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• The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss (2016)

  

  Stories have endings; that’s why we tell them, for reassurance that there is meaning in our lives. But like a diagnosis, a story can become a prison, a... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss

  

  Stories have endings; that’s why we tell them, for reassurance that there is meaning in our lives. But like a diagnosis, a story can become a prison, a... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading is Like Purring Or What I’ve Been Doing These Past Months

  

  Before I begin this post, I’d like to thank everyone who has left one of the many kind and supportive comments on my last post. It means a lot. I was very... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Involuntary “No Reading” Blogging Break

  

  Botanical Garden BaselHi everyone,I would like to let you know that I will take a possibly longer blogging break.Some of you may have noticed that I didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Claire Fuller: Swimming Lessons (2017)

  

  Swimming Lessons is English author Claire Fuller’s second novel. After coming across more than one raving review by book bloggers and critics, I decided I had t... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Frédéric Dard: C’est Toi Le Venin (You’re the Poison) (1957)

  

  I have no idea why I haven’t read any Frédéric Dard novels so far. Possibly, because in France his standalone novels are a bit overshadowed by his San-Antonio... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Toni Morrison: God Help the Child (2015)

  

  I’m so annoyed with myself. I have three or four unread books by Toni Morrison on my piles but instead of reading those, I went and bought her latest, God Help... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong May 2017: War Poems

  

  For the last readalong before the summer break we are reading something we haven’t read before—poems. I know people are sometimes reclutanct to read poetry, so... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Friedrich Ani’s Naked Man, Burning – Nackter Mann, Der Brennt (2016) German...

  

  I discovered Friedrich Ani on the list for the German Book Prize. Several years, until 2016, he occupied the second place. Last year, finally, he won the prize... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Marguerite Duras: The War – La Douleur (1985) Literature and War Readalong...

  

  Marguerite Duras’ affecting book The War – La douleur is a collection of texts based on her war diaries. Before beginning my review, I have to mention that... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Three Short Reviews – Eva Moves the Furniture (2001) – A New Dawn (2016) –...

  

  It’s only April but I already have an incredible review backlog from this, and an even grater one from last year. If I wanted to review everything I’ve read, I’... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Truman Capote: The Glass Harp (1951) The 1951 Club

  

  I’m glad that I finally managed to participate in one of Simon and Karen’s reading years series. It wasn’t easy to find a book for 1951, not because there aren’... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Han Kang: The Vegetarian – 채식주의자 -Chaesikju-uija (2007) Korean Literature

  

  Ever since The Vegetarian (채식주의자 – Chaesikju-uija) won the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction last year, I wanted to... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong April 2017: The War – La Douleur by Marguerite Duras

  

  Usually I like to say a few introductory words about my readalong titles, but I’m in bed with the flu and my head feels like it’s filled with cotton. The book... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bohumil Hrabal: Closely Observed Trains – Ostře Sledované Vlak (1965)...

  

  Published in 1965, Bohumil Hrabal’s Closely Observed Trains – Ostře sledované vlaky, was one of the author’s greatest successes and has even been made... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Brian Moore’s The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1955)

  

  I finished Brian Moore’s The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne two weeks ago, but am still not sure how to write about it. My reaction to it was very strong; it... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Little Deaths by Emma Flint (2017)

  

  Emma Flint’s debut novel Little Deaths is among the novels on the Baileys Prize Long List 2017. The Baileys list is one of only a few prize lists I’m... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Louise O’Neill: Asking For It (2015)

  

  They are all innocent until proven guilty. But not me. I am a liar until I am proven honest.What a book! I finished it a while ago but I’m still stunned.... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong March 2017: Closely Observed Trains – Ostře...

  

  Bohumil Hrabal, who is said to be the most important Czech writer of the 20th century, was born in 1914 in the city of Brno, then still part of Austria... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sylvie Germain: Magnus (2005) Literature and War Readalong February 2017

  

  Sylvie Germain is an author I’ve meant to read for ages. I own half a dozen of her books, but it needed the nudge of my readalong to finally get to her. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE