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[rebeccadumaurier]

2023 Books in Review

a tiered ranking of all the books i read in 2023! originally i was going to write up my commentary on each one but then i was like hahaha.....no, so below the cut is just a list of the titles/authors in each tier instead.

changed my brain chemistry

The Idiot, Elif Batuman

Land of Milk and Honey, C Pam Zhang

The Borrowed, Chan Ho-kei (trans. Jeremy Tiang)

My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier

Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang (trans. Ken Liu)

The Membranes, Chi Ta-wei (trans. Ari Larissa Heinrich)

Under the Pendulum Sun, Jeannette Ng

Severance, Ling Ma

He Who Drowned the World, Shelley Parker-Chan

Vita Nostra, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (trans. Julia Meitov Hersey)

Network Effect, Martha Wells

top-tier stuff

Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez (trans. Megan McDowell)

Brainwyrms, Alison Rumfitt

The Door, Magda Szabo (trans. Len Rix)

The Lover, Marguerite Duras (trans. Barbara Bray)

Fun Home, Alison Bechdel

Strange Beasts of China, Yan Ge (trans. Jeremy Tiang)

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers

Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, Kim Fu

Tell Me I’m Worthless, Alison Rumfitt

Bliss Montage, Ling Ma

How to Read Now, Elaine Castillo

Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer

The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin

If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin

My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante

The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri

good, well-written

Carmilla, Sheridan Le Fanu

Life Ceremony, Sayaka Murata (trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori)

Yellowface, R. F. Kuang

A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine

Assassin of Reality, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (trans. Julia Meitov Hersey)

Witch King, Martha Wells

Tokyo Ueno Station, Miri Yu (trans. Morgan Giles)

Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler

Peaces, Helen Oyeyemi

Gingerbread, Helen Oyeyemi

Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

The Pachinko Parlor, Elisa Shua Dusapin (trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins)

All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Fugitive Telemetry, and System Collapse (Murderbot #1-4, #6-7), Martha Wells

Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee

The Dry Heart, Natalia Ginzburg (trans. Frances Frenaye)

Gods of Want, K-Ming Chang

Paradais, Fernanda Melchor (trans. Sophie Hughes)

The Mushroom at the End of the World, Anna Tsing

Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced An Emergency, Chen Chen

The Hurting Kind, Ada Limon

Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie

An Unauthorised Fan Treatise, Lauren James

Upstream, Mary Oliver

The Art of Death, Edwidge Danticat

Meander, Spiral, Explode, Jane Alison

alphabet, Inger Christensen (trans. Susanna Nied)

Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

flawed, but enjoyable

The Wicker King, K. Ancrum

Exit West, Mohsin Hamid

Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters

Flux, Jinwoo Chong

Bang Bang Bodhisattva, Aubrey Wood

The Murder of Mr. Wickham, Claudia Gray

Natural Beauty, Ling Ling Huang

The Monster Baru Cormorant, Seth Dickinson

Certain Dark Things, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Likeness, Tana French

The Cabinet, Un-su Kim (trans. Sean Lin Halbert)

The Kingdom of Surfaces, Sally Wen Mao

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On, Franny Choi

good, well-written, but not my cup of tea

The Good House, Tananarive Due

The Transmigration of Bodies, Yuri Herrera (trans. Lisa Dillman)

Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (trans. Olena Bormashenko)

The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan

At Night All Blood Is Black, David Diop (trans. Anna Moschovakis)

Family Lexicon, Natalia Ginzburg (trans. Jenny McPhee)

The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo

The Kingdom of This World, Alejo Carpentier (trans. Harriet de Onís)

Against Silence, Frank Bidart

flawed, less enjoyable

Tenth of December, George Saunders

Counterweight, Djuna (trans. Anton Hur)

Authority, Jeff VanderMeer

Comfort Me with Apples, Catherynne M. Valente

Babel, R. F. Kuang

The Genesis of Misery, Neon Yang

Carrie Soto Is Back, Taylor Jenkins Reid

not ranking

These are nonfiction and they aren’t literature-related, so it just felt weird trying to rank them.

Visual Thinking, Temple Grandin

On Web Typography, Jason Santa Maria

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo (trans. Cathy Hirano)

[female-malice]

"I always thought I would be the last person something like this would happen to."

Standing before a crowded Quebec City courtroom, Amélie Lemieux recounted the events surrounding the deaths of her two daughters in July 2020. 

Their disappearance triggered one of the longest Amber Alerts in the province's history before their bodies were found three days later in a wooded area nearby. 

A little more than a week later, police found the body of their father, Martin Carpentier. According to a coroner's report, he likely killed the girls with a blunt object on July 9 before taking his own life.

"When I'd hear terrible things like this on the television and radio … I was always thinking 'Oh I'm so lucky because they have a good dad.'" 

–

It is impossible to differentiate between a good man and a bad man. We can't see what's really inside of them until it's already too late.

[mr-divabetic]

We're talking about 50 years of living well with type 1 diabetes, alcohol's effects on blood sugars, sexual wellness, and the Spare A Rose, Save A Child campaign with musical inspiration from Dean Martin. 

Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti and was later nicknamed "The King of Cool." His big break while performing as a duo with comedian Jerry Lewis, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes later in life at the age of 71. 

After the two entertainers split in 1956, Dean Martin pursued a solo career. He established himself as a singer, movie, and television star.  Along with the other members of the infamous "Rat Pack", Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and Sammy Davis, Jr., he became one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas.

With his dark good looks, smooth voice, hilarious one-liners, and ever-present rocks glass, Dean Martin was a walking, talking, singing advertisement for cocktail parties.

Guests: Fran Carpentier, Mama Rose Marie, Lynne Steger and Sex Therapist Janis Roszler PhD, CDCES. Throughout this podcast, we will be featuring music from The Essential Dean Martin album courtesy of SONY Music. 

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The maternal grandmother of two Quebec girls killed by their father in July 2020 told a public inquiry Tuesday that shortly before their deaths, the father was overwhelmed by divorce proceedings and obsessed with the idea he would lose custody of them.

Gaétane Tremblay told the inquest that she thought Martin Carpentier's obsession was like "a phobia you don't understand; Martin had no reason to be afraid of losing his Tremblay told the inquiry investigating the murders of 11-year-old Norah and 6-year-old Romy that he killed them in the woods near St-Apollinaire, Que., southwest of Quebec City, before killing himself.

The girls went missing with their father after a car crash on July 8, 2020. The search for them turned into a multi-day police manhunt that gripped the province. Police found the girls' bodies in the woods on July 11. And since the case started, questions have arisen about the quality of the police investigation.

Tremblay said Carpentier lived directly next door to her and often confided in her. His health worsened in 2020, she said, particularly after he began working nights. Carpentier seemed agitated and nervous on July 6, two days before the disappearance, she told the inquiry.

Tremblay said an agitated Carpentier told her he did not want to go through with his plan to divorce Amélie Lemieux, the girls' mother, from whom he had separated in 2015; Carpentier was also anxious about the possibility he would have to move from his home next door to Tremblay.

The inquiry heard Monday that Carpentier had looked into divorce proceedings but had not informed Lemieux said that work colleagues had suggested to him that a divorce could lead to losing custody and that Carpentier's new spouse wanted to marry before they bought a house.

Earlier in her testimony, Tremblay recounted another incident where Carpentier told her in May 2020 that he didn't like seeing his kids being cared for by Lemieux's boyfriend.

"He wasn't Norah's biological father but had adopted her in 2010 and didn't like anyone else taking care of his children," Tremblay said, adding that even when the girls weren't in his care, Carpentier would tell his girlfriend, "In case Amélie calls, I will be available."

Tremblay, who first met Carpentier around 2008, said the family took to him right away and could see that he loved our daughter, so they loved him even more.

She described Carpentier as an "exemplary father" who was always there for his daughters and remained close, saying that on the day the girls vanished, Carpentier told her he was going out for ice cream but never returned and that she can still see them every time she looks out a large window at her home. 

"He told me, 'Gaétane, I'm going to bring the children back at 9 p.m., but I'd like to go there alone with my daughters," she recounted, "but he never came back."

[pulitzerwinner-willaferreyra]

Please share everyone!

Let's bring Norah and Romy home safe and sound.

@allthecanadianpolitics

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Winds of Spring, directed by Keyu Chen

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Afro-Futurist Reading List Vol 2.

Afro Futurism Reading List Vol 1:

Afro Futurism Reading List Vol 2:

Black Speculative Fiction Breakdown by Genre

African Fantasy (early myths and fables from the continent): Forest Of A Thousand Deamons: A Hunter's Saga by Daniel O. Fagunwa The Palm Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle by Amos Tutuola The Brave African Huntress by Amos Tutuola Feather Woman of the Jungle by Amos Tutuola Ajaiyi and his Inherited Poverty by Amos Tutuola The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town by Amos Tutuola

Utopia (alternate histories written during the jim crow & antebellum eras): Blake Or The Huts Of Africa by Martin Delany Imperium In Imperio by Sutton E Griggs Light Ahead For The Negro Edward A Johnson One One Blood by Pauline Hopkins Black No More by George Shuyler Lord Of The Sea by MP Sheil

Space Opera (far future sci fi worlds of interplanetary travel): Nova by Samuel R Delany Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand by Samuel R. Delany Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor An Unkindness Of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson Rayla 2122 Series by Ytasha Womack Trouble On Triton by Samuel R. Delany Babel 17 by Samuel R Delany Empire Star by Samuel R Delany The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord The Best Of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord Ancient Ancient by Klini Iburu Salaam Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden Ascension: Tangled Axon by Jacqueline Koyanagi Teleportality by T Cisco Nadine's Bible Seris by T Lindsey-Billingsley Nigerians In Space Series by Deji Bryce Olukotun

Aliens (alien encounters): Lilith's Brood Trilogy by Octavia Butler Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor Rosewater Trilogy by Tade Thompson The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbell The Wave by Walter Mosley

Dystopia (oppressive futures and realities): Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjie Brenyah Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi War Girls Series by Tochi Onyebuchi Sunshine Patriots by Bill Campbell Gunmen's Peace by Milton J Davis Dragon Variation by T Cisco

Experimental (literary tricksters): The Ravicka Series by Renee Gladman The Freedom Artist by Ben Okri The Structure Of Dante's Hells by LeRoi Jones The House Of Hunger by Dumbudzo Marachera Black Sunlight By Dumbudzo Marachera Yellow Back Radio Broke Down by Ishmaeel Reed The Last Days Of Louisiana Red by Ishmaeel Reed The Sellout by Paul Beatty Koontown Killing Kaper by Bill Campbell The African Origin Of UFOs by Anthony Joseph Quantum Black Futurism(Theory & Practice Volume 1) by Rasheeda Philips by Rasheeda Philips Spacetime Collapse: From The Congo to Carolinas Spacetime Collapse II: Community Futurisms by Rasheeda Philips consent not to be a single being trilogy by Fred Mot

Post-Apocalyptic (worlds falling apart): The Purple Cloud by MP Shiel Dhalgren by Samuel R Delany The Parable Series by Octavia Butler Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Dying Earth (far future post-apocalyptic worlds + magic):

The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin The Einstien Intersection by Samuel R. Delany The Jewels Of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany The Fall Of The Towers Trilogy by Samuel R. Delany Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorofor The Book Of Phoenix by Nnededi Okorofor The Prey Of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Alternate History (alternate timelines and what-ifs): Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed Everfair by Nisi Shawl The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Insh'Allah Series by Steven Barnes Ring Shout by P Djelia Clark A Dead Djinn In Cairo by P Djelia Clark The Black God's Drum by P Djelia Clark Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Pimp My Airship: A Naptown By Airship Story by Maurice Beaudice The Dream Of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer Pym by Matt Johnson, Dread Nation Series by Justina Ireland From Here to Timbuktu by Milton J Davis

High Fantasy (magical kindoms and high adventures): The Neveryorn Series by Samuel R. Delany Black Leapard Red Wolf by Marlon James The Deep by Rivers Solomon & Clipping Imaro Series by Charles R. Saunders The Children Of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi The Children Of Virtue & Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi The Sorcerer Of The Wildeeps by Kai Ashai Washington A Taste Of Honey by Kai Ashai Washington Beasts Made Of Night Series by Tochi Onyebuchi A Place Of Nights: War & Ressurection by Oloye Karade, Woman Of The Woods: A Sword & Soul Epic by Milton J Davis Temper by Nicky Drayden They Fly At Ciron by Samuel R. Delany Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman The House Of Discarded Dreams by Etakterina Sedia

Magic Realism (literary naturalism with surreal, dreamlike, and mythic imagery): The Echo Tree & Other Stories by Henry Dumas The Kingdom Of This World by Alejo Carpentier General Sun My Brother by Jacques Stephen Alexis The Famished Road Series by Ben Okri The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson Montaro Caine by Sydney Portier Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord Mem by Bethany C Morrow

Urban Fantasy (modern citybound fantasy): The City We Became by NK Jemisin  Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead Blue Light By Walter Mosley Fire Baptized by Kenya Wright

Time Travel (stories unstuck in time): Kindred by Octavia Butler Version Control by Dexter Palmer Recurrence Plot by Rasheedah Phillips

Horror (nightmare, terrors, and hauntings): Beloved by Toni Morisson African Immortals by Tananarivue Due Fledgling by Octavia Butler The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez Lakewood by Meggan Giddings The Ballad Of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff The Changeling by Victor Lavealle Zone One by Colson Whitehead The Between by Tananarive Due The Good House by Tananarive Due Ghost Summers: Stories by Tananarive Due Unhollowed Graves by Nunzo Onho Catfish Lullaby by AC Wise

Young Adult (books for young adults): Akata Witch Series by Nnedi Okorofor Zarah The Windseeker & The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorofor Long Juju Man by Nnedi Okorofor Ikenga by Nnedi Okorofor Tristan Strong Series by Kwame Mbalia A Song Below Water by Bethany C Morrow Daughters Of Nri by Reni K. Amayo A River Of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy 47 by Walter Mosley

Comics (graphic storytelling) George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz (1919-1921) by George Herriman The Boondocks Complete Collection by Aaron Mcgruder Birth Of A Nation by Aaron Mcgrudger, Reginald Hudlin, & Kyle Baker Prince Of Cats by Ronald Wimberly Concrete Park by Erika Alexander & Tony Puryear Incognegro Series by Matt Johnson Your Black Friend & Other Stories by Ben Passmore Bttm Fdrs Ezra Clayton Daniels & Ben Passmore Sports Is Hell is Ben Passmore LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorofor & Tana Ford Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale Of New York by Samuel R Delany & Mia Wolff Empire by Samuel R Delany & Howard Chaykin Excellence by Brandon Thomas Bitteroot by David F Walker, Chuck Brown & Sanford Greene Black by Kwanza Osajyefo Niobe: She Is Life by Amandla Stenberg & Sebastian A Jones Black Panther by Christopher Priest Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates Shuri by Nnedi Okorofor World Of Wakanda by Roxane Gay Truth: Red, White, & Black by Kyle Baker House Of Whispers by Nalo Hopkinson & Neil Gaiman Naomi by David F Walker, Brian Micheal Bendis, & Jamal Campbell Far Sector by NK Jemison & Jamal Campbell

Short Stories (collections by single authors): Driftglass by Samuel R Delany, Distant Stars by Samuel R Delany Bloodchild & Other Stories by Octavia Butler Unexpected Stories by Octavia Butler Falling In Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson, Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorofor, How Long Til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Reneee Thomas

Anthologies (collections from multiple authors) Dark Matter edited by Sheree Renee Thomas So Long Been Dreaming edited by Nalo Hopkinson Conjure Stories edited by Nalo Hopkinso Whispers From The Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction edited by Nalo Hopkinson Afro SF: Science Fiction by African Writers edited by Wor. W. Hartmaan Stories For Chip: A Tribute To Samuel R Delany edited by Nisi Shawl Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movement edited by Adrienne Marie Brown & Walidah Imarisha Mothership: Tales of Afrofuturism and Beyond edited by Bill Campbell The City: Cyberfunk Antholoy edited by Milton J Davis Steamfunk edited by Milton J Davis Dieselfunk edited by Milton J Davis Griots: A Sword & Soul Anthology by Milton J Davis & Charles R Saunders Griots: Sisters Of The Spear by Milton J Davis & Charles R Saunders

Non-Fiction (histories, essays, and arguments) Afrofuturism And The World Of Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Culture by Ytasha Womack Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise Of Astral Blackness edited by Reynaldo Anderson & Charles E Jones The Black Imagination: Science Fiction, The Future, and The Speculative by Sandra Jackson & Julie E Woody-Freeman Afro-Futures & Astral Black Travel by Juice Aleem The Sound Of Culture: Diaspora & Black Technopoetics by Louis Cude Soke Black Utopia: The History Of An Idea From Black Nationalism To Afrofuturism by Alex Zamalin Afrouturism Rising: The Literary Pre-History Of A Movement by Isiah Lavendar III A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra & The Birth Of Afrofuturism by Paul Youngquist Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before: Subversive Poryrals In Speculative Film & TV by Diana Adesola Mafe Black Kirby: In Search Of The Motherbox Connection by John Jennings & Stacey Robinson Super Black: American Pop Culture & Black Super-Heroes by Adilifu Nama Black Space: Imagining Race In Science Fiction Film by Adilifu Nama Black Super-Heroes, Milestone Comics, And Their Fans by Jeffery A Brown Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changin Worlds by Adrienne Marie Brown

*cover image from Ytasha Womack’s “Afrofuturism: The World Of Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy Culture”

(please post anything I might have left out in the comments) 

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Segnatempo Marchi Svizzeri scomparsi: A: Abeler, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Accor, Achile, Accro Bond, Acqua, Actina, Action, Actua, Adan, Adano, Adler, Adlon, Admes, Admira, Admiral, Admiration, Adolf Vortmann, Adora, Adrem, Adria, Adriatic, Adriatica, Aec Watch, Aerni, Aero, Aero Neuchatel, Aetos, Agari, Agassiz, Agefa, Agir Watch, Agon, Ajax, Aku, Alb, Alben, Albona, Albrich, Alconi, Aldar, Aleph, Alexis, Alfex, Algarantie, Algex, Alihor, Allaine, Allas, Allegro, Alltime, Almadia, Almo, Alos, Alpha, Alprosa, Alsa, Alsi, Alsta, Altair, Altamira, Altessa, Altimatic, Altitude, Altoba, Altus, Alverna, Alwa, A. Marchand, Ambèrte, Amer, Amida, Amidor, Amila, Ami Watch, Amsa, Amulcor, Amyria, Ancora, Ancre, Andora, Andowatch, André Bouchard, Anew, Angel, Anker, Ankra, Antares, Anthony, Anthos Watch, Antor, Apart, Apex, Apolo, Apollo, Aquator, Ara, Aramis, Arbor, Arbu, Arcadia, Arches, Arco, Arctos, Ardan, Ardor, Aretta, Arfena, Argentor, Argil Watch, Argos, Argus, Arhon, Arila, Aristex, Arka, Arla, Arlaska, Arlea, Arlon, Arly, Armida, Aro, Arola, Aroma, Arowe, Arp, Arpeggio, Arsal Watch, Arsenal, Arta, Arten, Artis Watch, Arva, Arvor, Arvos, AS, Ascalon, Ascor, Ascot, Aseikon, Asor Watch, Aspor, Assa, Aster, Astin, Astor,Astral, Astrée Watch, Astro, Astrolux, Astron Watch, Asu, Asvil, Ata, Athena, Athos, Atima, Atlas, Atmar, Atomik, Atrexa, Atual, Aube, Aucor Watch, Audix Watch, Augustus, Aurea, Aureole, Aureus Extra, Aurex, Auri, Auriga, Aurora, Ausal, Autrix, Avala, Avalon, Avelta, Avigdor, Avion, Avivas, Avystyle, Axa, Axes, Aydil, Awa, Awill, Azhar, Azimut; B: Badenia, Bader, Balave, Balder, Baldwin, Balldor, Baltic, Bances, Bancor, Banner, Barbricos, Bargain, Barka, Barlux, Barolux, Baron, Barrett, Basis, Basmich, Bassin, Baylor, Becker, Beguelin, Beha, Belair, Belca, Belcron, Beleco, Belforte, Belinda, Belisa, Bellana, Beljane, Belora, Belsis, Beltane, Beltex, Belvil, Benedict, Benfre, Bendix, Benmore, Benora, Benos, Benrus, Bentima, Berco, Bercona, Berg, Bergana, Bergisch, Bergmayr, Berg Parat, Berios, Berlac, Bermi, Berna, Bernex, Bero, Berthoud, Berwitch, Besee, Bessa, Besta, Betina, Biagio, Bienna, Bieri Watch, Bilat, Bimesa, Binatime, Binesa, Biolmar, Birka, Birma, Bischoff, Bitunia, Blanval, Blita, Blumus, Blyssa, Bochud, Bodan, Bohle, Boillat Les Bois, Bondix, Bore, Borea, Borel, Borgward, Boris, Boros, Bostol, Boulevard, Bourbon, Bourquin, Bradley, Bravex, Bravingtons, Brenets Watch, Brindia, Bristol, Britix, Britscar, Bronnimann, Brunela, Brunet, Brunex, Bubas, Buler, Bulevard, Bulla, Burgana, Burton, Buser, But, Butex, Buxy; C: Cadola, Cadolux, Cadreclair, Caerys, Calan, Caldex, Calgor, Caliston, Callima, Calumex, Calverta, Cameron, Camif, Camos, Camy, Cancis Watch, Candeleanu, Capri, Caprice, Caprima, Capt, Cara, Carat, Caravelle, Carda, Cardiff, Cardinal, Caren, Carlisle, Carlto, Caros, Carpentier, Carpo, Carrol, Carronade, Cart, Cartis, Castell, Caswatch, Catalina, Catena, Catorex, Caugynes, Cavalry, Cefini, Celene, Censor, Centaur, Cervus, Cetikon, Ceuva, Chalet, Challfont, Champion, Chandler, Charmo, Chateau, Chaumont, Chermette, Chevron, Chilex, Chilez, Chivas, Chloé, Choisi, Christ, Chronex, Chronorex, Chronos, Cinia, Ciny, Cito, City, Civis, Civitas, Clamour, Clarex, Claro, Clartex, Classic, Clebar, Cler Watch, Clinor, Clinton, Cliper, Clipper, Clodif, Club, Clyda, Codhor, Codosa, Coinor, Colant, Colgor, Colomby, Comex, Comfort, Cominter, Competition, Comos, Conac, Concerta, Concordia, Condor, Constanta, Consul, Conteas, Contex,Contil, Continental, Copernicus, Corail, Coranic, Corcel, Cordia, Cordura, Corect, Coresa, Corgemont, Coris, Corma, Cornavin, Cornell, Corona, Coronet, Correct, Corsar, Cortebert, Corticima, Cortland, Corvette, Costal, Countess, Courbelin, Couros, Coursier, Court, Courtie, Cousins, Craftman, Crawford, Création, Credos, Cristal Watch, Croisade, Cromwell, Cronel, Cronex, Cronos, Cronow, Crown, Crypton, Cultus, Curtis, Curtiss, Cyprus; D: Dalia, Dalton, Damas, Dafnis, Dako, Dania, Danicar, Daniel Perret, Daniel Roth, Dard, Darne, Darwil, Datum, Datzward, D auphin, Davar, Davis, Davosa, Daybell, Debal, De Bolé, Debor, De Cave, Def, Defender, De Graer, Deiters, Delac, Delage, Delano, Delbana, Delcona, Delgia, Deline, Delma, Delmont, Delora, Delpa, Delrio, Delvaux, Delvina, Delvinex, Deman Watch, Demieux, Denill, Denis, Derphil, Dero, Derrick, Dersi, Descartes, Desira, Desotos, Desta, De Villiers, Devis, Devyth, Dhorix, Diane, Diantus, Dichi Watch, Dicto, Diehl, Diese, Difor, Dila, Dilau, Dilecta, Dilvie, Dima Watch, Dimetron, Dinamo, Dinmont, Diope, Diorex, Dispol, Dixen, Diwen, Docker, Dofreal, Dolmak, Dolmaru, Dolys, Domwatch, Donexy, Donor, Dopas, Dorex, Dorly, Dorset, Dorval, Dorwell, Dosahlia, Douglas, Doyle, Draga, Dreffa, Drimex, Driva, Droz, D.T.F., Duaz,Dubell, Dubois & Cie, Duca, Ducado, Ducal, Duchess, Dufonte, Dulfi, Duke, Dulcia, Dulux, Dumont, Dunamis, Dunya, Dupro, Durable, Dural, Durol, Duv, Dux, Duxot, Duward; E: Eastfield, Easton, Ebart Watch, Eberjax, Ebf, Ebosa, Ebro,Eccelso,Echo, Eclair, Ecly, Edele, Edelstar, Eden, Edima, Editia, Edma, Edo, Effort, Efrico, Egana, Egger, Egona, Egosta, Egotrix, Ehr, Eiger, Eisenhardt, Eitel, Eko, Ela, Elco, Eldex, Eldis Watch Co., Eldor, Eldorado, Election, Electra, Elem, Elema, Eletta, Elfa, Elgé, Elgin, Elida, Elinco, Elite, Elitic, Elix, Eljo, Elka, Ellis, Elmas, Elmont, Eloga, Elpar, Elrex, Eltra, Elves, Elvia, Elzomark, Emarten, Embe, E.M.C., Emes, Emewo, Emgeh, Emifin, Emilia, Emka, Eminent, Emo, Emp, Emperor, Emro, Endura, Eneo Extra, Enscar, Eolo, Eppa, Eppo, Eral, Erax, Erbe, E.R.C., Erdissot, Eref, Eresco, Ergo, Erguel, Eridas, Erji, Erman, Ermano, Ermi, Eroica, Eros, Erster, Ertus, Ery, Esarine, Esco, Eska, Esoral, Esperanto, Essex, Estima, Etna, ET. Verem, Eurmond, Euron, Eusi, Evans, Evelix, Everite, Ever Swiss, Everton, Evilux, Evob, Exacta, Exactima, Exactly, Exacto, Exactor, Exactus, Exarena, Excalibur, Excellent, Excelsior Park, Exel, Exim, Exita Auslese, Exita Sport, Exodo, Exponent, Exquisit, Eweco, Ewerghard, Ewergsprint, Ewys, Eza; F: Fabuna, Facit, Facuer, Fairfax, Falco, Falcon, Falken, Fantome, Farexy, Fast, Faustang, Favor, Fawe, Fazetta, FBU, Federal, Felba, Felca, Felco, Felicitas, Felsus, Felter, Felux, Feny, Fera, Ferdin, Ferex, Fero, Festiva, Feuver, Feuvrier, FHB, Fiat, Fidelius, Figaro, Filos, Fingerhut, Finita, Finorva, Fischer Extra, Flamingo, Flamor, Flavix, Flérex, Fleur, Fleurier Watch, Fleuron Watch, Flex, Flica, Flora, Florex, Florina, Florus, Flucano, Fludo, Fluva, Focal, Fokker, Fonda, Fontaine, For, Foresta, Formatic, Formida, Forsam, Fortex, Forum, Foxor, Fralux, Framont, Freco, Fregatte, Frenca, Fresard, Fresca, Frey, Fricona, Frohlich, Fulton; G: Gab, Gala, Galant, Galco, Gallant, Gallet, Galo, Gama, Gamundia, Gances, Gander, Garel, Garland, Garrard, Gde, G.E. Maire, Gebo, Gedu, Gefa, Gelbros, Gelfo, Gendis, General Watch, Geneva, Genievre, Genin, Genor, Genova, Gérald Genta, Gerard & Marten, Gerber, Gerka, Germinal Voltaire, Geula, GH, Ghitor, Gigantic, Gigon, Gilda, Gilde, Ginsbo, Gintars, Giroxa, Gisa, Gisca, Gladiator, Gleencar, Globa, Globe, Globus, Gloriosa, Glorys, Godiva, Golana, Golday, Goldina, Goldor, Goldwyn, Gomai, Goodwill, Gorgerat, Gotham, G.O.W. Diplomat, Grana, Granat, Greenwich, Grenchen, Greville, Grewaco, Griffon, Grimsel, Grintex, Groma, Gronva, Gruen, Grutli, GUB Glashutte, Guda, Guidus, Guilda, Guildhall, Guilford, Guvaro, Guy-Robert, Gyho; H: Habmann, Hacrev, Hado, Hafis, Halcon, Haidra, Halifax, Halleria, Halsa, Hampden, Hanover, Hanseat, Harajan, Harblas, Harlem, Harlo, Harmanette, Harper, Harryman, Harswatch, Harvard, Harvel, Haste, Haval, Hebe, Heca, Hefik, Hega, Heika, Helbi, Helbros, Helda, Helfa, Helfora, Helicon, Helina, Helios, Héli Reymond, Hellas, Helma, Heloisa, Helsa, Helva, Helvia, Helvetia, Hema, Hemeros, Hendir, Heno, Henri Sandoz, Henry Birks & sons, Henzi & Pfaff, Herald, Hercules, Heres, Herlin, Herma, Hermal, Hermano, Hermin,Hernor, Hero, Herold, Hertig, Hesperia, Heuer, Heuralp, Hexcynia, Hever, Heyworth, HF, HFB, H. Gervin, Hiltex, Hilton, Hislon, Hoffmann, Hoga, Holland, Home Watch Co., Homis, Honor, Horalis, Horifa, Horlolu x, Hormax, Horus, Hosam, Hoverta, Hower, HPB, Hrw, Hubbuch, Huber, Hubmann, Hudson, Huga, Hugex, Huguenin, Hunt, Huntley, Hydepark, Hysa Watch; I: Iaxa, Icarus, Iffland, Igima, Illinois Watch, Iloga, Ilona, Imaco, Impecabilis, Imperia, Imperial Watch, Imperios, Incabloc, Incarna, Indus, Inex, Ingraham, Inova, Integra, Into, Intrador, Invar, Inventic, Iobo, Ioco, Ionatom, Irax, Irno, Irocal, Irowa, Isingard, Ismar, Isoma, Ita, Itex, Itraco, Ityco; J: Jacmire, Jacor, Jacto, Jana, Janer, Janno, Janus, Jaquet-Girard, Jardur, Javil, Jaz, JB, Jean Grandy, Jean Herber, Jean Louis Roehrich, Jean Perret, Jean Revlin, Jean Roulet, Jeba, Jeco Watch, Jelosol, Jenco, Jenny, Jesby, Jgeha, Jico, Jobina, Joihora, Joko, Jolus, Jora, Joseph Watch, Josmar, Jourez, Jovial, Joyas, Jowissa, Judex, Jungbauer, Junger, Jungfrau, Jupex, Jupiter, Jura Watch, Justex, Justy, Juta, Juwel, Juwelor, Jyb, Jyde, J.W. Benson; K: Kaiser, Kaiserstunde, Kalos, Kalter, Kander, Kano, Kardex, Karelin, Karenz, Karex, Karman, Karus, Kasper, Kasta, Kaster, Kedive, Kelbert, Kelek, Keller, Kelton, Kenwell, Kered, Kibris, Kiefer, Kimer, Kimberly, Kim Watch, Kings, Kingsel, Kingston Watch, Kiple, Kirby, Kirchhof, Kismet, Klipper, Kody, Koha, Koho, Kolster, Konnexa, Kores, Kralina, Kramer, Krida, Kriter, Kronotron, Kulm, Kunast, Kunis, Kurfurst, Kurtz, Kuster, K2; L: Labor, Labhart, Lacher, Lacorda, Lagonda, Lagro, La Leuba, Lamar, La Martine, Lamont, Lancel, Lancet, Lancia, Lanco, Lancyl, Landeron, Landi, Langel, Langendorf, Langford, Lanta, Lantex, Larex, Lasalle, Lasita, Lathin, Latino, Lator, Laureat, Lauris, Lavilla, Lavina, Laxos, Lawrence, Lea, Lebem, Le Cheminant, Leda, Ledial, Ledian, Legend, Le Jour, Lema, Lemac, Léman, Lemania, Lembach, Lemieux, Lenotre, Lenox, Leobe, Leon Watch, Leorex, L'Etoile, Le Phare, Lepem, Lepine, Le Roy, Lesco, Lessa, Leuba Louis, Lex, Liban, Libela, Libelle,Licurgo, Lider, Lidher, Lidor, Liga, Lijac, Limit, Linat, Lince, Lincoln, Lindex, Lings, Lipar, Lisona, Livadia, LKE, Lloyd, Loengrin, Logan, Loichot, Longune, Longvi, Lonstar, Lonville, Lorcano, Lordan, Lord Elgin, Lordex, Lord Gallant, Lord Nelson, Lord Sanford, Lorea, Loridal, Lorton, Lorymal, Losan, Lotex, Louis, Louvic, Lov, Lover, Lowenthal, Lowerlyn, Lubin, Lucerne, Lucien Perreaux, Lucien Rochat, Ludox, Lugran, Lukcom, Luma, Lunesa, Lunik, Lunivos, Lunsol, Lusina, Lusitano, Luxor, Luxus, Luz, Luzerna, Lyceum, Lycke Watch, Lyric Pomar; M: Mabel, Madorina, Mady, Magalex, Magar, Magia, Maglore, Magna, Magnat, Magnus, Majex, Majola, Malton, Mamaco, M. Anez, Manier, Manson, Mapo, Mara, Maran, Marathon, Marba, Marbell, Marbex, Marca, Marcel Frene, Marcena, Mardon, Marex, Marguy, Marinel, Marlux, Maro, Maros, Mars, Martel, Maru, Marubi, Maruxa, Marvil, Master Watch, Match, Mathey Tissot, Matina, Matinatic, Maty, Maurice Guerdat, Mauthe, Maya, Mavar Super, Maviro, Max Buro, Maxor, Mec, Meda, Medana, Meier Watch, Meister Anker, Melba, Melbun, Melissa, Melux, Memosail, Mendys, Mentor, Mercator, Meridian, Merit, Merkury Watch, Mervos, Mestril, Metro, Meyer Watch, Meylan, MFM, MHR, Miba, Mibis, Mical, Michanny, Michel Herbelin, Miconos, Midix, Mildia, Mildor, Milex, Mimo, Minimax, Mira, Miramar, Mirador, Mirak Watch, Mirca, Mirexal, Mirona, Misalla, Misdany, Mithras, Mitot, Miura, Mobilia, Mod, Modina, Moeris, Mof, Mofa, Mogus, Molnjia, Monalux, Monarch, Monbaron, Monex, Monico, Monil, Monitor, Monray, Monroe, Monsegur, Montanus, Montdor, Monté, Montilier, Montine, Montres BD S.A., Montresor, Monumental, Monval, Monvis, Monyco, Mora, Moremar, Morex, Morris, Mortima, Movina, MSD, MuDu, Mulco, Mulfi, Multy, Mundus, Muralt, Murondis, Muros, Murry, Musette, Mutrix, Myon, Myr, Myrex; N: Nacar, Nadexo, Nadine, Nadir, Naits, Nanco, Nappex, Nappey, Narva, Nasia Watch, Natalis, Nautico, Nave, Navet, Navir, Navzer, Nectar, Nefireus, Negmar, Neil, Neker, Nelco, Nemos, Neova, Neptune, Nersa, Net, Neuchatel, Nevac, Newmark, Newton, Nibo, Nibur Watch, Nicao, Nicéa, Nice Watch, Nickles, Nicole Geneve, Nicolet Gedeon, Nidor, Niers, Niga, Nigedo, Nikpol, Nila, Nilax, Nilda, Nileg, Nimer, Ni-L ite, Nimart, Ninfa, Nironax, Nisam, Nisus, Nitava, Nitella, Nivada, Nivarox, Nivia, Nivoc, Nivor, Nivram, Nivrel, Nobby, Nobel, Nobelt, Nobellux, Noblex, Noi, Nomina, Norbert, Norexa, Norina, Norma, Normana, Norstel, Norton, Nostra, Nostrana, Nova, Novelia, Novera, Novilty, Novoris, Novus, Nulox, Numa; O: Oberon, Octo, Octus, Odema, Oderfla Watch, Odien, Oebra, Ofair, Ofelia, Oficel, Ogival, Ognol, Oisa, Oko, Okroma, Oliros, Olivia, Olor, Olympic, Omax, Omer, Omiko, Omnia, Omodox, Ondex, Ondina, Onsa, Opal, Opera, Operarius, Optima, Orano, Orator, Orbiter, Orco, Ordiam, Oreas, Oreba, Orefa, Orfa, Orfina, Organa, Oriental, Original, Orion, Oriosa, Orloff, Orlogin, Orlon, Orltim, Ormo, Ornata, Ornen, Ornet, Orola, Orpheo, Orthos, Orthosa, Ortin Watch, Orvin, Orwa, Osco, Osram, Ostara, Otar-Vatch, Otero, Otha, Ovaras, Ovivo, Oxford, Owix, Owo; P: Packard, Paco, Page, Pagin, Pagol, Pajarola, Paladin, Palerma, Palermo, Pallas, Pandul, Panta, Parger, Paris, Parker, Park Lexington, Paros, Partex, Partout, Pater Watch, Patria, Paul Arpantier, Paul Durelle, Paul Jobin, Paul Peugeot,Paul Portinoux w.c.Pavel Buhre, Paxor, Payard, Pencron, Pentaflex, Perdal, Perenzin, Perfecta, Perfex, Perfine, Perhisa, Perkins, Perma, Permax, Perona, Perret-Gentil, Perry Greaves, Personal, Pesag, Peso, Pevanda, Phenix, Phigied, Philier, Philos, Philippe Precision, Picard, Picton,Pfois, Pier, Pierre Laro, Pierpont, Pierre Denill, Piguette, Pikleur, Pilatus, Pimax, Pingard, Pinlever, Pinnacle, Pirenne, Pirofa, Piztam, Planesa, Planet, Plattner, Plaza, Plymouth, Pokema, Polar, Polhem, Polymac, Polwatch, Poncin, Pontiac, Pontifa, Porluc, Porta, Porter, Portex, Posor, Post, Prado, Praesens, Praesent, Pratina, Précia, Precibel, Precimax, Precisa, Predial, Prefis, Premier, Premira, President, Prestige, Prexa, Preziosa, Primalux, Primato, Primator, Primera, Prince, Printania, Printania Watch, Prisma, Proctus, Pronto, Pronto Verdal, Protus, Provis, Provita, Proxima, Prunus, Puerta, Pyramid; Q: Questar; R: Racer, Racine, RacingTeam, Radar, Radax, Radiant, Radny, Rajawongs, Ralco, Rama, Ramades, Ramba, Rambler, Ramina, Ramino, Ramona, Randal, Ranol, Rapid, Rasec, Raylon, Real, Record, Recta, Recthor, Rectory, Reda, Redue, Regatta, Regency, Regent, Regeor, Regina, Regine, Reglex, Reglia, Rego, Rehard, Reimar, Rela, Relliac, Relide, Reliont, Rellum, Rem Lever, Remova Ancre, Rendex, Renis, Reno, Renoir, Renov, Renna, Reo-Gran, Repa, Repco Watch, Replay, Replic, Republic, Resisto, Reston, Retiva, Reusser, Revere, Revlon, Rex, Rexa, Rexiana, Rexor, Reynolds, Re Watch, Rewel, Rewolx, Rezalfa, Rhodos, RHM, RHS, Rhudos, Ribot, Ribu, Richard, Richmond, Richon, Rideau, Rigel, Rigi, Rigor, Rika, Rila, Rima, Rinkus, Rio, Rios, Riva, Rivella, Rivo, R. Jaquet, Roal, Roa Watch, Roberta, Robur, Rocail, Rocar, Roco, Rocket, Rodams, Rodana, Rodania, Roen, Rofina, Rogata, Rogelin, Roidor, Roki Watch, Rolatron, Rolly, Roma, Romandor, Romex De luxe, Romina, Rona, Ronalp, Rone, Ronet, Roni, Rontex, Ross, Rosselet, Rouan, Roundex, Rovac, Rovano, Roveta, Rox, Roxane, Roxy, Roxor, Roxy, Royal, Royce, Rowil, Rozi, Rubens, Rubes, Rubi, Rubina, Rubra, Rue du Lac, Rulcy, Rulon, Rural, Rutex, Rutina, Rutis, Ruxton, Rytima, RWS; S: Saba, Sabah, Sabina, Sabrina, Sachat, Sada, Sagara, Said, Saint Blaise, Salvest, Same, Samiria, Samska, Sanctus, Sander, Sanitas, Santima, Santire, Santra, Sappeur, Sarda Besancon, Sardlux, Sarpier, Saturne, Sauter Frères, Saveb, Savillon, Savina, Saving, Savoy, Savoyen, Saxony, Saytoko, Scandia, Schaon, Scholler, Sea Liner, Sears, Seca, Seega, Seeland, Sekundant, Selecta, Seliva, Selux, Selva, Selza, Semca, Senit, Seni Watch, Serdix, Services, Seth Thomas, Severo, Sexima, Seyes River, SGT, Shallow, SHD, Sheffield, Shell, Sheloh, Shelton, Sheraton, Shield, Shorewood, Sibel, Sibelles, Sicura, Siderlux, Siduna, Siera, Sigdin, Sigel, Sigena, Sigma, Sigma Valmon, Signo, Siko, Silena,Silyan watch company, Silgar, Siluett, Silvana, Silver, Silver Star, Sim, Simas, Simba, Simplex, Sincron, Sindaco, Sinex, Singer, Sinsa, Sira, Sirius, Siro, Siro Lever, Sisgau, Sita Watch, Sivac, Sivane, Siverwatch, Skiff, Slandex, Smith, Sobimo, Socomex, Socor, Sofior, Sogel, Sokas, Sola, Solar, Solida, Solita, Solix, Sollieres, Solo, Solora, Somali, Sonett, Soni, Sonic, Sorag, Sornadat, Sornana, Sovereign, Sparewa, Sparta, Spazial, Speck, Spendid, Spera, Spes, Sphinge Watch, Sphinx, Spider, Spir, Splendid, Splendor, Sponta, Sportex, Sporting, Sportsman, Stabila, Stahel, Stahl, Star, Starina, Staromatic, Start, Steelco, Steiert, Steiner, Stellers, Stempel, Stendal, Stenis, Stewag, Stima, Stop, Strad, Strada, Strato, Straumann, Styfl, Stylt, Subwater, Sugo Watch, Suizex, Suja, Sulina, Sully Special, Sultana, Summit, Sunex, Superalfa, Superatic, Superb Lever, Superio, Superius, Superoma, Superwatch, Supremo, Supremos, Sur, Surdiac, Surrex, Surtec, Sussex, Suter, Sutil, Sutit, Suzana, Svalan, Svea, Svu, Sydnem, Systema, Swift; T: Tacar, Talia, Talis, Tanis, Tanivann, Tansa, Tara, Tarnan, Tasan, Tasso, Tavernier, Tawek, Team, Technos, Tecron, Tefor, Tegra, Tegrov, Teka, Tekel, Telda, Television, Telhor, Telix, Tell, Tellus, Telor, Telstar, Tempic, Tempo, Temporis, Tena, Tenens, Tenor, Tenor-Dorly, Teriam, Terrasse, Terrote, Terten, Terval, Teseo, Test, Testudo, Tevo, Texa Watch, Textor, Thales, Themis Watch, Theorein, Thermamed, Thermidor, Thiel, Thol, Thomas Blundell, Thoresen, Thormas, Thoro, Th Picard Fils, Thusal, Thussy, Thusyt, Thuya, Tiara, Tiber Watch, Ticin, Tidana, Tiega, Tierce, Tiger, Tilius, Tim, Timavero, Times, Timetone, Timor, Tipsy, Tirza, Tisseran, Titan, Titana, Titanic, Titan-Luxe, Titanus, Titus, Tivena, Tollet, Tonic, Tonodor, Topaz, Torelli, Torina, Tornado, Tosal, Tourist, Tourneau, Tovare, Towa, Trada, Tradition, Trafalgar, Tramlex, Transglobe, Transmarine, Travita, Trebex, Trematic, Tressa, Triglav, Triunfo-R, Trivera, Trojan, Trotteur, Truma, Trumpf, Tucah, Tugaris, Tuhess, Tulxis, Tusal, Tyber Watch, Tyl, Tylex; U: Uhtra, Ultimor, Ultra, Ultramar, Ultrapyl, Ulyclod, Unic, Unichron, Unicorn, Union, Uniona, Union Soleure, Uno, Unver, Urban, Urech, Urra, Ursus, Uti, Utina; V: Vacontin, Valadier, Valand, Valdor, Valent, Valex, Valgine, Valjaux, Valory, Valruz, Vanburen, Vanguard, Vantage, Varbar, Vasa, Veda, Vehns, Veler Watch, Velester, Velis, Velka, Velma, Velona, Vendome, Vensil, Ventex, Veranda, Verbel, Verbena, Verdal, Verimpex, Verity, Verndor, Veroni, Versa, Vertex, Veto, Vetur, Vialux, Viccanta, Vico, Victor, Vidan, Viking, Villard, Villereuse, Vilong, Vilor Watch, Vinca, Vindex, Vines, Vintan, Viola, Violetta, Viscont, Viser, Visotex, Vital, Vithos, Vito, Vitus, Vivat, Vivata, Vivax, Vixia, Voga, Vogel, Voight, Voumard, Vrema, Vuillemin; X: Xantia, Xaros Watch, Xenos; Y: Yarom, Yasma, Yokay; W: Wabos, Wabro, Wadsworth, Wagner, Waigel, Wakman, Walbo, Waldan, Waldman, Walker, Walier, Wall Watch, Walter, Walux, Wan-Tick, Warens, Watex, Watra, Waverly, Weber, Webster, Wedo, Wega, Wegena, Wehrmann, Welbar Watch, Welsbro, Welter, Wema, Wemalux, Wendts, Wenia, Werax Watch, Werba, Werlaine, Wernam, Wernet, Wertex, Wibax, Wilboi, Wilhelm, Wilka, William Watch, Wilson, Wimar, Winex, Winfort, Winthal, Winton, Wirz, Wisdor, Wittnauer, Wivex, White Star, Wladir, Wolbrook, Wolfram, Wotex, Ws, Wuba, Wylerma; Z: Zaigor, Zais Watch, Zarina, Zarvath, Zedon, Zédy, Zeih, Zellcon, Zelma, Zelus, Zentena, Zentima,Zephir, Zermatt, Zeysa, Zewa, Zewi, Zheut, Zico, Zila, Zim, Zinal, Zitaerna, Zitura, Zlatoust, Zome, Zoty, Zu,Zumac, Zundap, Zurc, Zurex, Zurich, Zuryl

[shinee-wife]

The kidnapping and murder of Norah and Romy Carpentier

As of writing this, the case has still not been solved but I'll update it whenever we'll get updates on the situation.

44 years old Martin Carpentier was last seen at a convenience store in Lévis, Quebec, July 8th with his two daughters, 11 year old Norah and 6 year old Romy. Hours later, his vehicle was found five kilometers away empty and badly damaged in a crash on Highway 20.

An Amber alert was issued on July 9th but was sadly taken down when they found the girls bodys in a wooden area in Saint-Apollinaire on July 11th.

The police searched the wooden area near where the girls were found. They believed he might be hiding in the woods which would have been easy for him due to him being a scout leader.

The Sûreté du Quebec said that he is probably still alive and advised people who owned chalets, trailers and campsites to look for him since he might be trying to hide in them.

[palenoface]

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a while ago my friend @takeamomentofsilence had to code a dating sim for a class and asked me to draw the characters. the game is kinda hard to win (i got like 2 successful dates out of the 10) but it was very fun to play nonetheless !

[dorkacademia]

Favourite dark academia book?

i'm only going to name the ones that are on my kinda really small bookshelf atm because my braincell isn't working past that. some of them are really short but these give me yearning for childhood dark academia vibes so i'm including them, and some others are more on the murder, alcoholism & crime side. anyways, recommend me some books on the notes and here's the list!

• of course, the secret history by donna tartt

• the complete works of percy shelley

• paris sous l'objectif (a photography book)

• sept contes by michel tournier

• the complete works of sappho

• catherine certitude by patrick modiano & sempé

• le petit prince by saint-exupéry

• the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

• el siglo de las luces by alejo carpentier

• the annotated alice (og books by lewis carroll, annotations by martin gardner

• matilda by roald dahl

• a little life by hanya yanagihara

• persona normal by benito taibo

• the harry potter saga

[pangeanews]

“Amleto? Un dandy epigrammatico vestito a lutto”. Borges, l’inimitabile. Un ricordo di Félix della Paolera

La concatenazione di casualità diede all’invisibile una fattezza, un profilo. Arrivai a César Mermet per via di un suggerimento, credo, di un crollo. Borges lo giudicava “una specie di Emily Dickinson argentina”; preferii l’altro lato, polare, della frase, “fu pienamente poeta”. Come se quel pienamente riguardasse il sortilegio di una sparizione. Mermet scrisse nugoli di poesie, sommerso, sommessamente, senza pubblicare nulla. Nato nel 1923, giornalista, morì durante i Mondiali del 1978. Il suo confidente si chiamava Felix della Paolera: fu lui, nel 2006, a pubblicare tutte le poesie di Mermet – di particolare bellezza – ,“l’uomo invisibile”, come lo ha definito parte della stampa argentina. A quel punto, cercai Félix della Paolera: mi interessava un uomo impegnato a onorare i morti, con caino accanimento, a dare la parola all’invisibile. Arrivai in ritardo, come quasi sempre. Della Paolera era morto nel 2011. Amen.

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Il libraio della Recoleta, a Buenos Aires, trafficava in tomi come Caronte in anime. Mi diceva che Borges, quando passava di lì, non proferiva parola. Lui gli prendeva un libro, a suo gusto, gli leggeva l’incipit. Quasi sempre Borges si fidava, chiedeva all’accompagnatore – uomo o donna che fosse – di pagare, andava via, ciondolando, cieco. Forse l’aneddoto era menzogna – è bello, perciò, per ciò che mi riguarda, vero. Chiesi al libraio di fare altrettanto, per me. Il libraio vendeva carcasse di libri, libri esauriti, fuori mercato, defunti. Questo è il libro più bello scritto su Borges, mi fa. Leggo. Borges: develaciones. Il libro non ha prezzo né marchio isbn, è stampato da una fondazione, le fotografie di Facundo de Zuviría sono meravigliose perché di ogni cosa intercetta il punto di sparizione, la nudità, l’istante in cui potrebbe sparire. Lo ha scritto Félix della Paolera. Chiedo fari su quella identità; il libraio scuote la mano, come se fare certe domande siginificasse interrompere la sequela di un segreto; la mia amica ride, si tace. Mi colpì, più tardi, che di Félix della Paolera, persona la cui importanza nella cultura argentina è esaltata dalla sua invisibilità, dal plastico pudore, non esistesse un ‘coccodrillo’, un pezzo che onorasse la sua dipartita. Come se, per espresso desiderio, non volesse essere ricordato.

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Tutti gli uomini che entrano in amicizia con Borges, diventano borgesiani, icone prima che volti, simboli, l’accesso a un altro mondo – pensiamo a Macedonio Fernández. Borges, in fondo, fa degli amici delle vittime, degli esercizi verbali, l’eremo di una metafora, un incipit, l’estro retorico; d’altronde, il ‘realismo’ è enigma triplicato. “Borges mi parlava spesso di Félix della Paolera, ‘el Grillo’. Era, a suo dire, una specie di eminenza grigia, un uomo discreto, che discretamente aiutava gli amici, non molti, era riservato ed esigente. ‘El Grillo’ conosceva come nessuno la letteratura inglese e si produceva in raffinati e analitici giudizi sull’opera di Henry James; sapeva inoltrarsi con invidiabile facilità tra i romanzi di William Faulkner. I suoi interessi letterari si estendevano alla Cina, al Giappone, era soprattutto esperto di haiku, di cui dialogava spesso con Borges. Queste coincidenze fecero sì che dagli anni Quaranta, tra Borges e Félix della Paolera si instaurasse una amicizia autentica, basata sulla comune passione verso la letteratura”, ricorda María Kodama. Fu Della Paolera, ‘il Grillo’, a inoltrare Borges all’estetica dell’haiku, mostrandogli arcane fratellanze tra mito norreno e divinità nipponiche. Era nato a Buenos Aires nel 1923, la figura alta, aristocratica e aristotelica era l’esito di una remota nobiltà, selvaggia; a diciassette anni frequentava Olga Orozco e Juan Rodolfo Wilcock. Entusiasti del gergo poetico, orfici dell’altro mondo, condividevano versi in una bettola che in onore di Rimbaud avevano chiamato “Il battello ebbro”. Per un paio di decenni, tutti i giorni, accompagnò Borges a pranzo – amavano i tavoli lontani, inviolabili, cambiare spesso ristorante e parlare, ogni giorno, di un autore, di un libro, di un verso diversi.

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Borges lo conobbe nel marzo del 1948, alle 10.15 di mattina, alla stazione di Adrogué. Quando vide Borges, non osò avvicinarsi: credeva, forse, che bastasse rivolgergli la parola per mandarlo in frantumi. Trovò il coraggio più tardi, in treno, mentre i finestrini ricapitolavano l’Argentina in una idea, fugace. “Lei è Borges?”. “Non ho scelta”, rispose lui, borgesianamente. “Era in vacanza da sua sorella Norah, quella mattina doveva andare dall’oculista. Lo accompagnai. Siamo tornati insieme ad Adrogué, la sera ci siamo fermati all’Hotel La Delicia, menzionato nei suoi libri, abbiamo bevuto e parlato fino all’alba. Accennai a un uomo, un inglese, solitario, che abitava in quel luogo: gli chiesi se non fosse lui l’Herbert Ashe di Tlön Uqbar Orbis Tertius. Fece cenno di sì, abbassò il viso. Gli dissi, invitiamolo con noi, allora. Borges mi rimproverò, ‘Ma se l’immagina… sarei terrorizzato a parlare con uno dei miei personaggi’”, così ricorda Felix della Paolera con Facundo García su Pagina 12.

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Dicono che abbia portato William Faulkner a bere, durante un ciclo di presentazioni, a Buenos Aires (lui lo guardava, pronto a spulciare alcoliche riservatezze); negli anni Sessanta era a Friburgo, davanti alla porta di casa di Martin Heidegger. “Era deliziato dalla bellezza della ragazza che mi faceva da interprete, cominciammo a parlare davanti a due bottiglie di vino”, ricorda Della Paolera. “Disse che trovava significativo il modo in cui la morte viene descritta nella poesia spagnola. Sparì per qualche minuto. Tornò con un volume delle opere complete di García Lorca, che gli era stato regalato da Ortega y Gasset. Pubblicai la nostra chiacchierata su ‘La Nación’… non so se la gradì. Ci scrivemmo qualche lettera. A suo avviso, ciascuna lingua significava una particolare predisposizione verso la morte, un rapporto con i morti. Si parla, d’altronde, parlando ai morti, non è vero?”. Fu ‘il Grillo’ a presentare Astor Piazzolla a Borges: lavorarono insieme, nel 1965, per comporre un disco di milonghe. L’accoppiata pareva micidiale, ma il disco fu un fiasco.

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“La letteratura appartiene all’ambito del segreto”, diceva Della Paolera. Quando, leggi, in effetti, non stai svelando nulla, il libro si apre per poterlo chiudere – è trasmesso, proprio a te, tra i veli del giorno, un messaggio, una testimonianza, una parola ultima, certamente intima. Come una confidenza pronunciata tra i portici, Felix della Paolera è scomparso, all’angolo di una leggenda; il rilievo di un’ombra è la rivelazione. (d.b.)

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Felix della Paolera, Borges: rivelazioni

Gabriel García Márquez una volta ha dichiarato che a partire da Borges lo spagnolo viene scritto diversamente. Questo cambiamento è causato principalmente dai suoi apporti alla depurazione del linguaggio, a una evidente esibizione delle strutture narrative, al pudore espressivo, al restringimento del divario tra parole e idee o, volendo, all’appropriazione immediata del significato da parte del significante, a quella economia di elementi descrittivi che Roland Barthes racchiude nel termine “catalisi”. Questi e altri suoi procedimenti formano il corpus di una precettistica che ha rinnovato lo stile di molti autori ispano-americani e persino di quanti scrivono in altre lingue. Ciò non implica che possano assomigliargli.

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In una nota pubblicata nel 1952, Enrique Pezzoni evidenziava che Borges aveva intrapreso una scrittura di cui non esistevano precedenti e che difficilmente avrebbe potuto essere replicata dai posteri. Tale valutazione si è rivelata premonitrice, dato che, pur essendo stato lo scrittore che ha maggiormente influenzato la letteratura spagnola, e forse quello che più ne ha segnato il rinnovamento, non ha lasciato – al pari di Alejo Carpentier, Juan Rulfo o García Marquez – un retaggio di autori aderenti alla sua modalità narrativa. Le sue innovazioni risultano intrasferibili, dato che poggiano su una vita tesa a indagare le possibilità e i limiti della parola e, pertanto, richiederebbero a un qualsiasi seguace una vocazione e una passione analoghe alle sue; vale a dire, qualcuno che, con pari intensità, si interessasse contemporaneamente di linguistica, etimologia, metafisica, teologia, miti, letteratura comparata, logica, enciclopedie, lingue arcaiche. Non è facile trovare siffatti discepoli.

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Anche se un certo intuito artistico potrebbe bastare per ricalcare, con esiti modesti e senza estro, uno stile metaforico come quello di Neruda, la sensibilità più estrema sarebbe insufficiente per imitare quello di Borges; un plagio passabile richiederebbe la sua riproduzione testuale. “Nessuno può paragonarsi a Borges o imitarlo”, ha scritto Douglas Davis, in un articolo pubblicato su The New York Press il 18 novembre 1998. Solo i profani della sua letteratura hanno creduto di riconoscerlo in una deplorevole poesia intitolata Instantes, o hanno potuto attribuirgli un romanzo dalla stesura indegna. Se Borges rigettò – al punto da escluderle dal suo Obras Completas – molte poesie del suo periodo ultraista e due libri di critica e saggi fu perché, nella maturità, trovava artefatta l’esteriorità delle metafore e delle costruzioni barocche. Per questo il suo linguaggio è diventato inimitabile e qualsiasi copia del modello originale si riduce a una parodia. Escluso il ricorso puerile al suo lessico, come intessere una riproduzione di Borges? Mediante una sintassi nella quale abbondino le litoti? Attraverso la prevalenza della metonimia sulla metafora? Un’analisi dei motivi che inducono a optare per una o per l’altra di queste figure retoriche aiuta a chiarire l’enigma di una letteratura inimitabile. Come i sinonimi (a cui di solito assomigliano), le metafore possiedono un certo carattere arbitrario che richiede la cooperazione del lettore affinché vengano accettate nella loro rappresentazione significativa. Sanno di trovata, di subitanea ispirazione, di intromissione delle muse. Ecco perché il loro uso risulta predominante nei poeti giovani, adepti del patetismo lirico, di una emotività che ostacola l’espressione oggettiva e sono inclini all’uso di metafore quasi sempre oscure – quando non indecifrabili – perché oscillano tra la manifestazione esplicita e l’occultamento. Fatta eccezione per qualche fugace entusiasmo, difficilmente si potrebbe etichettare la prima poesia di Borges come giovanile. Certamente contiene molte più metafore rispetto alle poesie scritte a partire dal 1955 (vale a dire, dal momento in cui la perdita della vista diventò quasi totale), ma tali metafore sono diverse da quelle tipiche dei poeti recenti. Sono intenzionali, vicine al dialogo e alla riflessione che all’enfasi sentimentale, favoriscono una lettura cauta e attenta, sopperiscono con l’intelligenza all’estasi e alla vertigine.

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Già nella sua prima versificazione si può notare una tendenza all’utilizzo della metonimia che andrà accentuandosi fino alle ultime poesie. Si tratta in questo caso di una figura più intellettuale, dato che presuppone una discriminazione, un criterio selettivo. Nominare un soggetto o un oggetto mediante un segno, qualcuna delle sue parti, un qualsiasi attributo, un rapporto causale o una specie che implichi il genere (non si fa distinzione in questa sede tra metonimia e sineddoche) è un’operazione che chiama in causa il raziocinio nel momento in cui si deve discernere quale tra gli elementi particolari potrà rappresentare alla perfezione un’entità più grande, un concetto più ampio. Vale a dire, la scelta di una metonimia esprime contemporaneamente cultura e esperienza, ed è improbabile che, come la metafora, sopravvenga in virtù della sola ispirazione.

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Per quanto riguarda l’utilizzo della litote da parte di Borges, anch’esso denota una capacità letteraria inscindibile da un processo di maturazione. Attenuare un’asserzione mediante l’espediente di negarne l’antitesi, mitigare il tono dogmatico di un giudizio, rifuggire la dissertazione altezzosa e stroncante rivelano una prudente diffidenza verso “la sicurezza di quanti ignorano il dubbio”. Questo scetticismo, lungi dal rappresentare meramente una peculiarità del suo stile, discende da una concezione agnostica della realtà (e perfino della irrealtà) che – paradosso istruttivo – andò accentuandosi man mano che aumentava il suo sapere.

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Se, come asseriva Pezzoni, quello di Borges è un percorso difficilissimo da seguire per quanti vengono dopo di lui, ciò è dovuto al fatto che la sua genesi parte da una struttura così personale che il riprodurla risulta quasi impossibile. Basterebbe riguardare alcune delle domande che gli rivolgevano di solito i giornalisti, e che ovviamente non poteva prevedere, per notare la piega imprevedibile delle sue risposte immediate e spontanee. Quando gli chiedevano un’opinione sul Papa, poteva rispondere immediatamente “è un funzionario di cui non mi interesso”, riuscendo così non solo a sventare il tentativo di strappargli un giudizio etico ma anche a sottolineare il carattere burocratico dell’istituzione ecclesiastica (nomine, promozioni, trasferimenti, grado gerarchico), tanto distante dalla discussione metafisica e teologica che lo interessava. Una volta cercarono di fargli esprimere la sua opinione, senza dubbio ben nota, sulla figura di Perón. Prima che il cronista avesse finito di parlare, Borges dichiarò: “Non mi sono mai curato dei milionari”, mandando così all’aria il piano ideologico della domanda, oltre a conferire al personaggio una connotazione di disinvolta corruzione.

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Interpellato in merito alla censura, rispose rapidamente che “spesso ha contribuito a stimolare la metafora” e aggiunse l’esempio di libri che riuscirono a eludere la sorveglianza dei censori mediante il cambio dei nomi o l’appello al simbolismo.

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Si potrebbe argomentare che, per quanto le risposte di Borges fossero istantanee, poggiavano su convincimenti originari e, pertanto, non rappresentavano una battuta improvvisa. Ad ogni modo, resta notevole la definizione del papato come una burocrazia; quella di Perón, tramutato da politico a magnate; e quella della censura, a suo avviso efficace promotrice della metafora e dell’impiego dei simboli. Tutto ciò sottolinea oltre la prontezza e l’opportunismo con cui individuava quei “convincimenti originari”, la sferzante ironia davanti a uditori abituati a uomini pubblici la cui opinione di solito oscillava tra la solennità e il patetismo.

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L’oratoria sintetica e il taglio inatteso delle sue risposte non sono diversi quando caratterizza Amleto come “…il dandy epigrammatico e vestito a lutto della corte di Danimarca…”; definisce (con fini ossimori) Martínez Estrada “uno scrittore dalle splendide amarezze” e Ray Bradbury autore “dai dilettevoli terrori”; ci avvisa che, con il trascorrere del tempo, qualsiasi ricordo diventa “circoscritto e sbiadito…”; o si insospettisce di fronte a “una poesia che sembrava estendere all’infinito le possibilità della cacofonia e del caos…”.

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A casa sua, di ritorno da un pranzo, mi chiese di leggere, in un foglio piegato sopra la tavola della sala, una nota a matita che senz’altro si era fatto trascrivere. Diceva: “Non ero tanto illetterato da non poter scrivere un sonetto, né tanto incauto da scriverne due”. Quando terminai la mia lettura a voce alta, mi disse: “Sa di chi é? Di Baltasar Gracián. Non lo trova straordinario? Potrebbe essere benissimo di Bernard Shaw o di Wilde”. In quel momento pensai che, se non fosse stata scritta nello spagnolo del XVII secolo, quell’ironia, quella forte litote, sarebbe stata degna della paternità di Borges, il quale, non a caso, la ricordava e chiedeva che gliela ripetessero nonostante il suo noto disdegno per la prosa di Gracián.

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Rigore etimologico, intertestualità, erudizione, chiarezza strutturale, metonimia, litote, precisione del lessico, polivalenza verbale e magia urbana sono alcune delle cifre che contraddistinguono la scrittura di Borges e, per il fatto di essere intrinseche alla sua personalità, non si possono riprodurre in assenza di un analogo vissuto esperienziale. Per emulare Borges bisognerebbe cercare di assomigliargli in tutto. Qualcosa di simile pensò (e poi escluse) Pierre Menard quando voleva scrivere come Cervantes.

Félix della Paolera

*Il testo è tratto da “Borges: develaciones” (Fundación E. Costantini, 1999), da cui si è scelto il capitolo “Alcances de su influencia”; la traduzione italiana è di Marianna Marchi

L'articolo “Amleto? Un dandy epigrammatico vestito a lutto”. Borges, l’inimitabile. Un ricordo di Félix della Paolera proviene da Pangea.

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Penthouse Art Residency Packs Up (for now)

In 2014, Harlan Levey created the Penthouse Art Residency at the (former) Hotel Bloom in Brussels, Belgium.

This was a philanthropic project, which re-activated unused space in the hotel and was of service to over 50 artists and curators.

Over the course of 5 years, artists from around the world came to Brussels to engage with the city and research, reflect, write, edit, and produce works in various media.

Earlier this year, the hotel was sold to the NH Brand, and the Penthouse Art Residency is no longer possible in its current location.

It is now closed until a new location is found. No applications will be accepted until future notice. Please contact the Penthouse Residency Curator Gatien Du Bois with questions.

We would like to thank the artists who participated to this project throughout the 6 years of its activity, especially the artists who stayed in residence: Petr Davydtchenko & Astrid Gnosis, Serena Vestrucci & Francesco Maluta, Esther de Graaf, Nathan Baker, Radek Szlaga, Sergio Bromberg, Daniel Baird, Max Rippon, TR Ericsson, The Holls Collective, Manoel Quitério & Gamze Yalcın, Will Barras, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Brad Feueehelm, Steven Schepens, Rokko Miyoshi, Maria Montesi, Inigo Moller Martinez, Mike Ballard, Abner Preis, Crystal Palmer & Isaac Pool, Willehad Eilers, Sandra Demetrescu, Wim Janssens, Roopa Vasudevan, Irina Bujor, Benjamin Verhoeven, Avenir Institute, Sina Hensel, Emeline Depas, METASITU, Jason Gringler, GVN908, Renato Custodio, Alex Bunn, Patrick Carpentier, Niamh McCann, Nicolai Bosko, Adam Chamandy, Ludovic Beillard & Martin Lukáč, Mano Penalva, Brice Bischoff, Josephine de Weck, Béla Pablo Janssen, Kunstcapades, Pierre-Alain Poirier, Cécile Angelini, Daniel Stubenvoll, David Hanes, Hyun Cho, Scott Wiliam Raby, Exploredinary, Esteban Donoso & Thiago Antunes, Cat Kron, and William Sarradet.

Below, a selection of visuals from the last two years artists in residence:

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Portrait of Rycklof van Goens, Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company by Martin Palin, Museum of the Netherlands

De hoogste VOC-functionaris in Azië was de gouverneur-generaal, de voorzitter van de in Batavia zetelende Raad van Indië. De vergaderzaal van de Raad in het Kasteel van Batavia was het centrum van de Nederlandse macht. Aan de wanden van de zaal symboliseerden portretten van alle gouverneurs-generaal de continuïteit van de Nederlandse aanwezigheid. In de VOC-kantoren in Nederland drukten kleinere kopieën de VOC-macht in Azië uit. De hier getoonde kopieën zijn vermoedelijk afkomstig van de VOC-Kamer in Rotterdam. Enkele portretten uit de reeks die in Batavia hing, zijn boven in deze zaal op de VOC-galerij te zien. Pieter Both, 1610-1614 Gerard Reynst, 1614-1615 Laurens Reael, 1615-1619 Jan Pietersz Coen, 1619-1623 en 1627-1629 Pieter de Carpentier, 1623-1627 Jacques Specx, 1629-1632 Hendrick Brouwer, 1632-1636 Antonio van Diemen, 1636-1645 Cornelis van der Lijn, 1645-1650 Karel Reiniersz, 1650-1653 Joan Maetsuycker, 1653-1678 Rycklof van Goens, 1678-1681 Cornelis Speelman, 1681-1684 Johannes Camphuys, 1684-1691 Willem van Outshoorn, 1691-1704 Abraham van Riebeeck, 1709-1713 Christoffel van Swoll, 1713-1718 Hendrick Zwaardecroon, 1718-1725 Mattheus de Haan, 1725-1729 Het portret van Joan van Hoorn, 1704-1709, ontbreekt in de serie.

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'It didn't have to end this way': How the police search for Norah and Romy Carpentier took a wrong turn

‘It didn’t have to end this way’: How the police search for Norah and Romy Carpentier took a wrong turn

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