Desicritics Comments on Dancing on the Streets, World Literature Festival Oslo, September 2008

Comment by Amitabh Mitra

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:44:53 EST

Many thanks, Aaman, Temporal, CS Happy that you enjoyed my article Regards Amitabh

Comment by commonsense

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:50:24 EST

yeah, even though I am ON the wagon! (the la ramblas area in barcelona is full of desis peddling cans of the local brew and samosas all thru the night. now THAT was fun, even though it lasted just a week)

Comment by temporal

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:23:51 EST

cs: fun? you mean ....er...that guzzling part in the last sentence? amitabh: sounded like fun

Comment by commonsense

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:19:36 EST

although I suspect this meet was truly about literature from all over the world, rather than "world literature" as a bizarre category.

Comment by commonsense

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:09:47 EST

thanks for sharing this fun (except for the lost suitcase!)experience with us! i cringe though when I hear "world" literature, music, cuisine etc. it seems to be a term that demarcates Anglo-American literature, music, cuisine etc. from "others". There is music, there's literature, there's cuisine etc. etc. not "world" vs. "Anglo-American" (non-world??). the term unintentioally creates hierarchies, or the universal vs. particular dichotomies. In my not-so-humble opinion!

Comment by Aaman

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:47:47 EST

Thanks - this sounds like it was fun. Speaking of world literature, I've recently developed a taste for Nordic detective fiction, Oslo Detectives, etc.