Feed MRSS-S vladimir_nabokov_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Sun, 29 Sep 2024 04:05:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-09-29/a-route-through-monterey-by-robert-louis-stevenson.html Sun, 29 Sep 2024 04:05:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-09-29/a-route-through-monterey-by-robert-louis-stevenson.html Antoni Montesinos In this California town, as well as in the town of St. Helena and other enclaves in Napa County, the Scottish author found inspiration for two of his immortal works. Today, you can follow his footprints through museums, his house, and the landscapes that he captured in his books In this California town, as well as in the town of St. Helena and other enclaves in Napa County, the Scottish author found inspiration for two of his immortal works. Today, you can follow his footprints through museums, his house, and the landscapes that he captured in his books Robert Louis Stevenson California John Steinbeck Vladimir Nabokov San Francisco Samoa Darryl Brooks (Alamy / CORDON PRESS) (EL PAÍS) A route through Monterey, by Robert Louis Stevenson One of the stores at Fisherman's Monterey Wharf, in Monterey, California. One of the stores at Fisherman's Monterey Wharf, in Monterey, California. <p>Treasure Island is, without a doubt, one of the most famous “places” in history, created and immortalized by <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-08-26/dolphins-also-have-their-dark-side.html">Robert Louis Stevenson</a>. The Scottish writer found traveling to be a perfect form of stimulus and consolation, until he ended his days in the paradisiacal <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-09-07/blue-eyes-foreign-words-the-legacy-of-a-spanish-vessel-shipwrecked-in-polynesia-in-the-1500s.html">Polynesia</a>. But before that, there were visits to Europe and America during his journeys, where his time in the Californian city of Monterey stood out. The seaside spot fascinated him perhaps like no other: “When once I was in these woods I found it difficult to turn homeward… go where you will, you have but to pause and listen to hear the voice of the Pacific,” he wrote.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-09-29/a-route-through-monterey-by-robert-louis-stevenson.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-18/is-there-a-european-literature.html Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:01:14 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-18/is-there-a-european-literature.html Antonio Monegal The narrative of the continent continues to be burdened by the absence of a common strategy in a space of miscegenation with no shared language The narrative of the continent continues to be burdened by the absence of a common strategy in a space of miscegenation with no shared language Franz Kafka Milan Kundera Vladimir Nabokov Miguel de Cervantes Harold Bloom Stefan Zweig Samuel Beckett Zadie Smith JNS (Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images) BABELIA 18/11/23 LITERATURA EUROPA Franz Kafka’s grave in the Prague cemetery. Franz Kafka’s grave in the Prague cemetery. <p>The question posed by the headline is one that inevitably excites the experts in comparative literature, those of us who study literary phenomena beyond national and linguistic borders, from a supranational perspective, if only to delve into the implications of the matter without the need to reach a definitive answer. Like so many other, very relevant questions, this one is not answered with a yes or a no, but with “it depends.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-18/is-there-a-european-literature.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>