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Eric Spee

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cultuurliefhebber & connaisseur | Realpolitiker & Prinzipienreiter | single Islay malt & lapsang souchong | Amsterdam Slotervaart | đŸ‡ȘđŸ‡șđŸ‡ș🇩🇹🇩🍋

created August 23, 2023

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. @ernststeffen.bsky.social en ik beginnen de (meteorologische) herfst met een voortreffelijke lunch bij Merkelbach.

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Bulgaria and Romania may have been tricky for the Soviets to control, but they paled in comparison with the real test, which was Poland. The Soviets were generally hated in this largest of the European countries that had now come under their military control. #booksky

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The “People’s Republic” was a Soviet invention from 1924, created for use in outer Mongolia, a territory that Moscow could not integrate as a full Soviet republic without problems with the Chinese. But the People’s Republic concept fit the situation in Eastern Europe, too. #booksky

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“An iron curtain is drawn down upon [the Soviet] front. We do not know what is going on behind. There seems little doubt that the whole of the regions east of the line Lubeck-Trieste-Corfu will soon be completely in their hands 
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Yes, it is.

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It could be argued that the Cold War began in Poland. There, Stalin’s policy of imposing strict Soviet control clashed with the wishes of his allies and those of the great majority of Poles. #booksky

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In Indonesia, the anticolonial leader Sukarno worked with the Japanese occupiers to secure independence from the Netherlands. In Vietnam, the Communist Ho Chi Minh established an independent state, with himself as president. #booksky

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Stalin’s views were not surprising. Not only had his pact with Hitler helped unleash World War II, but - shielded by the pact - his forces had invaded eastern Poland, occupied the Baltic States, and attacked Finland. #booksky

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Omdat ze nooit met fascisten een regering hadden moeten vormen. Dat is reden genoeg.

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The latter half of the 1930s is rightly called the age of appeasement. Britain had lost its leading role, and its elite was not inclined to confront the buildup of Hitler’s power. The United States had no appetite for getting involved in another war in Europe. #booksky

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The German Communist Party stuck with Stalin’s views, summarized by the Comintern: “Fascism is a militant organization of the bourgeoisie resting on the active support of Social Democracy. Social Democracy is objectively the moderate wing of Fascism.” #booksky

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The Communist International had an influence that went beyond just the Communist parties themselves. The first global anti-imperial movement, the League Against Imperialism, set up in Brussels in 1927, was, for instance, funded and mostly organized by the Comintern. #booksky

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While criticizing the methods the Bolsheviks used, the philosopher Bertrand Russel believed that “the heroism of Russia has fired men’s hopes.” For Russel, in the early years of the Russian Revolution, the possibility for a better world explained its attractiveness. #booksky

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In the United States, the Red Scare of 1919-20 led to arrests and deportations of suspected radicals, restrictions on the freedom of speech, and federal assistance for employers to break strikes and workers’ protests. #booksky

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In an era dominated by high tariffs and imports restrictions, US foreign trade and investment increased sharply. From the 1920s on, the financial center of the world moved from Great Britain to the United States, from London to Wall Street. #booksky

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‘An epic history 
 One reason Mr Westad’s narrative is so strong is its use of fresh archival sources from across the globe 
 showing how it reached into so many places in the world that were a long way from the Berlin Wall.’ - Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal #booksky

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Goedemorgen.

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Ik maak naast Fokke & Sukke ook boeken rond Johan de Witt en Constantijn Huygens. Ik krijg best vaak de vraag waar deel III van mijn trilogie blijft. Ik zou er meer aan kunnen werken als er meer gekocht wordt via webshop.catullus.nl Als je de De Witt-boeken leuk vindt, retweet dit dan.

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‘A masterful survey that will set the standard for Cold War scholarship for years to come.’ - Jonathan Steele, London Review of Books ‘Packed with detailed research and food for thought 
 Westad’s history is the beginning of wisdom.’ - Ian Thomson, Observer #booksky

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Iemand had eens van Martin Beck gezegd dat hij de kunst verstond om al binnen in de kamer te staan, met de deur achter zich dicht, terwijl hij nog buiten stond te kloppen. Er zat veel waars in die opmerking. ‘Hallo,’ zei hij. #booksky

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‘Hebben ze intieme relaties met elkaar?’ ‘Bedoelt u of ze met elkaar naar bed gaan? Natuurlijk.’ ‘Gaat u ook met juffrouw Boeck naar bed?’ ‘Natuurlijk. Theo ook. Ari is nymfomaan. Natuurlijk ging Matsson met haar naar bed. EĂ©n keer hebben we haar met ons drieĂ«n gehad.’ #booksky

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Anders haal ik het einde niet. #zomergasten #femkehalsema

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‘Waren jullie toen al begonnen verdovende middelen te smokkelen?’ ‘Op kleine schaal. Voor eigen gebruik. Maar we gebruikten het niet erg vaak. Nu doen we dat helemaal niet meer.’ ‘Waar had je het dan voor nodig?’ ‘Nou, het is goed voor de meiden. Ze worden meer 
 genegen.’ #booksky

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Hij ving flarden van gesprekken op, voornamelijk in het Duits en Hongaars maar ook in het Engels en in een taal die hij niet kon thuisbrengen. Plotseling hoorde hij iemand achter zich heel duidelijk in het Zweeds het woord ’knĂ€ckebröd’ zeggen. #booksky

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‘Frau Boeck?’ Het was een gezette vrouw van een jaar of vijftig. Haar Duits was buitengewoon goed. ‘Ik zoek een meisje dat Ari Boeck heet.’ ‘Dat is mijn nichtje. EĂ©n trap op. Tweede deur rechts.’ Met die woorden verdween ze. Zo eenvoudig was het. #booksky

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‘Een tweede Wallenberg-affaire,’ had de man van Buitenlandse Zaken gezegd, denkend aan het beroemde geval van een bekende Zweed die in 1945 in Boedapest was verdwenen: ‘Ontvoerd door de communisten.’ ‘Je hebt te veel James Bond-films gezien,’ zou Kollberg hebben gezegd. #booksky

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‘Het is een rare geschiedenis.’ ‘Een stomme geschiedenis,’ zei Hammar. ‘Maar ik weet iets dat ze daar op B.Z. niet weten. We hebben een dossier over hem.’ ‘Alf Matson?’ ‘Ja. Bij sectie Drie. De geheime dossiers.’ ‘Contraspionage?’ #booksky

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De kamer was klein en armoedig. Er waren geen gordijnen en het uitzicht buiten bestond uit een grijze brandvrije muur, een paar roestige ijzeren platen en een verschoten reclameplaat voor Pellerins margarine. #booksky

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Jeugdsentiment.

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Rudeboy, die was toch van Urban Dance Squad? Of is dit een andere?

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Een uit een reeks Zweedse detectives. Onderhoudend.

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‘Stap voor stap volgt de lezer niet het verslág van de zaken die Martin Beck, rechercheur bij de afdeling Moordzaken van de Stockholmse politie, moet oplossen, maar de ontleding zelf. (Ontrafeling zou een te slordig woord zijn,)’ - Algemeen Handelsblad #booksky

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Zojuist in begonnen.

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Das Christentum war der Vampir des Imperium Romanum – es hat die ungeheure Tat der Römer, den Boden fĂŒr eine große Kultur zu gewinnen, die Zeit hat, ĂŒber Nacht ungetan gemacht. #booksky

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Die christliche Bewegung, als eine europĂ€ische Bewegung, ist von vornherein eine Gesamt–Bewegung der Ausschuß– und Abfalls–Elemente aller Art: – diese will mit dem Christentum zur Macht. #booksky

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Die SĂŒnde, diese SelbstschĂ€ndungs–Form des Menschen par excellence, ist erfunden, um Wissenschaft, um Kultur, um jede Erhöhung und Vornehmheit des Menschen unmöglich zu machen; der Priester herrscht durch die Erfindung der SĂŒnde. – #booksky

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Der „Glaube“ als Imperativ ist das Veto gegen die Wissenschaft – in praxi die LĂŒge um jeden Preis 
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Was folgt daraus? Daß man gut tut, Handschuhe anzuziehn, wenn man das neue Testament liest. Die NĂ€he von so viel Unreinlichkeit zwingt beinahe dazu. #booksky

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Wenn man das Schwergewicht des Lebens nicht ins Leben, sondern ins „Jenseits“ verlegt – ins Nichts – so hat man dem Leben ĂŒberhaupt das Schwergewicht genommen. #booksky

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Ich kehre zurĂŒck, ich erzĂ€hle die echte Geschichte des Christentums. – Das Wort schon „Christentum“ ist ein MißverstĂ€ndnis – , im Grunde gab es nur einen Christen, und der starb am Kreuz. #booksky

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Psychologisch nachgerechnet werden in jeder priesterlich organisierten Gesellschaft die „SĂŒnden“ unentbehrlich: sie sind die eigentlichen Handhaben der Macht, der Priester lebt von den SĂŒnden, er hat nötig, daß „gesĂŒndigt“ wird 
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Man nennt das Christentum die Religion des Mitleidens. – Das Mitleiden steht im Gegensatz zu den tonischen Affekten, welche die Energie des LebensgefĂŒhl erhöhn: es wirkt depressiv. Man verliert Kraft, wenn man mitleidet. #booksky

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Die Menschheit stellt nicht eine Entwicklung zum Besseren oder StĂ€rkeren oder Höheren dar, in der Weise, wie dies es heute geglaubt wird. Der „Fortschritt“ ist bloß ein moderne Idee, eine falsche Idee. #booksky

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Was ist gut? – Alles, was das GefĂŒhl der Macht, den Willen zur Macht, die Macht selbst im Menschen erhöht. Was ist slecht? – Alles was aus der SchwĂ€che stammt. Was ist GlĂŒck? – Das GefĂŒhl davon, daß die Macht wĂ€chst, daß ein Widerstand ĂŒberwunden wird. #booksky

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„Ich weiß nicht aus, noch ein; ich bin alles, was nicht aus noch ein weiß“ – seufzt der moderne Mensch 
 An dieser ModernitĂ€t waren wir krank – am faulen Frieden, am feigen Kompromiß, an der ganzen tugendhaften Unsauberkeit des modernen Ja und Nein. #booksky

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Ze zette twee koppen op een blaadje, schoof met haar linkerknie een laag tafeltje bij, zette het blad neer en nam zelf plaats op het bed. Ze sloeg haar benen over elkaar, waarbij onvermijdelijk het een en ander onthuld werd. Haar anatomie was bepaald niet onverdienstelijk. #booksky

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‘Zo, en dit leert u dus op de universiteit,’ zei Gunvald Larsson zonder zijn hoofd om te draaien. ‘Ik ben sinds een jaar meerderjarig en gebruik een pessarium.’ ‘Hoe lang kent u deze man?’ vroeg Martin Beck. ‘Om precies te zijn twee uur en vijfentwintig minuten.’ #booksky

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De vrouw, die vrijwel onmiddellijk uit bed was gesprongen, droeg een polshorloge met een riempje van geruite, Schotse stof. Ze stond roerloos met haar rug tegen de muur en keek van het machinepistool op de grond naar de reusachtige, blonde man in het tweedkostuum. #booksky

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Ze was hooguit twintig, maar zag er ouder uit. Ze droeg opengewerkte paarse kousen, schoenen met hoge hakken en open tenen en dat wat dat jaar een minirokje genoemd werd. De lage hals van haar jurk, het geblondeerde kapsel en de dikke ogenschaduw waren bepaald opmerkelijk. #booksky

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Op de vraag wat ze in het Vanadispark te zoeken hadden, had ze geantwoord dat ze even van een familiefeestje waren weggelopen om een luchtje te scheppen. ‘Om een luchtje te scheppen,’ zei Martin Beck wantrouwend. ‘Vermoedelijk tussen de benen,’ zei Gunvald Larsson. #booksky

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Het pad liep langs de afrastering van het zwembad; aan de andere kant krioelde het van de badende mensen, een deel bruin als negers, een deel echte negers, maar de meesten zagen er bleek uit na een lange winter zonder zelfs een weekje op de Canarische Eilanden. #booksky

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‘Wat? Een man?’ ‘Staat er een man op uw balkon?’ ‘Ja, ik begrijp het. Hoe ziet hij eruit zei u?’ ‘Ja, ik hoor u wel. Dun, achterovergekamd haar. Juist. Wit overhemd. Middelgroot postuur, ja. Bruine broek.’ ‘Laten we elkaar goed begrijpen. Hij staat dus op zijn eigen balkon?’ #booksky

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Martin Beck nam een slok uit zijn glas. Hij zei: ‘Niets voor zover ik weet. En maak je niet ongerust. Ik liep hier alleen maar even binnen om met Melander te praten. Ik heb gevraagd of hij iets voor me wou doen. Waar is hij?’ ‘Op de plee, zoals altijd.’ #booksky

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De deur naast de bakkerswinkel werd geopend en een klein meisje stapte het zonlicht in. De man op het balkon deed een stap achteruit, nam zijn handen uit zijn zakken en bleef doodstil staan. Zijn blik was gericht op het meisje beneden op straat. #booksky

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Om kwart voor drie ging de zon op. Anderhalf uur daarvoor was het verkeer afgenomen en uitgestorven. Tegelijkertijd was het rumoer van de laatste huiswaarts kerende cafébezoekers verstomd. #booksky

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‘Het is allemaal zo goed gedaan - de psychologie van de killer, de dosering van de spanning en van details over het politieonderzoek - dat wij hopen méér van deze Zweedse detectives te mogen zien.’ (Publisher’s Weekly) #booksky

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“O thrice-romantic Master, don’t you want to walk in the daytime with your girl beneath cheerful trees coming into blossom, and to listen in the evening to the music of Schubert? Won’t it be pleasant for you to write by candlelight with a goose quill?” #booksky

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As is perfectly understandable, the most unpleasant, the most scandalous and insoluble of all these incidents was the one of the theft, carried out in broad daylight, of the deceased writer Berlioz’s head directly from the coffin in the Griboyedov hall. #booksky

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“I must have misheard, my maütre,” replied the cat, “the king isn’t, and can’t be in check.” “I repeat, the king is in check.” “Messire,” responded the cat in a falsely anxious voice, “you’re overtired: the king isn’t in check!” “The king is on square G2,” said Woland. #booksky

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“The thing is that a year ago I wrote a novel about Pilate.” “You’re a writer?” asked the poet with interest. The guest’s face darkened, and he shook his fist at Ivan, then said: “I’m the Master.” #booksky

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“No, no!” exclaimed Ivan. “Tell me, who is he?” “Very well then,” the guest replied, and said weightily and distinctly: “Yesterday at Patriarch’s Ponds you met with Satan.” #booksky

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“I hope you’re not violent? Because I can’t endure noise, you know, and trouble and the use of force and all that sort of thing. I find people’s cries particularly hateful, whether it be a cry of suffering, of rage, or some other kind of cry. Reassure me, say you’re not violent?” #booksky

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Alleen G&T kan mij redden.

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Here both brigands scarpered, and in their place there appeared in the hallway a completely naked girl - red-haired, with burning phosphorescent eyes. Varenukha realized that this was the most terrible of all the things that had happened to him. #booksky

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Among other things, there was a description, stunning in its artistic power, of the theft of some ravioli, which had been stuffed directly into a jacket pocket, in apartment No. 31, two vows to commit suicide and one confession to a secret pregnancy. #booksky

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“I’m trying to catch a consultant,” Ivan Nikolayevich replied, and looked around anxiously. “What consultant?” “Do you know Berlioz?” asked Ivan meaningfully. “That’s 
 the composer?” Ivan became upset. “What composer? Ah yes 
 Of course not!” #booksky

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When a man with a little pointed beard, robed in a white coat, came out into the waiting room of the renowned psychiatric clinic recently completed on a river bank outside Moscow, it was half-past one in the morning. #booksky

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“Listen to me, everyone! He has appeared! You must catch him straight away, or else he will bring about indescribable calamities!” “What? What? What did he say? Who’s appeared?” came a rush of voices from all sides. “A consultant!” replied Ivan. #booksky

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The tram covered Berlioz, and a round, dark object was thrown out under the railings of Patriarch’s avenue onto the cobbled, sloping verge. Rolling down the slope, it started bouncing along the cobblestones of Bronnaya. It was Berlioz’s severed head. #booksky

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“But permit me to ask you,” began the foreign guest after an anxious hesitation, “what’s to be done about the proofs of God’s existence, of which there are, as is well known, exactly five?” “Alas!” replied Berlioz with regret. “Not one of those proofs is worth a thing.” #booksky

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Lunch met @ernststeffen.bsky.social bij Merkelbach. Voortreffelijk. Een oase in de stad.

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“There isn’t a single eastern religion,” said Berlioz, “in which, as a rule, a chaste virgin doesn’t give birth to a god. And without inventing anything new, in exactly the same way, the Christians created their Jesus, who in reality never lived.” #booksky

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Berlioz’s life had been shaped in such a way that he was not used to extraordinary phenomena. Turning still paler, he opened his eyes wide and thought in confusion: “It can’t be!
” #booksky

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Entering the shade of the lime trees that were just becoming green, the writers first and foremost hurried towards a colourfully painted little booth with the inscription “Beer and Minerals “. Yes, the first strange thing about that terrible May evening should be noted. #booksky

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Inspectie.

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Obstructie.

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Goedemorgen.

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“
 so who are you in the end?” “I am part of that power which eternally desires evil and eternally does good.” Goethe, Faust #booksky

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The wonder of books: they are always there when you’re up for it. Your day will come.

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Ik ben echt heel benieuwd. Het is me door een aantal vrienden aanbevolen.

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A trained doctor, Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) became one of his era’s most brilliant and daring writers. His career was plagued by Soviet censorship, and The Master and Margarita was never published during his lifetime. #booksky

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“One of the greatest modern Russian novels.” - The Independent “A wild surrealistic romp 
 Brilliantly flamboyant and outrageous.” - Joyce Carol Oates #booksky

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As a mysterious gentleman and self-proclaimed magician arrives in Moscow, the Russian literary world is shaken to its foundations. It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil, and that he has come to wreak havoc among the cultural elite of the disbelieving capital. #booksky

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Goedemorgen. Appelkruimeltaart vandaag.

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My pleasure.

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40 jaar geleden was ik hier voor het laatst. Toen was Café Mulder het startpunt van een verregende en dronken Koninginnedag.

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Kravis a Roberts were the first to arrive in the fifth-floor suite. It was beautifully redecorated, the pride and joy that the hotel’s new owners, Donald and Ivana Trump. #booksky

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Down deep, Ted Forstmann knew he wanted to hurt Henry Kravis. Fuck them. This is not to be the next KKR deal, Forstmann vowed to himself. I know Ross Johnson. I know Jim Robinson. Henry Kravis will not run off with this deal. #booksky

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