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Sylvia Townsend Warner and Her Fantasy Worlds
Sylvia Townsend Warner captivates us with a wide range of literary styles in her books. But there’s an element she always returns to – fantasy.
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Melancolia – Eine Reise durch den Spiegel
Mircea Cărtărescu, “Melancolia”, aus dem Rumänischen von Ernest Wichner, Zsolnay 2022
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Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Uncollected Stories
Sylvia Townsend Warner’s uncollected stories. ‘The Music at Long Verney’, The Harvill Press, 2001
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Mircea Cărtărescu, Cenaclul de Luni, și alte legende
“Mircea Cărtărescu este cel mai mare scriitor român contemporan” (Nicolae Manolescu)
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Lolly Willowes – Autumn, Witchcraft, Satan
‘Lolly Willowes’, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Penguin Classics, 2020. First published by Chatto & Windus 1926.
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5 Ways to Define Your Reading Pathway
Or, how to choose your next book in a coherent way, which gives you your own story to tell.
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4 Killer First Sentences in 20th Century Literature
Katherine Mansfield, Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Jackson and Mavis Gallant write some of the most enticing and exciting (read killer) first sentences in 20th century…
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Dark Christmas Stories for the Dark Season
This is the second year in establishing a new tradition – reading dark stories for Christmas in the long nights of December.
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2024 – Das Jahr der Bücher, die sich angesammelt haben
Für das Jahr 2024 habe ich vor, mich durch die ungelesenen Bücher der vergangenen Jahre zu arbeiten.
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.