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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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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, encapsulated in Clarissa Dalloway’s memorable day in 1923, rise from its streets and blend past and…
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The Darkness of ‘The Secret Agent’
Joseph Conrad’s ‘The Secret Agent’ is a dark novel of human despair set in the muddy streets of early 20th century London.
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Who Owns the Narrative of McGlue?
Ottessa Moshfegh’s first published work, “McGlue”, is the story of one man’s enlightenment or a study on how the psyche works. Depends on how you…
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Doar un bestseller de Amélie Nothomb
“Sabotaj din iubire” de Amélie Nothomb spune o poveste de dragoste și una de război. Dar ambele se desfășoară în mintea unei fetițe de 7…
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Dorian Gray’s Life & Art
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a piece of classic gothic literature, but it’s also a portrait of how intricately life & art are entwined…
fiction
Book reviews and recommendations, written from a personal point of view and grounded in what’s happening in my life at the moment. This is an overview of all the blog posts I wrote about fiction.
