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Foster by Claire Keegan 2010. French title : Les trois lumières. I bought this book on a whim, in French, something I tried to avoid when it’s Anglophone literature but sometimes I’m just too lazy to… more →
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Too Irishy for its own good
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wrote 1 month ago: Foster by Claire Keegan 2010. French title : Les trois lumières. I bought this book on a whim, in Fr … more →
Don't they have coils in Sweden?
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wrote 3 months ago: Familjegraven by Katarina Mazetti 2005. French title: Le caveau de famille. Not available in English … more →
There’s a lot of insomnia going through the closed double-doors of a sleeping hotel.
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wrote 4 months ago: Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum 1929 French / English title : Grand Hotel I know, I know, I’m like t … more →
Literary UFO
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wrote 5 months ago: Ad Acta by Patrick Ourednik 2011. French title: Classé sans suite Not translated into English, I thi … more →
My hometown, my homeland, my people
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wrote 8 months ago: True Believers by Joseph O’Connor 1991. French title: Les Bons Chrétiens True Believers is a c … more →
Ghost towns, broken souls and fragile minds and the myth of the perfect family
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wrote 8 months ago: Broken Harbor by Tana French In every way there is, murder is chaos. Our job is simple, when you get … more →
The artist according to Strindberg in The Red Room
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wrote 9 months ago: In The Red Room (one day, I’ll have time, alert and available neurons to write my billet about … more →
Teen with spirit
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wrote 10 months ago: Mentre dorme il pescecane by Milena Agus. 2005. French title : Quand le requin dort. Not translated … more →
Silk by Alessandro Baricco
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wrote 1 year ago: Silk by Alessandro Baricco. French title: Soie 1996 I’d heard of Silk before and as I was in an Ital … more →
A lost soul by Giovanni Arpino
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wrote 1 year ago: Un’ anima persa by Giovanni Arpino. 1966. French title: Une âme perdue. Not translated into En … more →
An Awfully Good Book
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wrote 1 year ago: An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge. 1989 French title: Le Dernier amour du Capitaine Croch … more →
German Literature Month in November: my selection
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wrote 1 year ago: After a moment of hesitation, I decided to participate to the German Reading Month hosted by Carolin … more →
The weight of consequences
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wrote 1 year ago: The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano. 2008. 343 pages « Deux désespoirs qui se rencontren … more →
Le mal du siècle Part III: The 20th Century.
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wrote 1 year ago: Les Choses (1965) by Georges Perec (1936-1982). 140 pages. I decided to read Les Choses (For Englis … more →
Forever a servant: a female's life isn't worth living, she thinks
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wrote 1 year ago: The Murderess (1903) by Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911) 189 pages. Alexandros Papadiamantis is … more →
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke
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wrote 1 year ago: The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke. I found a pdf version on line, translat … more →
Do you need to be Irish to love Dubliners by James Joyce?
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wrote 1 year ago: Dubliners by James Joyce. 1914. I’m well aware that my post title will raise eyebrows or brin … more →
Holiday Reading
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wrote 1 year ago: As far as work is concerned, France is a dead country in August: everbody is on holiday. So as a goo … more →
The Best British Short Stories 2011. Part I
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wrote 1 year ago: The Best British Short Stories 2011, presented by Nicholas Royle. 239 pages. It all started by a fu … more →
