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• 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

• My Plans For Reading Ireland Month

  

  Last year, I missed Cathy’s Reading Ireland Month and so I was glad to see that she and Ragingfluff would host it again in March.Since I try to read from my... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fuminori Nakamura: The Thief – Suri (2009)

  

  I’ve seen people call Japanese author Fuminori Nakamura’s novel The Thief crime or thriller but I don’t think that’s doing it any justice. What The Thief... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Thoughts on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)

  

  This isn’t a proper review of Atwood’s famous novel but some of my impressions and reactions to it and a brief summary. Since the US election, the sales of book... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elizabeth Taylor: A Wreath of Roses (1949)

  

  Published in 1949, A Wreath of Roses was Elizabeth Taylor’s fourth novel and the sixth I’ve read. Usually, when I decide to read everything by an author, I try... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong February 28 2017: Magnus by Sylvie Germain

  

  Sylvie Germain is a highly acclaimed French author of fiction and nonfiction. She earned a PhD in philosophy and studied with the famous French philosopher... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• N. Scott Momaday: House Made of Dawn (1968) Literature and War Readalong...

  

  This is going to be a pretty short post. I finished the book but I didn’t get along with it. It had its moments but overall it was frustrating to... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• N. Scott Momada: House Made of Dawn (1968) Literature and War Readalong January...

  

  This is going to be a pretty short post. I finished the book but I didn’t get along with it. It had its moments but overall it was frustrating to... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Seicho Matsumoto: A Quiet Place (2016) – Kikanakatta Basho (1975)

  

  Seicho Matsumoto’s A Quiet Place is the second Japanese crime novel I’ve read this month. While it is very different from Keigo Higashino’s Devotion of Suspect... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hayden Carruth’s Poem “California”

  

  I discovered American poet Hayden Carruth on subrosa here. The poem Sigrun posted was so poignant that I ordered one of Carruth’s collections Scrambled Eggs ... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Agnes Ravatn: The Bird Tribunal (2016) – Fugletribunalet (2013)

  

  Agnes Ravatn is a Norwegian journalist, essayist and short story writer. The prize-winning crime novel The Bird Tribunal (Fugletribunalet) is her second... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE