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    Month: October 2018

    An imposing and fragile mass

    THE ELEPHANT Carlos Drummond de Andrade With my scant resources I make an elephant. I count on some wood from old furniture to prop him up. And…… Read more “An imposing and fragile mass”

    31 de October de 2018 by juliana

    Carlos Drummond de Andrade

    Carlos Drummond de Andrade (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian writer. He studied Pharmacy at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, but never…… Read more “Carlos Drummond de Andrade”

    31 de October de 201831 de October de 2018 by juliana

    To light a fire in the night

    FIRE IN THE NIGHT Hélio Pellegrino (tr. Juliana Brina) We’ll light a fire in the night. Come here, hold this newspaper scrap, while I  strike the match.…… Read more “To light a fire in the night”

    29 de October de 20188 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Hélio Pellegrino

    Hélio Pellegrino (1924 — 1988) was a Brazilian writer and psychoanalyst. He studied Medicine at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and wrote for several literary supplements. He was friends with the…… Read more “Hélio Pellegrino”

    29 de October de 201829 de October de 2018 by juliana

    Nonfiction November| 2018

    Hi, folks! I can’t believe it’s almost November! As in previous years, in this garden of mine, it is time not only for German Lit books, but…… Read more “Nonfiction November| 2018”

    26 de October de 201826 de October de 2018 by juliana

    O cursed human voice, violin of flesh and blood,

    Dear Violet, The short-story “A Wicked Voice”, published in the collections Hauntings (1890) and The Virgin of the Seven Daggers (1962, posthumously published), combines elements of a Faustian pact,…… Read more “O cursed human voice, violin of flesh and blood,”

    25 de October de 2018 by juliana

    Vernon Lee

    Vernon Lee (pen name of Violet Paget, October 14, 1856 – February 13, 1935) was a British writer. Born in France to cosmopolitan British parents, they had a nomadic childhood…… Read more “Vernon Lee”

    24 de October de 201824 de September de 2020 by juliana

    Panic calls out cowardice, and cowardice cruelty

    Dear Elizabeth, The novella Lois the Witch (1859) is a fictionalised account of the Salem witch hunt, as well as a sharp meditation on the thin line…… Read more “Panic calls out cowardice, and cowardice cruelty”

    23 de October de 201824 de October de 2018 by juliana

    Elizabeth Gaskell

    Elizabeth Gaskell (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson; 1810 – 1865) was an English writer. After her mother’s death, one-year-old Gaskell was sent to live with her aunt. Encouraged by her…… Read more “Elizabeth Gaskell”

    22 de October de 201831 de October de 2019 by juliana

    You’ve stayed where you were

    Dear Agatha, Absent in the Spring (1944) is a character study and a psychological exploration of self-denial, crossed through by a growing sense of unease at each…… Read more “You’ve stayed where you were”

    18 de October de 201819 de December de 2018 by juliana

    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer. She was home-schooled and taught herself to read from…… Read more “Agatha Christie”

    18 de October de 201819 de December de 2018 by juliana

    This look of sadness would last perhaps for a minute

    Dear Amy, Jill (1884) is a fast-pacing coming of age story with subtle social commentary and strong feminist undertones. The novel centres on the eponymous heroine, Jill,…… Read more “This look of sadness would last perhaps for a minute”

    16 de October de 2018 by juliana

    Amy Dillwyn

    Amy Dillwyn (Elizabeth Amy Dillwyn, 1845 – 1935) was a Welsh writer. Inspired in part by George Eliot’s Middlemarch, Dillwyn became a feminist writer, and wrote some of…… Read more “Amy Dillwyn”

    9 de October de 201816 de October de 2018 by juliana

    No Coward Soul Is Mine

    Five poems by Emily Brontë,  from the book The Night is Darkening Round Me (2015) * No coward soul is mine No coward soul is mine No trembler in…… Read more “No Coward Soul Is Mine”

    5 de October de 201828 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Emily Brontë

    Emily Brontë (Emily Jane Brontë, 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English writer. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. She was educated mostly at home by her father…… Read more “Emily Brontë”

    5 de October de 201824 de October de 2019 by juliana

    German Lit Month, Library Loot & Dewey’s Readathon

    Hi, folks, Summer is definitely gone, Victober has just started, and I have here a new stack of books freshly borrowed from my local library. Here is…… Read more “German Lit Month, Library Loot & Dewey’s Readathon”

    1 de October de 20181 de October de 2018 by juliana

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