Defending the Infinity (a fragment written by Louis Aragon and translated by Vadim Bystritski)

There are people who tell you about the life of others as if it were their own. How do they start? They don’t care, anything can serve as the beginning; for example, a… Continue reading →

Absolute Zero (a fragment written by Michel Leiris and translated by Vadim Bystritski)

When driven to complete the framework where he thought for all eternity the universe to be inserted, a physicist invented the concept of absolute zero, a point located somewhere around minus 273 degrees… Continue reading →

From “Chasing Noisily” (a text of Michel Leiris translated by Vadim Bystritski)

Its nails and teeth so diligently filed that presently, the beast looks tame; yet the day may come when our life will turn against us. Which malevolent card should fall on its back… Continue reading →

Dedicated to the Foolhardy (a text of Michel Leiris translated by Vadim Bystritski)

In an Alpine valley there lived a man who wanted to die struck by a lightning. With each rainstorm, he would go out to climb the mountains showered by thunderbolts. One morning after… Continue reading →