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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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East of the West & English Bulgarian
‘East of the West’ is Miroslav Penkov’s 2011 debut collection of short stories, lived in Bulgaria and written in English.
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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.
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Sounds of London in ‘Mrs Dalloway’
In Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’, the sounds of London rise from its streets and blend past and present.
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.