Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
“Political, economic and moral bankruptcy…”
History repeating before our eyes. I’m reading a book published in 1939: The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man’s Changing Universe, by Arthur Koestler. This book seems to fall into the realm of these three books: The Decline and Fall of … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Literature, Government, Greece, History
Tagged Arthur Koestler, decline of the West
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Found: A 160-year-old Book in a Local Coffee Shop
Near Stockholm’s elegant main library, I wandered into a coffee shop. The chain which has such shops all over town has a distinctive décor in that the walls, from tabletop level to the tall ceiling, have bookshelves filled with very … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Literature, Literary fiction, Literature, satire
Tagged Brobdingnag, Houyhnhnms, Laputa, Lilliput
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The Pavellas Perspective 