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Tag Archives: Europe

Book review: Children of the Cave by Virve Sammalkorpi (Finland)

Speculative fiction from Finland, with strange finds on a 19th century anthropological mission

Posted byimogenglad28th Jan 202328th Jan 2023Posted inbookTags: Europe, Finland, books, fiction, female writers, translated literature, fantasy, Virve Sammalkorpi, NORDICfinds235 Comments on Book review: Children of the Cave by Virve Sammalkorpi (Finland)

Artist Paula Rego (Portugal)

Theatrical feminist art influenced by fairy tales, politics and domestic power play

Posted byimogenglad3rd Dec 20223rd Dec 2022Posted inartTags: art exhibitions, Europe, European artists, female artists, Paula Rego, Portugal4 Comments on Artist Paula Rego (Portugal)

Body Kintsugi by Senka Marić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

A Bosnian novel of sickness and recovery informed by personal experience

Posted byimogenglad27th Nov 2022Posted inbookTags: Body Kintsugi, books, bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe, female writers, novella, novellasinnovember, Peirene, Senka Maric, translated literature1 Comment on Body Kintsugi by Senka Marić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Germany)

Classic tale of a disturbing, febrile obsession

Posted byimogenglad13th Nov 2022Posted inbookTags: books, classic literature, classics, Death in Venice, Europe, German literature, germany, novnov, Thomas Mann, translated literature9 Comments on Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Germany)

Film Review: Le Havre (Finland)

A Utopian slice of small-town life from 2011 by Aki Kaurismäki

Posted byimogenglad15th Oct 202215th Oct 2022Posted infilmTags: Aki Kaurismaki, comedy, drama, Europe, european cinema, film, Finland, Finnish film, France, immigrant experience, migration, refugees2 Comments on Film Review: Le Havre (Finland)

Review: Art works by Maria Bartuszová (1936-96, Slovakia)

Work by Slovakian artist Maria Bartuszová at Tate Modern

Posted byimogenglad9th Oct 202210th Oct 2022Posted inartTags: art, art exhibitions, artist, Europe, female artists, Maria Bartuszova, sculpture, Slovakia, Tate Modern3 Comments on Review: Art works by Maria Bartuszová (1936-96, Slovakia)

Review of Olga (Swiss film)

Prize-winning Swiss film starring talented Ukrainian gymnast explores talent, expectation and the pain of exile

Posted byimogenglad11th Sep 202211th Sep 2022Posted infilmTags: Europe, female directors, films, movies, Switzerland, ukraine1 Comment on Review of Olga (Swiss film)

Review of the Kevin Barry book ‘Night Boat to Tangier’ (Ireland)

Two bantering Irish criminals contemplate life while waiting at a Spanish ferry port

Posted byimogenglad4th Sep 202211th Sep 2022Posted inbookTags: booker longlist, books, Europe, fiction, Ireland, Kevin BarryLeave a comment on Review of the Kevin Barry book ‘Night Boat to Tangier’ (Ireland)

We Had to Remove this Post by Hanna Bervoets (Netherlands)

A dystopian Dutch romance set in the world of content moderation

Posted byimogenglad21st Aug 2022Posted inbookTags: 20booksofsummer, 20booksofsummer22, books, dystopia, Europe, female writers, fiction, Netherlands, translated literature4 Comments on We Had to Remove this Post by Hanna Bervoets (Netherlands)

Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood and three other mini book reviews

Three mini reviews of the latest in my 20 books of summer

Posted byimogenglad19th Aug 202220th Aug 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags: 20booksofsummer, 20booksofsummer22, books, Christopher Isherwood, Europe, female writers, fiction, jessica andrews, United Kingdom2 Comments on Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood and three other mini book reviews

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