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Spanish Literature in 4 Voices
Looking to explore Spanish literature beyond the well-known names? Here are 4 authors who each offer a different view of postwar Spain and life’s quiet…
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Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf’s Most-Read Novel
Virginia Woolf wrote with ‘Mrs Dalloway’ one of the most read and most enduring novels of the 20th century. But what makes her novel so…
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Pride & Prejudice – How to Be Bold
Jane Austen’s must-read classic ‘Pride & Prejudice’ is more than the most romantic love story of all times. It is a guidebook for how to…
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being and a Dog Named Karenin
Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a strangely readable heavy novel about chance encounters, the weight of destiny and a dog named Karenin.
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The Kitty That Could
The life of a kitty is hard – no one knows that better than a cat. See what a cat could do while she is…
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Leipzig Book Fair 2025 – A Review
March holds one of the most important yearly events for me – the Leipzig book fair.
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Sara Stridsberg and her Beckomberga
Sara Stridsberg’s ‘The Gravity of Love’ is the story of a father and daughter, as well as the story of Beckomberga, the former mental institution…
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The Lucky Bottle
Jack is just an ordinary man – with a bottle. A lucky bottle to be precise. Read Jack’s story – or is it the story…
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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.
leseriana in English
Book reviews and recommendations, literary analyses, forgotten literary treasures, hints and suggestions how to live a meaningful reader’s life. This is an overview of all the blog posts I wrote in English.
