Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Robert Walser: “something slight”

No deeds now! Listen, linger, remain rooted to the spot. Be divinely touched by something slight.

Robert Walser, “Tiergarten,” in Berlin Stories , trans. Susan Bernofsky (New York: New York Review Books, 2012).
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By Michael Leddy at 7:41 AM

2 comments:

  1. ElaineNovember 25, 2015 11:20 AM

    It would be nice if we felt this way 'nationally'--in opening our arms to refugees.

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  2. Michael LeddyNovember 25, 2015 11:51 AM

    I think you might be meaning this about the other post. But either way, yes indeed.

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