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Dolce Bellezza
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A book review blog for literary, and translated, fiction.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 381 )
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The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna Van Praag (and Give-away of This...
"You can stay here," Peggy says, for ninety-nine nights, until the seventh of August, just before midnight. And then you must go...""If you stay I can promise... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Dolci from the Week
Sweet things that made my week:A kitty who waits for me to wash my face every morning. And evening...Beautiful shamrocks from my mother, which I believe are... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Back to Back by Julia Franck
"Even his own helplessness, and this was not the first time he had felt it, seemed to him small and ridiculous in the face of the general helplessness and... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Obsolete
During yesterday's School Improvment Plan meeting, a teacher was instructing us how to use a QR code she'd made for the children to scan into their devices... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Dark Road
"Men control our vaginas; the state controls our wombs. You can try to lock up your body, but the government still owns the key. That's just woman's fate." p. Read more
Posted on 16 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Mussel Feast by
"...even small delays can lead to the greatest calamities." The author is so intent on insisting that having mussels that evening was neither a sign or a... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Infatuations by Javier Marias
"...the reality is that anyone can destroy us, just as anyone can conquer us, and that is our essential fragility." The Infatuations begins with Maria Dolz, a... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014: Long List Revealed!
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize long list:Sinan Antoon The Corpse Washer (Arabic; translated by the author) Yale University PressHassan Blasim The Iraqi Chris... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Two Winners
JuJu at Tales of Whimsy is the winner of JoJo Moyes' book, The Last Letter From Your Lover.JoAnn of Lakeside Musing is the winner of Jennifer McVeigh's book, Th... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Last Letter From Your Lover By JoJo Moyes: Give Away
It used to look like this:Or this:Or even this:But now it looks like this:"This story of passion and missed chances is entrancing. Read more
Posted on 03 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Woman is The Glory of Man; Feminism in March
I noticed last night that the Classics Club Event is Feminist Literature in March. I poured over the list and felt half confounded by the articles and books... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2014 CULTURE -
The One Plus One by JoJo Moyes
JoJo Moyes has a writing style which is so down to earth, so in touch with her endearing characters, that it makes me embrace all that is imperfect in this... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Long Winter; Then and Now
"If only I had some grease I could fix some kind of light," Ma considered. "We didn't lack for light when I was a girl before this newfangled kerosene was ever... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Dinner by Herman Koch
Herman Koch examines each detail of his diners as closely as the waiter articulates the origin of each course. Nothing is too minute to point out, but it isn't... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Dinner, A Day Off, and Lots of Contentment
Do you know how it is when you watch something excellent, such as Volohozhar and Trankov skating, and you can rest in their performance? Read more
Posted on 17 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
How To Make A Simple Origami Heart
First, fold the paper from corner to corner, twice. Do this so that there is a "+" sign in the middle. Fold the top corner to where the folds intersect. Fold th... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Snow. On Porch Railings and In Iron Lake.
This is the view out of our family room window. It's mild, and it's lovely, and it's been snowing every weekend so I'm getting a lot of reading done. Winter,... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 ENVIRONMENT, OUTDOORS, SNOW -
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
"The stunned voices of friends and family floated about. An earthquake under the sea near Indonesia. The tectonic plates shifted. It's the biggest natural... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh, Review and Give-away
"Domesticated plants---monstrosities, you called them. They grew in a controlled environment, protected, mollycoddled, grafted onto the stronger roots of other... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Roberto Bolano's 2666: The Part About Fate
"All right, then," said the white-haired man. "I'll tell you three things I'm sure of: (a) everyone living in that city is outside of society, and everyone, I... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE