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Kurt Johnson
@kurtjohnson.bsky.social
Writer + literary critic
Bylines: Sat Paper, Guardian, SMH.
Book: The Red Wake (Random House 2016)
Latest Airbnb Review: 很腼腆的大男孩,说话总是彬彬有礼 (A very shy boy who always speaks politely)
Barcelona airport has a salami vending machine
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Jewish Italian Primo Levi wrote about his experiences of being sent to Auschwitz in the famous If this is a Man. It contains the immortal response from a guard "There is no why here"
Just finished The Truce "the sequel" a surreal and strangely funny journey home through the immediate post-War chaos.
January 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
That's a 100 articles I have published.

Check out the latest:
- How Spain still grapples with the history of its Civil War: www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/19919/...
- The geopolitics of Wine in Georgia: www.cntraveler.com/story/in-geo...
December 28, 2024 at 12:24 PM