Book club: In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki, with Quico Maura
Wed 21 Oct, 19:00 · Biblioteca Ramon Llull; horari de biblioteca, Institut Balear, s/n · Palma
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Quico Maura leads a session on Tanizaki's In Praise of Shadows, the short essay on Japanese aesthetics and the beauty of dim light that architects have been quoting for ninety years. At the Ramon Llull library, free, during library opening hours, and short enough to read the day before.
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A famous essay on shadow and light, short enough to read the night before, free.
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