Brazilian writer Nelson Rodrigues — a master at evoking the humor and pathos of out-of-control libidos.
Life As It Is: Selected Stories
By Nelson Rodrigues. Translated from the Portuguese by Alex Ladd. Host Publications, 314 pages
Reviewed by Bill Marx
No nonsense British philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described man’s life as it is as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and [...]

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David Polonsky, Art Director of “Waltz With Bashir.”
Recently, the World Books podcast got about as close to Hollywood as it is probably ever going to get. I talk to Israeli artist David Polonsky about the acclaimed animated documentary “Waltz With Bashir,” directed by Ari Folman.
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