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Alan Bray
- Oct 21, 2021
- 4 min
Search For The Author - Implicated
This week, as we wrap up our reading of Three Horses, a little background on the concept of the implied author. (Whiny voice: Are you...


Alan Bray
- Oct 14, 2021
- 4 min
You Can Count On Me
The narration in Three Horses is written in first person. After all, the very first word is “I,” as in “I only read used books.” Is this...


Alan Bray
- Oct 7, 2021
- 5 min
Selim
Besides Laila, the other key character in Three Horses is Selim, a man whom the narrator befriends and helps, acts of kindness which have...


Alan Bray
- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Ms. Sandman, Play Me A Tune
Usually, in this blog, I don’t want to merely describe the plots of the books I discuss in the manner of a book review. My purpose is to...


Alan Bray
- Sep 23, 2021
- 5 min
Steam Powered Love
As mentioned last week, Erri De Luca, the author of Three Horses, states he can only write about things he’s experienced, placing himself...


Alan Bray
- Sep 16, 2021
- 4 min
Three Horses
This week, a new novel, Erri De Luca’s 1999 book Three Horses, translated from Italian to English by Michael Moore in 2005. I first read...