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Die Vegetarierin, ein Buch wie ein Fiebertraum
Han Kangs Roman “Die Vegetarierin” hat mich aus der Bahn geworfen.
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Love, Loss and Winter in the Air
Sylvia Townsend Warner’s 1938 collection Winter in the Air is the perfect book to pick up at the turn of season.
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The Beautiful Difficulty of ‘The Heat of the Day’
Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘The Heat of the Day’ is a beautifully atmospheric novel, with dense prose and fragmented storytelling which require and reward patience.
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Other Worlds, Same Hauntings
Nadezhda Teffi’s anthology of short stories ‘Other Worlds’ has opened my eyes to a hidden gem of Russian literature.
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Valeria scrie caietul interzis, noi îl citim
Romanul din 1952 al scriitoarei italiene Alba de Céspedes “Caietul interzis” dă glas unei femei care sfidează tăcerea impusă asupra ei de familie și societate.
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Great Italian Short Stories
If there’s something which sets Italian short stories apart from other literatures of the world it’s this: they burn with a barely contained fire.
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Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens – dreifach erzählt
„Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens“, der zweite Roman aus der Neapolitanischen Tetralogie von Elena Ferrante, führt die komplizierte Freundschaftsgeschichte zwischen Lila und Elena fort.
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Povestea noului nume, de 3 ori
„Povestea noului nume”, al doilea roman din Tetralogia Napolitană de Elena Ferrante duce mai departe povestea prieteniei complicate dintre Lila și Elena.
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Russische Klassiker zur Weihnachtszeit
Russische Klassiker sind perfekt dafür, das Gefühl eines tiefen Winters und das Knirschen von Schnee heraufzubeschwören – selbst wenn draußen keiner liegt.
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Christmas Ghost Stories at the Hearth
This is the third year of what is already becoming a well-established tradition in my reading year – reading ghost stories for Christmas.
diana
I’m Diana, a lifelong book and literature enthusiast.
I’m a big fan of 20th century literature and women writers, but I don’t shy away from classics, contemporary fiction, nor from an intelligent thriller.