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Mircea Cărtărescu’s “Nostalgia”
“I will write not to construct a story, but to exorcise an obsession” (Mircea Cărtărescu, ‘The Twins’, one of the stories in ‘Nostalgia’)
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Books and Reading in Virginia Woolf’s Essays
How should one read a book? What is there to discover on an evening walk in the streets of London? Virginia Woolf comes up with…
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What the Big Deal about Katherine Mansfield Is
Katherine Mansfield is one of the best Modernist writers of the 20th century and, for many readers, still a discovery which needs to be made.
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How Literary Art Can Save Us
In ‘What is Art’ Tolstoy argues that real art insidiously carves a path into our souls and makes us better human beings.
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6 Hints on How to Read Challenging Books
Struggled with ‘Mrs Dalloway’, ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the like? I’ve been there. Let me show you how to read such books.
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How to Read “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”
D.H. Lawrence’s last novel, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, is a story of class and forbidden love, filled with explicit scenes of love-making and profane words. But…
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Stories of Tea – Comfort, Memory, Custom
I sure love my cup of tea. Maybe you do too. While enjoying your hot Darjeeling, Sencha or Oolong, have you ever thought about the…
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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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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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Lolly Willowes – Autumn, Witchcraft, Satan
‘Lolly Willowes’, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Penguin Classics, 2020. First published by Chatto & Windus 1926.
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.
