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Daily fish fact #332

Burbot!

Their name comes from the Latin word barba, which means beard! This is due to a single beard-like whisker on their chin. They typically live on the bottom of cool, relatively unmoving bodies of water.

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Was ich fühle, ist Folgendes: Ich bin aus großer Höhe abgesprungen in dem Glauben, ich könnte fliegen, doch nach ein paar unkontrollierten Umdrehungen ist mir klargeworden, dass ich einfach nur falle.

Rachel Cusk: “Danach”, S.96

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I was reading something today, which was an analysis of the thing that you always think you’re going to get told when you get arrested, which is, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.” That’s the only sort of culturally available place in which, when you say something, you render it public and everyone owns it. It is no longer yours. It’s rare that that’s recognized. In our personal lives, when we tell someone something, we’re really annoyed if they tell someone else. And, as a writer, that’s a constant pitfall because people talk and that’s the life that’s in front of you and it may well end up in your work. That is apparently a form of, not theft exactly, but of using real life. When I write a book, I don’t feel I should decide who’s allowed to read it. It’s put out into space, and speaking is like that. That’s partly what I’m trying to do in these monologues. I’m not interested in character because I don’t think character exists anymore.

Rachel Cusk, “I Don’t Think Character Exists Anymore”: A Conversation with Rachel Cusk, by Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, November 18, 2018

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8 Compelling Contemporary Books set in Greece

Greece has been a powerful muse for countless scribes throughout the ages. Athens Insider rounds up 8 must-read contemporary tales that will help you get under Greece’s skin.

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Daily fish fact #149

The burbot is the only cod-like freshwater fish. It has many funny names, such as coney-fish, lawyer, lingcod, loche, or cusk!

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Ich empfinde eine gewisse Sympathie für Ödipus. Seine Geschichte bringt in meinen Augen eine zentrale menschliche Tragödie zum Ausdruck: den Umstand, dass wir ausgerechnet über jede Dinge nichts wissen, die unser Schicksal sind. Wir wissen nicht genau, was wir tun und warum.

Rachel Cusk: “Danach”, S.126/127

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Ganz kurz empfinde ich dieselbe Angst, wie ich sie vor allem Schönen empfinde; ich fürchte, es könnte todbringende Splitter der Nostalgie enthalten.

Rachel Cusk: “Danach”, S.119