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LATEST ARTICLES ( 328 )

• #LiveFromSofia – A Short Story Collection by Alexander Shpatov

  

  I just reviewed Alexander Shpatov’s fascinating short story collection #LiveFromSofia for #BulgarianLiteratureMonth hosted by the Global Literature in... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amélie Nothomb – Barbe Bleue – Blue Beard (2012)

  

  In 1992, Belgian author Amélie Nothomb entered the literary scene with a bang. Her first novel, Hygiene and the Assassin – L’hygiène de l’assassin, was so... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Nicci French: Sunday Morning Coming Down (Frieda Klein 7)

  

  Those who know this blog, know how much I like the writer duo Nicci French. The standalone novels as much as the Frieda Klein series. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Magical Place – The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland

  

  There aren’t many places that enchant me as much as the Goetheanum, in Dornach, Switzerland. Luckily, for me, it’s only about a ten minute drive from Basel,... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Devotion – Die Widmung by Botho Strauss – A 1977 Club Review

  

  I’m notoriously bad these days when it comes to participating in blogging events, but I always try to read at least one book for Karen and Simon’s “Club” – no... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)

  

  Before reading The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, I could have sworn I’ve read it already. It’s one of those tales most of us are so familiar with that... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Terri Windling: The Wood Wife (1996)

  

  Terri Windling is an American author, editor, artist and essayist. Together with Ellen Datlow she’s edited numerous anthologies of fantasy/speculative fiction... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Baltic Books Blog Tour – A Guest Post by Kristine Ulberga

  

  This year the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – are celebrating 100 years of independence with new translations of Baltic Books coming to the U... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Thoughts on Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things Or Should There Be...

  

  I finished Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things a couple of days ago and wasn’t sure whether I should review it or not. But then I thought of the many... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Andrea Camilleri: The Shape of Water – La Forma Dell’aqua ( 1994) Inspector...

  

  Andrea Camilleri is an Italian crime writer, famous for his long-standing Inspector Montalbano series. Camilleri was born in 1925 in Sicily, where the series... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Frozen Woman by Jon Michelet

  

  I found The Frozen Woman at a local book shop and because I was in the mood for crime in translation, I got it. I’d never heard of Norwegian crime writer Jon... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pascal Quignard: Villa Amalia (2006)

  

  I’ve heard so many good things about Pascal Quignard that I finally had to read him. I had two of his books on my piles, Tous les matins du monde – All the... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elina Hirvonen: When Time Runs Out (2017) – Kun Aika Loppuu (2015) Finnish Crime

  

  I’m glad I stumbled across this book on Raven Crime’s blog at the end of last year because I liked it so much. One could say it’s less a crime novel than a nove... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best Books I Read 2017

  

  The year’s not over and it is possible I might still read something I love, but I don’t want to wrap up in January. I want to leave this year behind. It was a... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Friend Request by Laura Marshall (2017)

  

  Would you believe it – there’s finally a psychological crime novel whose premise is so original that it isn’t constantly compared to Girl on a Train/Gone Girl... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lion Feuchtwanger: The Oppermanns – Die Geschwister Oppermann (1933) Literature...

  

  When Lion Feuchtwanger left Germany in 1933 for a trip to the UK and the US, he didn’t think that he would never return to his home country. While abroad, he... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Nameless Day – Der Namenlose Tag by Friedrich Ani (2015) Jakob Franck...

  

  Last May I read my first Friedrich Ani and was extremely impressed (here’s the review). I knew I would read another one of his novels before long. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (2017)

  

  I never thought I would love The Diary of a Bookseller so much. I discovered Shaun Bythell ‘s book on Jen Campbell’s YouTube channel. She knew him because she... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Welcome to German Literature Month

  

  I can’t believe it’s already November. And I can equally not believe how unprepared I am this year. Usually I’ve already read a few books for German Literature... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Irène Némirovsky: Suite Française (2004) Literature and War Readalong October...

  

  Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky’s posthumously published novel was written in 1942, rediscovered in 1998 and published in 2004. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE