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    Month: September 2017

    It was the memory of a memory by now—the hallmark of happiness, that scene

    Review: In a Summer Season, by Elizabeth Taylor

    29 de September de 2017 by juliana

    In the mood for some Victober

    Hello, lovely readers, Victober is a challenge hosted by Kate Howe, Katie from Books and Things, Ange from Beyond the Pages, and Lucy the Reader. Their goal is to read as…… Read more “In the mood for some Victober”

    27 de September de 201727 de September de 2017 by juliana

    We don’t have the more refined illnesses here

    Dear Sofia, Reading your novel City Folk and Country Folk, translated by Nora Seligman Favorov (Городские и деревенские, 1863), feels like following a deceptively simple pattern with…… Read more “We don’t have the more refined illnesses here”

    25 de September de 20176 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Sofia Khvoshchinskaya

    Sofia Khvoshchinskaya (Софья Дмитриевна Хвощинская, 1824–1865) was a Russian writer, translator and painter. She studied at St. Catherine Moscow Institute. Sofia published fiction and social commentary, and wrote under…… Read more “Sofia Khvoshchinskaya”

    25 de September de 201711 de September de 2018 by juliana

    We are more porous than we know

    Dear Emily, Although centred around a murder, your debut novel Idaho (2017) does not revolve around the questions of who might have done it or why; yours…… Read more “We are more porous than we know”

    19 de September de 2017 by juliana

    Emily Ruskovich

    Emily Ruskovich is an American writer. She graduated from the University of Montana and received an MA in English from the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and…… Read more “Emily Ruskovich”

    19 de September de 201719 de September de 2017 by juliana

    Trespassing on one’s own ground

    Dear Monica, The atmosphere in your novel Mariana (1940) feels like a bright surface tinted by an added layer of nostalgia, and a pervading sense of loss.…… Read more “Trespassing on one’s own ground”

    17 de September de 2017 by juliana

    Monica Dickens

    Monica Enid Dickens (10 May 1915 – 25 December 1992) was an English writer. After being expelled from St Paul’s Girls’ School, in London, she went into domestic service, and…… Read more “Monica Dickens”

    17 de September de 20178 de June de 2018 by juliana

    The girl is a peasant warrior

    Dear Xiaolu, Your book Nine Continents (2017, also published in the UK with the title Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up) is…… Read more “The girl is a peasant warrior”

    14 de September de 2017 by juliana

    Xiaolu Guo

    Xiaolu Guo (simplified Chinese: 郭小橹; traditional Chinese: 郭小櫓; pinyin: Guō Xiǎolǔ, 1973) is a British-Chinese novelist and film-maker. She studied at the Beijing Film Academy, and moved to London in 2002. Books Once Upon A Time in the East:…… Read more “Xiaolu Guo”

    14 de September de 201714 de September de 2017 by juliana

    A product of the interplay of traveled hearts

    The Heart of a Woman The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on, Afar o’er life’s…… Read more “A product of the interplay of traveled hearts”

    11 de September de 201711 de September de 2017 by juliana

    Georgia Douglas Johnson

    Georgia Douglas Johnson (Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, September 10, 1880 – May 14, 1966) was an African-American poet and playwright. She graduated from Atlanta University’s Normal School, and attended the Oberlin Conservatory…… Read more “Georgia Douglas Johnson”

    11 de September de 201711 de September de 2017 by juliana

    20 Books of Summer Wrap-Up & R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XII

    Hello, lovely readers, I am back from a three-week trip to Portugal and Brazil, and I can safely report that Summer has swiftly gone away here in…… Read more “20 Books of Summer Wrap-Up & R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XII”

    8 de September de 201726 de September de 2017 by juliana

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