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A World in Flames, new writings of Bruno Filippi, limited.

A World in Flames: The Writings of Bruno Filippi has arrived et it is a pretty one! For the first time, previously untranslated writings by Bruno Filippi appear in English. (Une édition française est également en préparation et suivra en août.) This book became quite the voyage. What began in 2020 as a smalltranslation project […]

“Yesterday, in the courtyard at Caponiere, in the Vincennes forest, the former dancer, Mata Hari was executed.” ~ Bruno Filippi

The short, cruel words of the telegram filled my heart with sadness. Oh, Mata Hari. Oh, Mata Hari, surely you never imagined such a sad end. Surely, in spite of your skepticism, you still did not believe that the men who were crazy for you could be so vile. Nobody tried to defend you, nobody […]