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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
Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to her Son by Homeira Qaderi (Afghanistan)
A gripping memoir on growing up as a teenage girl under Taliban rule
January 2022 Cultural Round-Up; Reading Plans for 2022; Additions to the TBR
January 2022 Cultural Round-Up; Reading Plans for 2022; Additions to the TBR
A Moth to a Flame by Stig Dagerman (Sweden)
Translated by Benjamin Mier-Cruz Reviewed by Imogen G. I took some time out from Japanese culture to read the Swedish novel A Moth to a Flame for Annabel’s month of Nordic FINDS. By the end of this very beautifully written, psychologically intense novel, however, I felt a bit sullied after spending so much time with …
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Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (1920-77, Brazil)
Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector’s final novel
Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima (Japan)
A single mother carves out a new life with her toddler in 1970s Tokyo
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