In which he documents the struggle to turn a tilting shophouse into a dwelling.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Ancient Wisdom
The 'Turkish proverb' When the house is finished, death comes is in fact from Buddenbrooks, and Thomas Mann either made it up or misremembered something; might as well be 'Confucius say'. It's also, however, true.
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