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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.
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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.
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.
