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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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The Count of Monte Christo, a Hero’s Story?
“The Count of Monte Christo”, a review not about the book itself about, but about my opinion regarding the hero.
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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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Reading List 2024
Everyone does a review of the year – why not use your reading list as one? This is 2024 from the point of view of…
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Escaping the Ship
Getting imprisoned on a ship is never a fun vacation activity. But how to escape with only a fat, lazy cat at hand?
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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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Here, on leseriana.blog, I share my passion for reading in three different languages.
Romanian, my mother tongue
English, the language I don’t even consider foreign
German, the language of my adoptive country and still very foreign for me
Over three languages, I am here to to connect with fellow readers like you.
