramphele, and poetry from Anna Akhmatova through Dante Alighieri.

Cluttered main desk surrounded by shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by authir or editor surname from Theodore W. Allen through Felipe FernΓ‘ndez-Armesto and from Philip Roth through Salman Rushdie and Bertrand Russell to Oliver Sacks and Edward W. Said and Shlomo Sand and Philippe Sands.

Cluttered main desk surrounded by shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by authir or editor surname from Theodore W. Allen through Felipe FernΓ‘ndez-Armesto and from Philip Roth through Salman Rushdie and Bertrand Russell to Oliver Sacks and Edward W. Said and Shlomo Sand and Philippe Sands.

Sunday night shelving in the #LateImperialLibrary; time for the evening tea as we listen to cicadas and crickets and frogs in the garden.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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2 days ago
Reading desk (a 1950s handmade table covered with patterned black and red cloths) on which there arr two books, two portable typewriters, framed photographs, a zen garden, mugs, potted plants, a vase of orchid petals, a stack of Paris Reviews, and two books. Above tbe desk are windows through which tbe tops of trees at the bottom of the garden can be seen.

Reading desk (a 1950s handmade table covered with patterned black and red cloths) on which there arr two books, two portable typewriters, framed photographs, a zen garden, mugs, potted plants, a vase of orchid petals, a stack of Paris Reviews, and two books. Above tbe desk are windows through which tbe tops of trees at the bottom of the garden can be seen.

The nonfiction room showing the dictionaries and thesauruses as well as various bibelots on the main, flat desk, backed by shelves on which the volumes have been alphabetised by author or editor surname, from GyΓΆrgy LukΓ‘cs to Shlomo Sand.

The nonfiction room showing the dictionaries and thesauruses as well as various bibelots on the main, flat desk, backed by shelves on which the volumes have been alphabetised by author or editor surname, from GyΓΆrgy LukΓ‘cs to Shlomo Sand.

The swimming pool surrounded by wet trees. Stones from the ha-ha can be seen at the tip of the frame.

The swimming pool surrounded by wet trees. Stones from the ha-ha can be seen at the tip of the frame.

The trees at the bottom of the garden and beyond them, the building downslope to the north.

The trees at the bottom of the garden and beyond them, the building downslope to the north.

Sunday morning in and beyond the #LateImperialLibrary in an unseasonably cool #NorthJozi.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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3 days ago
Orange sunlight peering through clouds seen over rooftops with dishes and aerials to the west of Johannesburg.

Orange sunlight peering through clouds seen over rooftops with dishes and aerials to the west of Johannesburg.

Blue sky with some light clouds at the end of the day to the north-northeast of Johannesburg.

Blue sky with some light clouds at the end of the day to the north-northeast of Johannesburg.

Banks of clouds (cumulus and cirrus) obscure the blue sky to the southwest of Johannesburg.

Banks of clouds (cumulus and cirrus) obscure the blue sky to the southwest of Johannesburg.

Dense cloud cover over the northwest of Johannesburg.

Dense cloud cover over the northwest of Johannesburg.

Sun setting in autumnal #NorthJozi: to see the variety of light discourses, pace ZoΓ« Wicomb; or, that southern light, pace J. M. Coetzee.

Shutting in for the night in the #LateImperialLibrary.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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5 days ago
A sealed book delivery box on a cloth-covered table in front of bookcases of fiction.

A sealed book delivery box on a cloth-covered table in front of bookcases of fiction.

A book delivery box bottom on a table covered wiyh an orange cloth.

A book delivery box bottom on a table covered wiyh an orange cloth.

A book box opened, showing packing materials, on an orange table cloth on which a pair of black scissors can also be seen.

A book box opened, showing packing materials, on an orange table cloth on which a pair of black scissors can also be seen.

A copy of Mahmood Mamdani's SLOW POISON: IDI AMIN, YOWERI MUSEVENI, AND THE MAKING OF THE UGANDAN STATE (Wits University Press, 2025).

A copy of Mahmood Mamdani's SLOW POISON: IDI AMIN, YOWERI MUSEVENI, AND THE MAKING OF THE UGANDAN STATE (Wits University Press, 2025).

One came home from a day – and what a day, indeed – to this delightful addition to the #LateImperialLibrary.

In many senses 2026 is a year of "ill favoured and leanfleshed kine" in #NorthJozi and the world, but in terms of reading, it is a time of "well favoured kine and fatfleshed".

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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6 days ago
1950s handmade table serving as a desk on the north-facing balcony; a portable typewriter, framed photographs, potted plants, a small zen garden, mugs, a soapstone chess board, and through the windows, the lift shafts of the building downslope.

1950s handmade table serving as a desk on the north-facing balcony; a portable typewriter, framed photographs, potted plants, a small zen garden, mugs, a soapstone chess board, and through the windows, the lift shafts of the building downslope.

Upright 1980s student desk with shelves next to a bookcase. Laptop, desk lamp, framed photographs, and bibelots can be seen on the desk.

Upright 1980s student desk with shelves next to a bookcase. Laptop, desk lamp, framed photographs, and bibelots can be seen on the desk.

Main work desk cluttered with papers, a printer, framed photographs, dictionaries and thesauruses, tchotchkes, surrounded by bookcases of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname.

Main work desk cluttered with papers, a printer, framed photographs, dictionaries and thesauruses, tchotchkes, surrounded by bookcases of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname.

Table covered with an orange cloth in front of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Gerald Durrell through Elizabeth Gaskell.

Table covered with an orange cloth in front of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Gerald Durrell through Elizabeth Gaskell.

Reluctantly going forth from the #LateImperialLibrary into the demimonde of #NorthJozi; one understands Cousins Beatrix and Akihito and Margrethe and Juan Carlos . . .

Shall one be tempted into abdication, thus?

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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1 week ago
Boiks stacked on a small table surrounded by bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Toni Morrison through Rose Zwi.

Boiks stacked on a small table surrounded by bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Toni Morrison through Rose Zwi.

Upright student desk with shelves and bookcases of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from Gail Gerhart through Michael King; a laptop, a laml, and various framed photographs and bibelots can be seen on the desk.

Upright student desk with shelves and bookcases of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from Gail Gerhart through Michael King; a laptop, a laml, and various framed photographs and bibelots can be seen on the desk.

Bookcases of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from J. M. Coetzee through Umberto Eco.

Bookcases of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from J. M. Coetzee through Umberto Eco.

Bookcases of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from John Locke through Ilan PappΓ©.

Bookcases of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from John Locke through Ilan PappΓ©.

Late night shelving in the #LateImperialLibrary in #NorthJozi: embarking on a task long overdue to avoid doing work imminently due and ignoring major life's work years overdue and all but abandoned . . .

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AC Fick πŸ“š
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1 week ago
North-facing desk with books, stationery, a tablet, a portable typewriter, framed photographs, a large cup of coffee, potted plants, a mini zen garden, below windows overlooking the trees beyond the ha-ha at the bottom of the garden.

North-facing desk with books, stationery, a tablet, a portable typewriter, framed photographs, a large cup of coffee, potted plants, a mini zen garden, below windows overlooking the trees beyond the ha-ha at the bottom of the garden.

View of the swimming pool surrounded by trees on a windy morning.

View of the swimming pool surrounded by trees on a windy morning.

The northern horizon beyond the lift shafts of the building downslope and the trees at the bottom of the garden.

The northern horizon beyond the lift shafts of the building downslope and the trees at the bottom of the garden.

Pigeons in flight seen against a mostly blue sky with some clouds blowing across from the east.

Pigeons in flight seen against a mostly blue sky with some clouds blowing across from the east.

Sunday morning reading in the #LateImperialLibrary in a very breezy #NorthJozi suddenly chillier after the heatwaves of January and February. Another failed fasting day to be paid off later.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
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1 week ago
1950s table covered with cloths on which there are a portable typewriter, stationery, various books, a tablet, and framed photographs.

1950s table covered with cloths on which there are a portable typewriter, stationery, various books, a tablet, and framed photographs.

The main work desk cluttered with stationery, dictionaries and thesauruses, a printer, an old 1990s laptop, a mobile telephone, notebooks, and tchotchkes (including a mid-century bakelite rotary telephone).

The main work desk cluttered with stationery, dictionaries and thesauruses, a printer, an old 1990s laptop, a mobile telephone, notebooks, and tchotchkes (including a mid-century bakelite rotary telephone).

Upright 1980s student desk with shelves, on which a laptop, stationery, a desklamp, and various bibelots can be seen. Next to the desk is a bookcase. All shelves are packed with nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname, from Todd Gitlin through Gloria T. Hull.

Upright 1980s student desk with shelves, on which a laptop, stationery, a desklamp, and various bibelots can be seen. Next to the desk is a bookcase. All shelves are packed with nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname, from Todd Gitlin through Gloria T. Hull.

A laptop next to Masha Gessen's SURVIVING AUTOCRACY on a table covered with an orange cloth. Behind the table are shelves of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Richard Ford through Frank Herbert.

A laptop next to Masha Gessen's SURVIVING AUTOCRACY on a table covered with an orange cloth. Behind the table are shelves of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Richard Ford through Frank Herbert.

Saturday afternoon in the #LateImperialLibrary with the new inductee (Masha Gessen on surviving autocracy), unable to decide at which desk to work in sunny, autumnal #NorthJozi.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
@acfick72.bsky.social
1 week ago
A work desk on which dictionaries and thesauruses are propped between and under bibelots in the middle of a room in which the walls are lined with bookcases; the volumes of non-fiction on the shelves are alphabetised by author and editor surname.

A work desk on which dictionaries and thesauruses are propped between and under bibelots in the middle of a room in which the walls are lined with bookcases; the volumes of non-fiction on the shelves are alphabetised by author and editor surname.

A table covered with an orange cloth in front of two perpendicular walls of bookcases on which volumes of fiction are alphabetised by author surname from Ceridwen Dovey and Unity Dow through Bessie Head and Robert A. Heinlein.

A table covered with an orange cloth in front of two perpendicular walls of bookcases on which volumes of fiction are alphabetised by author surname from Ceridwen Dovey and Unity Dow through Bessie Head and Robert A. Heinlein.

View through the balcony windows of the trees beyond the ha-ha at the bottom of the garden and the art deco building downslope; remaining rain clouds can be seen on the northern horizon under a mostly blue sky with some cirrus clouds.

View through the balcony windows of the trees beyond the ha-ha at the bottom of the garden and the art deco building downslope; remaining rain clouds can be seen on the northern horizon under a mostly blue sky with some cirrus clouds.

A blue sky with some cirrus clouds.

A blue sky with some cirrus clouds.

Saturday morning in the #LateImperialLibrary in #NorthJozi after days of uncharacteristic "motregen".

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
@acfick72.bsky.social
1 week ago
Main work desk in front of a 1980s student desk surrounded by bookcases packed with nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname.

Main work desk in front of a 1980s student desk surrounded by bookcases packed with nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname.

Short bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Peter Carey through J. M. Coetzee.

Short bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Peter Carey through J. M. Coetzee.

Swimming pool surrounded by trees seen through a rain-spattered window.

Swimming pool surrounded by trees seen through a rain-spattered window.

Trees beyond the ha-ha at the bottom of the garden and the lift shafts of the art deco building downslope to the north on a rainy morning.

Trees beyond the ha-ha at the bottom of the garden and the lift shafts of the art deco building downslope to the north on a rainy morning.

Rainy Friday morning in #NorthJozi; one is locked down in the #LateImperialLibrary, engaged in a #CerebralRinse.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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2 weeks ago
A room lined with books, with a table and sofa in the centre, and in the foreground the Calendario Romano open to March, showing an altar boy about to receive communion.

A room lined with books, with a table and sofa in the centre, and in the foreground the Calendario Romano open to March, showing an altar boy about to receive communion.

A room lined with books, with a table in the middle, and in the foreground the Calendario Romano open to March, showing an altar boy about to receive communion.

A room lined with books, with a table in the middle, and in the foreground the Calendario Romano open to March, showing an altar boy about to receive communion.

A room lined with books alphabetised by author surname.

A room lined with books alphabetised by author surname.

A small shelf with books alphabetised by playwright surname from Ama Ata Aidoo, Edward Albee, and Aristophanes through Harold Pinter, Dennis Potter, and William Shakespeare, clocks, boxes, keys, and a framed photograph of a group of writers on a beach at the southern end of Africa.

A small shelf with books alphabetised by playwright surname from Ama Ata Aidoo, Edward Albee, and Aristophanes through Harold Pinter, Dennis Potter, and William Shakespeare, clocks, boxes, keys, and a framed photograph of a group of writers on a beach at the southern end of Africa.

Earthquakes mean March
[…]
The sun of this month cures all.
Therefore, old women say:
Let the sun of March shine on my daughter,
but let the sun of February shine on my daughter-in-law.
▫️Anne Sexton, 1975

A new, apocalyptic month in the #LateImperialLibrary in #NorthJozi.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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2 weeks ago
Laura Jean McKay's THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY, and Karl Ove Knausgaard's THE THIRD REALM.

Laura Jean McKay's THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY, and Karl Ove Knausgaard's THE THIRD REALM.

Friday inductees into the #LateImperialLibrary: time to shut one's imperious personage in for the week's end.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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2 weeks ago
Copies of Roberto BolaΓ±o's A LITTLE LUMPEN NOVELITA, Ursula K. Le Guin's LAVINIA, Alan Hollinghurst's THE SPARSHOLT AFFAIR, and Miguel de Cervantes's DON QUIXOTE. The Hollinghurst is a masochistic moment given how appalled one is by elements in his work (the same exasperation one has with Edmund White's oeuvre), but, pace Katherine Mansfield, one must go everywhere, see everything.

Copies of Roberto BolaΓ±o's A LITTLE LUMPEN NOVELITA, Ursula K. Le Guin's LAVINIA, Alan Hollinghurst's THE SPARSHOLT AFFAIR, and Miguel de Cervantes's DON QUIXOTE. The Hollinghurst is a masochistic moment given how appalled one is by elements in his work (the same exasperation one has with Edmund White's oeuvre), but, pace Katherine Mansfield, one must go everywhere, see everything.

Thursday inductees into the #LateImperialLibrary; one went forth to get poppadoms and ended up ensnared in a table-top book trader's trap. Still, one can never have too many copies of Cervantes or Le Guin, and the BolaΓ±o was a good find.

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
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3 weeks ago
A shelf of fiction with the volumes alphabetised by author surname from Harry Mulisch and Herta MΓΌller through Charles Mungoshi and Alice Munro.

A shelf of fiction with the volumes alphabetised by author surname from Harry Mulisch and Herta MΓΌller through Charles Mungoshi and Alice Munro.

A shelf of fiction with the volumes alphabetised by author surname from R. K. Narayan and Ibrahim Nasrallah and Taslima Nasrin through Gloria Naylor and Njabulo Ndebele and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Irène Némirovsky.

A shelf of fiction with the volumes alphabetised by author surname from R. K. Narayan and Ibrahim Nasrallah and Taslima Nasrin through Gloria Naylor and Njabulo Ndebele and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Irène Némirovsky.

A shelf of fiction with the volumes alphabetised by author surname from Maggie Resha and Yasmina Reza through Jean Rhys and JoΓ£o Ubaldo Riberio and Samuel Richardson.

A shelf of fiction with the volumes alphabetised by author surname from Maggie Resha and Yasmina Reza through Jean Rhys and JoΓ£o Ubaldo Riberio and Samuel Richardson.

A shelf of fiction with volumes by Salman Rushdie from GRIMUS and MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREn through EAST, WEST and FURY.

A shelf of fiction with volumes by Salman Rushdie from GRIMUS and MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREn through EAST, WEST and FURY.

Must one go forth from the #LateImperialLibrary to snip ribbons and smile at the naive watercolours of miseducated bureaucrats? Alas, noblesse oblige in #NorthJozi in 18 ⁰C . . .

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AC Fick πŸ“š
AC Fick πŸ“š
@acfick72.bsky.social
3 weeks ago
Cream-coloured sofa in front of bookcases of fiction on which volumes are alphabetised by author surname from Michael Cunningham and Rachel Cusk through Joseph Heller and Lillian Hellman. A table covered with an orange cloth bears a laptop, tablets, DVDs, books, a wooden bowl of Namibian soapstone hearts, two small maroon biscuit tins, and some plastic building blocks. Extract in main post from THE UTOPIA OF RULES: ON TECHNOLOGY, STUPIDITY, AND THE SECRET JOYS OF BUREAUCRACY by David Graeber (2015).

Cream-coloured sofa in front of bookcases of fiction on which volumes are alphabetised by author surname from Michael Cunningham and Rachel Cusk through Joseph Heller and Lillian Hellman. A table covered with an orange cloth bears a laptop, tablets, DVDs, books, a wooden bowl of Namibian soapstone hearts, two small maroon biscuit tins, and some plastic building blocks. Extract in main post from THE UTOPIA OF RULES: ON TECHNOLOGY, STUPIDITY, AND THE SECRET JOYS OF BUREAUCRACY by David Graeber (2015).

Swimming pool surrounded by trees in a garden lit by the sun of late summer, early autumn.

Swimming pool surrounded by trees in a garden lit by the sun of late summer, early autumn.

Leaves turning colour in late summer, early autumn, in Johannesburg.

Leaves turning colour in late summer, early autumn, in Johannesburg.

Bright sunshine in a blue sky dotted with wispy clouds over Johannesburg.

Bright sunshine in a blue sky dotted with wispy clouds over Johannesburg.

As whole societies have come to represent themselves as giant credentialized meritocracies, rather than systems of arbitrary extraction, everyone duly scurries about trying to curry favor by pretending they actually believe this is to be true.
▫️David Graeber, 2015

πŸ“šπŸ’™ #LateImperialLibrary #NorthJozi

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Main working desk in the nonfiction room of Late Imperial Library, with a laptop, printer, dictionaries and thesauruses, and tchotchkes, in front of a 1980s student desk, and shelves of nonfiction volumes alphabetised by author or editor surname. Post quotation from Toni Morrison's "The War on Error", Amnesty International Lecture, Edinburgh, 29 August 2004. Republished in THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD: SELECTED ESSAYS, SPEECHES, AND MEDITATIONS (Knopf, 2019).

Main working desk in the nonfiction room of Late Imperial Library, with a laptop, printer, dictionaries and thesauruses, and tchotchkes, in front of a 1980s student desk, and shelves of nonfiction volumes alphabetised by author or editor surname. Post quotation from Toni Morrison's "The War on Error", Amnesty International Lecture, Edinburgh, 29 August 2004. Republished in THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD: SELECTED ESSAYS, SPEECHES, AND MEDITATIONS (Knopf, 2019).

Shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from S. S. Abdool Karrim through David Crystal.

Shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from S. S. Abdool Karrim through David Crystal.

Shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from Frederic Jameson through David Morley and Kuan-Hsing Chen.

Shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from Frederic Jameson through David Morley and Kuan-Hsing Chen.

Shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from Antonio Negri through Philippe Sands.

Shelves of nonfiction alphabetised by author or editor surname from Antonio Negri through Philippe Sands.

I think it is time for a modern War Against Error. A deliberately heightened battle against cultivated ignorance, enforced silence, and metastasizing lies.
β–ͺ️Toni Morrison, 2004

Saturday morning in the #NonFictionRoom of the #LateImperialLibrary in #NorthJozi.

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Rectangular biscuit tins, tablet, and a wooden bowl of Namibian soapstone hearts on a cloth-covered table in front of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from J. M. Coetzee through Vasily Grossman.

Rectangular biscuit tins, tablet, and a wooden bowl of Namibian soapstone hearts on a cloth-covered table in front of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from J. M. Coetzee through Vasily Grossman.

Rectangular biscuit tins, tablet, and a wooden bowl of Namibian soapstone hearts on a cloth-covered table in front of and flanked by bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname; on the left from Roberto BolaΓ±o through Italo Calvino; directly behind the table beneqth the window sill from Peter Carey through J. M. Coetzee; and on the right from J. M. Coetzee through Ralph Ellison.

Rectangular biscuit tins, tablet, and a wooden bowl of Namibian soapstone hearts on a cloth-covered table in front of and flanked by bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname; on the left from Roberto BolaΓ±o through Italo Calvino; directly behind the table beneqth the window sill from Peter Carey through J. M. Coetzee; and on the right from J. M. Coetzee through Ralph Ellison.

Bookcases of fiction along a wall on the right side of the frame, from Soazig Aaron through Margaret Atwood before a break in the wall foe a passage to the right, then from Margaret Atwood through Samuel Butler.

Bookcases of fiction along a wall on the right side of the frame, from Soazig Aaron through Margaret Atwood before a break in the wall foe a passage to the right, then from Margaret Atwood through Samuel Butler.

Photograph of the swimming pool surrounded by trees in the morning sunlight with orange fruit in the palm tree and a yellow weaver bird's neat dangling from one of the palm branches.

Photograph of the swimming pool surrounded by trees in the morning sunlight with orange fruit in the palm tree and a yellow weaver bird's neat dangling from one of the palm branches.

Friday morning in the #LateImperialLibrary in #NorthJozi, high summer, 27 ⁰C forecast.

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View of the football stadium at Soccer City backed by a mine dump south of Johannesburg's city centre.

View of the football stadium at Soccer City backed by a mine dump south of Johannesburg's city centre.

Johannesburg skyline seen from ghe motorway approaching the western edge of the city from the south.

Johannesburg skyline seen from ghe motorway approaching the western edge of the city from the south.

Johannesburg skyline seen from the motorway exit due south of the city centre.

Johannesburg skyline seen from the motorway exit due south of the city centre.

Former railway station at the southwestern end of the Johannesburg city, with the station for the rapid transit bus service beyond it.

Former railway station at the southwestern end of the Johannesburg city, with the station for the rapid transit bus service beyond it.

Red Bus tour of Johannesburg on the first day of the fast was, perhaps, as one knew, not the wisest choice: 29 ⁰C . . .

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Safely back in the #LateImperialLibrary, awaiting sunset.

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Two book boxes, each containing a recently published "book", on a polished pine table in front of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Jostein Gaarder and William Gaddis through Abdulrazak Gurnah and Rosa Guy.

Two book boxes, each containing a recently published "book", on a polished pine table in front of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Jostein Gaarder and William Gaddis through Abdulrazak Gurnah and Rosa Guy.

Last night one came home to the #LateImperialLibrary in #NorthJozi to these mysteries, got all excited, and was then imperially underwhelmed by the 'prose' inside.

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From left to right and top to bottom, copies of Pedro AlmodΓ³var's THE LAST DREAM (2023), Haruki Murakami's NOVELIST AS A VOCATION (2022), Octavia E. Butler's DAWN (1987), and Denis Hirson's MY THIRTY MINUTE BAR MITZVAH: A MEMOIR (2022).

From left to right and top to bottom, copies of Pedro AlmodΓ³var's THE LAST DREAM (2023), Haruki Murakami's NOVELIST AS A VOCATION (2022), Octavia E. Butler's DAWN (1987), and Denis Hirson's MY THIRTY MINUTE BAR MITZVAH: A MEMOIR (2022).

Sunday morning post-breakfast acquisitions for the #LateImperialLibrary in #NorthJozi found in #KalkBay just before heading to the airport.

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A stack on books on a green chaid whicb has two jackets draped over its back; from top to bottom, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's HOMECOMING (1972), C. J. Driver's DAYSPRING (2024), Mphuthumi Ntabeni's THE BROKEN RIVER TENT (2018), Maryse Condé's LAND OF MANY COLORS & NANNA-YA (1997), Gayl Jones's THE UNICORN WOMAN (2024), Alex la Guma's A WALK IN THE NIGHT (1962), George Saunders's LIBERATION DAY (2022), Andrey Kurkov's DIARY OF AN INVASION (2022), Yevgeny Zamyatin's X AND OTHER STORIES (2024), Cyprian Ekwensi'a BURNING GRASS (1962), J. M. Coetzee's THE POLE AND OTHER STORIES (2023), Nadia Davids'a CAPE FEVER (2025), and Ivan Vladislavić's THE NEAR NORTH (2024).

A stack on books on a green chaid whicb has two jackets draped over its back; from top to bottom, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's HOMECOMING (1972), C. J. Driver's DAYSPRING (2024), Mphuthumi Ntabeni's THE BROKEN RIVER TENT (2018), Maryse Condé's LAND OF MANY COLORS & NANNA-YA (1997), Gayl Jones's THE UNICORN WOMAN (2024), Alex la Guma's A WALK IN THE NIGHT (1962), George Saunders's LIBERATION DAY (2022), Andrey Kurkov's DIARY OF AN INVASION (2022), Yevgeny Zamyatin's X AND OTHER STORIES (2024), Cyprian Ekwensi'a BURNING GRASS (1962), J. M. Coetzee's THE POLE AND OTHER STORIES (2023), Nadia Davids'a CAPE FEVER (2025), and Ivan Vladislavić's THE NEAR NORTH (2024).

Five days at the southern tip of Africa, and we must haul these back over the escarpment to the #LateImperialLibrary in #NorthJozi later today. First, coffee, then a stroll.

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Shelf of fiction of Leo Tolstoy volumes: six editions of WAR AND PEACE (in various English translations), ANNA KARENINA (9 English translations, 1 German translation) 2 copies of THE DEATHH OF IVAN ILYICH, 1 copy of WALK IN THE LIGHT WHILE THERE IS LIGHT, 1 copy of RESURRECTION, and 1 copy of HADJI MURÁD.

Shelf of fiction of Leo Tolstoy volumes: six editions of WAR AND PEACE (in various English translations), ANNA KARENINA (9 English translations, 1 German translation) 2 copies of THE DEATHH OF IVAN ILYICH, 1 copy of WALK IN THE LIGHT WHILE THERE IS LIGHT, 1 copy of RESURRECTION, and 1 copy of HADJI MURÁD.

Shelf of fiction: Voltaire's CANDIDE, Elizabeth von Arnim's ELIZABETH AND HER GERMAN GARDEN and THE SOLITARY SUMMER (x2), THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH IN RÜGEN, VERA, THE ENCHANTED APRIL, Johann von Grimmelshausen's MOTHER COURAGE, Alexander von Humboldt's PERSONAL NARRATIVE, Heinrich von Kleist's THE MARQUISE OF Oβ€” (x2), Kurt Vonnegut's PLAYER PIANO (x2), THE SIRENS OF TITAN (x3), MOTHER NIGHT (x2), CAT'S CRADLE (x4), WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE, SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 (x4), BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS, SLAPSTICK OR LONESOME NO MORE, JAILBIRD, DEADEYE DICK, GALÁPAGOS, HOCUS POCUS, FATES WORSE THAN DEATH, TIMEQUAKE (x2), BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX, A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY (x2), LOOK AT THE BIRDIE, ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT (x2), WHILE MORTALS SLEEP, COMPLETE STORIES, and Gregor von Rezzori's MEMOIRS OF AN ANTI-SEMITE.

Shelf of fiction: Voltaire's CANDIDE, Elizabeth von Arnim's ELIZABETH AND HER GERMAN GARDEN and THE SOLITARY SUMMER (x2), THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH IN RÜGEN, VERA, THE ENCHANTED APRIL, Johann von Grimmelshausen's MOTHER COURAGE, Alexander von Humboldt's PERSONAL NARRATIVE, Heinrich von Kleist's THE MARQUISE OF Oβ€” (x2), Kurt Vonnegut's PLAYER PIANO (x2), THE SIRENS OF TITAN (x3), MOTHER NIGHT (x2), CAT'S CRADLE (x4), WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE, SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 (x4), BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS, SLAPSTICK OR LONESOME NO MORE, JAILBIRD, DEADEYE DICK, GALÁPAGOS, HOCUS POCUS, FATES WORSE THAN DEATH, TIMEQUAKE (x2), BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX, A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY (x2), LOOK AT THE BIRDIE, ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT (x2), WHILE MORTALS SLEEP, COMPLETE STORIES, and Gregor von Rezzori's MEMOIRS OF AN ANTI-SEMITE.

Shelf of fiction: Rebecca West's THE HARSH VOICE, THE MEANING OF REASON, A TRAIN OF POWDER, THE FOUNTAIN OVERFLOWS, THE BIRDS FALL DOEN (x2), THE YOUNG REBECCA (x2), THIS REAL NIGHT, THE ONLY POET, and SELECTED LETTERS; Kjell WestΓΆ's LANG; Edith Wharton's THE TOUCHSTONE, SANCTUARY, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (x3), ETHAN FROME (x3), THE REEF, THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY (x2), FIGHTING FRANCE, SUMMER (x2), THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (x5), GLIMPSES OF THE MOON, THE CHILDREN (x2), ETHAN FROME AND OTHER STORIES, THE MUSE'S TRAGEDY AND OTHER STORIES, Edith Wharton's THE OLD MAID and Henry James's THE REAL THING in 2x2: INVENTING THE REAL;

Shelf of fiction: Rebecca West's THE HARSH VOICE, THE MEANING OF REASON, A TRAIN OF POWDER, THE FOUNTAIN OVERFLOWS, THE BIRDS FALL DOEN (x2), THE YOUNG REBECCA (x2), THIS REAL NIGHT, THE ONLY POET, and SELECTED LETTERS; Kjell WestΓΆ's LANG; Edith Wharton's THE TOUCHSTONE, SANCTUARY, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (x3), ETHAN FROME (x3), THE REEF, THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY (x2), FIGHTING FRANCE, SUMMER (x2), THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (x5), GLIMPSES OF THE MOON, THE CHILDREN (x2), ETHAN FROME AND OTHER STORIES, THE MUSE'S TRAGEDY AND OTHER STORIES, Edith Wharton's THE OLD MAID and Henry James's THE REAL THING in 2x2: INVENTING THE REAL;

Shelf of fiction: Virginia Woolf's THE WAVES (1 of 4), KEW GARDENS, FLUSH, THE YEARS (x3), ROGER FRY, BETWEEN THE ACTS (x2), A WRITER'S DIARY (x2), A HAUNTED HOUSE, LEAVE THE LETTERS TILL WE'RE DEAD: THE LETTERS OF VIRGINIA WOOLD 1936-1941 (Vol.6), SELECTED LETTERS (x2), SELECTED SHORT STORIES, CARLYLE'S HOUSE, STREET HAUNTING, CONGENIAL SPIRITS (x2), A MOMENT'S LIBERTY, MELYMBROSIA (x2), Virginia Woolf and Quentin Bell's THE CHARLESTON BULLETIN SUPPLEMENTS, Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey's LETTERS, Michael Worsnip's REMITTANCE MAN, John Wray's THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS, Richard Wright's UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN, NATIVE SON (x2), BLACK BOY (x2), EIGHT MEN, PAGAN SPAIN, AMERICAN HUNGER, and RITE OF PASSAGE.

Shelf of fiction: Virginia Woolf's THE WAVES (1 of 4), KEW GARDENS, FLUSH, THE YEARS (x3), ROGER FRY, BETWEEN THE ACTS (x2), A WRITER'S DIARY (x2), A HAUNTED HOUSE, LEAVE THE LETTERS TILL WE'RE DEAD: THE LETTERS OF VIRGINIA WOOLD 1936-1941 (Vol.6), SELECTED LETTERS (x2), SELECTED SHORT STORIES, CARLYLE'S HOUSE, STREET HAUNTING, CONGENIAL SPIRITS (x2), A MOMENT'S LIBERTY, MELYMBROSIA (x2), Virginia Woolf and Quentin Bell's THE CHARLESTON BULLETIN SUPPLEMENTS, Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey's LETTERS, Michael Worsnip's REMITTANCE MAN, John Wray's THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS, Richard Wright's UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN, NATIVE SON (x2), BLACK BOY (x2), EIGHT MEN, PAGAN SPAIN, AMERICAN HUNGER, and RITE OF PASSAGE.

Having been introduced to gospel gqom by urban youths last week, one stumbled onto "Pop the Balloon" today . . . and now one needs to take a wire brush to one's consciousness and use high voltage cables to erase memory. Pace ZoΓ« Wicomb, cerebral rinse loading in the #LateImperialLibrary.
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Moka pot, single cup of espresso, scoops of vanilla ice cream, tablet, and spoon on a pine table in front of bookcases.

Moka pot, single cup of espresso, scoops of vanilla ice cream, tablet, and spoon on a pine table in front of bookcases.

Time for an affogato in the #LateImperialLibrary at the end of the hot day: 27 ⁰C after sunset in #NorthJozi.

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PSβ€”clearly no sleep until 3am.

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Copies of Laurence Sterne's TRISTRAM SHANDY, Edward W. Said's LATE STYLE, J. M. Coetzee's THE POLE AND OTHER STORIES, Ian McEwan's WHAT WE CAN KNOW, and Julian Barnes's DEPARTURE(S).

Copies of Laurence Sterne's TRISTRAM SHANDY, Edward W. Said's LATE STYLE, J. M. Coetzee's THE POLE AND OTHER STORIES, Ian McEwan's WHAT WE CAN KNOW, and Julian Barnes's DEPARTURE(S).

In that life one abandoned, this would be a paper on the quixotic project of literary realism, the 18th century origins of the English novel, late style, and counterpoint in postmillennial Coetzee, McEwan, and Barnes. Now it is enough to just think about this in the #LateImperialLibrary.

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On a polished pine table in front of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Paul Auster & J. M. Coetzee throuvb Italo Calvino, copies of Jacqueline Harpman's I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN, Mphutumi Ntabeni's THE WANDERERS, and Julian Barnes's DEPARTURE(S).

On a polished pine table in front of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Paul Auster & J. M. Coetzee throuvb Italo Calvino, copies of Jacqueline Harpman's I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN, Mphutumi Ntabeni's THE WANDERERS, and Julian Barnes's DEPARTURE(S).

On a polished pine table, the back covere of copies of Jacqueline Harpman's I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN, Mphutumi Ntabeni's THE WANDERERS, and Julian Barnes's DEPARTURE(S) still in the plastic packaging.

On a polished pine table, the back covere of copies of Jacqueline Harpman's I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN, Mphutumi Ntabeni's THE WANDERERS, and Julian Barnes's DEPARTURE(S) still in the plastic packaging.

An open box with packaging paper and three books in plastic wrapping.

An open box with packaging paper and three books in plastic wrapping.

A sealed box (company logos and tracking labels erased) on a polished pine table in front shelves of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Saul Bellow through Peter Carey in a room with buffed parquet flooring.

A sealed box (company logos and tracking labels erased) on a polished pine table in front shelves of fiction alphabetised by author surname from Saul Bellow through Peter Carey in a room with buffed parquet flooring.

The new inductees have arrived in the #LateImperialLibrary; time to dive deeply into these volumes in hottest #NorthJozi.

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Marzia Milazzo's COLORBLIND TOOLS: GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES OF RACIAL POWER (UJ Press 2025; originally published by Northwestern University Press, 2025).

Marzia Milazzo's COLORBLIND TOOLS: GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES OF RACIAL POWER (UJ Press 2025; originally published by Northwestern University Press, 2025).

Surprise package in #NorthJozi: we love it when people send books to the #LateImperialLibrary.

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Two black cups of espresso on a polished pine table in front of a wall of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from J. M. Coetzee through William Gibson.

Two black cups of espresso on a polished pine table in front of a wall of bookcases of fiction alphabetised by author surname from J. M. Coetzee through William Gibson.

A shelf of fiction: Margaret Cavendish's THE BLAZING WORLD, Louis-Ferdinand CΓ©line'a DEATH ON CREDIT, Javier Cercas's THE SPEED OF LIGHT, and 9 of 11 editions of Cervantes's DON QUIXOTE in English translation.

A shelf of fiction: Margaret Cavendish's THE BLAZING WORLD, Louis-Ferdinand CΓ©line'a DEATH ON CREDIT, Javier Cercas's THE SPEED OF LIGHT, and 9 of 11 editions of Cervantes's DON QUIXOTE in English translation.

A shelf of fiction: J. M. Coetzee's SUMMERTIME (3 of 5 copies), SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE (2 copies), THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS (3 copies), THREE STORIES, THE SCHOOLDAYS OF JESUS (3 copies), THE DEATH OF JESUS (3 copies), THE POLE (1 copy), "Growing up with THE CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA" in ENGLISH IN AFRICA 48(3); Albert Cohen's BELLE DE SEIGNEUR, Leonard Cohen's THE FAVOURIRE GAME and THE BEAUTIFUL LOSERS (2 copies), and Teju Cole's OPEN CITY.

A shelf of fiction: J. M. Coetzee's SUMMERTIME (3 of 5 copies), SCENES FROM PROVINCIAL LIFE (2 copies), THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS (3 copies), THREE STORIES, THE SCHOOLDAYS OF JESUS (3 copies), THE DEATH OF JESUS (3 copies), THE POLE (1 copy), "Growing up with THE CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA" in ENGLISH IN AFRICA 48(3); Albert Cohen's BELLE DE SEIGNEUR, Leonard Cohen's THE FAVOURIRE GAME and THE BEAUTIFUL LOSERS (2 copies), and Teju Cole's OPEN CITY.

A shelf of fiction: Miles Franklin's MY BRILLIANT CAREER (14 of 16 copies), MY CAREER GOES BUNG, and a compendium of MY BRILLIANT CAREER & MY CAREER GOES BUNG in one volume; Jonathan Franzen's THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CITY, STRONG MOTION, THE CORRECTIONS (3 copies), THE DISCOMFORT ZONE (2 copies) and FREEDOM (2 of 3 copies).

A shelf of fiction: Miles Franklin's MY BRILLIANT CAREER (14 of 16 copies), MY CAREER GOES BUNG, and a compendium of MY BRILLIANT CAREER & MY CAREER GOES BUNG in one volume; Jonathan Franzen's THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CITY, STRONG MOTION, THE CORRECTIONS (3 copies), THE DISCOMFORT ZONE (2 copies) and FREEDOM (2 of 3 copies).

The week has ended; we begin Friday with espresso, awaiting delivery of the new inductees into the #LateImperialLibrary and a daytime high of 30 ⁰C in #NorthJozi.

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A shelf of Margaret Atwood books of fiction: 6 of 9 copies of SURFACING, 2 copies of LADY ORACLE, 3 copies of DANCING GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES, a copy of UP IN THE TREE, 2 copies of LIFE BEFORE MAN, 5 copies of BODILY HARM, 2 copies OF MURDER IN THE DARK (1 in German translation), 3 copies of BLUEBEARD'S EGG, and 8 of 26 copies of THE HANDMAID'S TALE.

A shelf of Margaret Atwood books of fiction: 6 of 9 copies of SURFACING, 2 copies of LADY ORACLE, 3 copies of DANCING GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES, a copy of UP IN THE TREE, 2 copies of LIFE BEFORE MAN, 5 copies of BODILY HARM, 2 copies OF MURDER IN THE DARK (1 in German translation), 3 copies of BLUEBEARD'S EGG, and 8 of 26 copies of THE HANDMAID'S TALE.

A shelf of fiction by Jane Austen and Paul Auster: 5 of 7 copies of PERSUASION, 11 copies of NORTHANGER ABBEY, 3 copies of LADY SUSAN/THE WATSONS/SANDITON, 1 copy of THE WATSONS, 1 copy of THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 2 copies of LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, 1 copy of THE COMPLETE NOVELS, 1 copy of the graphic novel of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, 2 copies of THE INVENTION OF SOLITUDE, 1 copy each of THE NEW YORK TRILOGY, IN THE COUNTRY OF LAST THINGS, THE MUSIC OF CHANGE, LEVIATHAN, MR VERTIGO, and THE RED NOTEBOOK.

A shelf of fiction by Jane Austen and Paul Auster: 5 of 7 copies of PERSUASION, 11 copies of NORTHANGER ABBEY, 3 copies of LADY SUSAN/THE WATSONS/SANDITON, 1 copy of THE WATSONS, 1 copy of THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 2 copies of LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, 1 copy of THE COMPLETE NOVELS, 1 copy of the graphic novel of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, 2 copies of THE INVENTION OF SOLITUDE, 1 copy each of THE NEW YORK TRILOGY, IN THE COUNTRY OF LAST THINGS, THE MUSIC OF CHANGE, LEVIATHAN, MR VERTIGO, and THE RED NOTEBOOK.

Shelf of fiction: Charles Bukowski's HAM ON RYE and PULP, 2 copies of NoViolet Bulawayo's WE NEED NEW NAMES, 2 copies of Mikhail Bulgakov's DIABOLIAD, 3 copies of THE WHITE GUARD, 1 copy each of THE FATAL EGGS and THE HEART OF A DOG, 3 copies of A COUNTRY DOCTOR'S NOTEBOOK/ A YOUNG DOCTOR'S NOTEBOOK, 4 copies of THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, 1 copy of BLACK SNOW, 1 copy of Bulgakov's DIARIES AND SELECTED LETTERS, 1 copy of J.A.E. Curtis's edition of MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN: MIKHAIL BULGAKOVβ€”A LIFE IN LETTERS AND DIARIES, 1 copy of Ivan Bunin's THE VILLAGE, 1 copy of Luis BuΓ±uel's MY LAST BREATH, 2 copies of John Bunyan's THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, 1 copy each of Anthony Burgess's DEVIL OF A STATE, and ONE HAND CLAPPING.

Shelf of fiction: Charles Bukowski's HAM ON RYE and PULP, 2 copies of NoViolet Bulawayo's WE NEED NEW NAMES, 2 copies of Mikhail Bulgakov's DIABOLIAD, 3 copies of THE WHITE GUARD, 1 copy each of THE FATAL EGGS and THE HEART OF A DOG, 3 copies of A COUNTRY DOCTOR'S NOTEBOOK/ A YOUNG DOCTOR'S NOTEBOOK, 4 copies of THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, 1 copy of BLACK SNOW, 1 copy of Bulgakov's DIARIES AND SELECTED LETTERS, 1 copy of J.A.E. Curtis's edition of MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN: MIKHAIL BULGAKOVβ€”A LIFE IN LETTERS AND DIARIES, 1 copy of Ivan Bunin's THE VILLAGE, 1 copy of Luis BuΓ±uel's MY LAST BREATH, 2 copies of John Bunyan's THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, 1 copy each of Anthony Burgess's DEVIL OF A STATE, and ONE HAND CLAPPING.

A view of the pool, the garden, and the orange fruit in the palm tree catching the morning light reflected from windows.

A view of the pool, the garden, and the orange fruit in the palm tree catching the morning light reflected from windows.

Must one go forth? Alas, so many ribbons to cut, so many home industry herzoggies and melktertjies to comment on, and that jeroboam of fizz to swing at that hull: noblesse oblige in and beyond the #LateImperialLibrary in sunny #NorthJozi.

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Bookcases along two walls in the Nonfiction Room, volumes alphabetised by author or editor surname from Karen Armstrong and Nancy Armstrong through Betty Friedan and Steven Friedman.

Bookcases along two walls in the Nonfiction Room, volumes alphabetised by author or editor surname from Karen Armstrong and Nancy Armstrong through Betty Friedan and Steven Friedman.

Bookcases along two walls, surplus fiction to be remaindered stacked on the left, fiction alphabetised by author surname from Christopher Hope and Michel Houllebecq through Ursula K. Le Guin and Rosamond Lehmann.

Bookcases along two walls, surplus fiction to be remaindered stacked on the left, fiction alphabetised by author surname from Christopher Hope and Michel Houllebecq through Ursula K. Le Guin and Rosamond Lehmann.

Bookcases along a wall interrupted by a passage, the fiction alphabetised by author surname from Soazig Aaron and Hectoe Abad through A.S. Byatt and Italo Calvino. A table with a container of 100 paracetamol tablets juts into frame on the left.

Bookcases along a wall interrupted by a passage, the fiction alphabetised by author surname from Soazig Aaron and Hectoe Abad through A.S. Byatt and Italo Calvino. A table with a container of 100 paracetamol tablets juts into frame on the left.

A sofa and a table and chairs in front of two walls of bookcases on which the volumes of fiction are alphabetised by author surname from Jim Crace and Stephen Crane through Philip Hensher and Frank Herbert.

A sofa and a table and chairs in front of two walls of bookcases on which the volumes of fiction are alphabetised by author surname from Jim Crace and Stephen Crane through Philip Hensher and Frank Herbert.

Do not rely on February
except when your cat has kittens,
throbbing into the snow.
Do not use knives and forks
unless there is a thaw,
like the yawn of a baby.
The sun in this month
begets a headache
like an angel slapping you in the face.
▫️Anne Sexton, 1975

Morning: #LateImperialLibrary.

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