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Tag Archives: Europe
Film review: The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Rich and immersive Oscar-nominated Norwegian romantic comedy
I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir by Jan Grue (Norway)
A thought-provoking, Barbellion Prize-longlisted memoir on living with disability by Norwegian academic Jan Grue
Story of O by Pauline Réage (a pseudonym for Anne Desclos, #1954club, France)
French filth from 1954
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan (France, #1954club)
A classic of French literature from 1954
Review of The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom (Netherlands)
Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke I’ve not stuck to my reading plans lately, but I will probably come back to that in another post. Instead, I’ve found myself reading a few short international reads, including this one, The Following Story by acclaimed Dutch writer Cees (Cornelis) Nooteboom. Although short, it’s not an easy …
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Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov (Ukraine)
Tragicomic masterpiece by one of Ukraine’s most well-known modern writers
Review of Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi (Albania)
Much-lauded memoir of growing up in a secretive and rapidly changing Albania in the 1980 and 1990s
Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine (Reading Ireland month)
An excellent Belfast-set collection of short stories
Servant of the People (Ukrainian TV show)
I watched Zelenskiy’s “Servant of the People”, and I’m glad I did
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