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    Month: November 2018

    Minna sits with the sea inside

    Dear Dorthe, Both of the novellas comprised in So Much For That Winter, tr.  Misha Hoekstra (2016. Original: Det var så den vinter,  2016/ Minna mangler et øvelokale, 2013…… Read more “Minna sits with the sea inside”

    30 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Dorthe Nors

    Dorthe Nors (1970) is a Danish writer. She studied Literature and Art History at Aarhus University. Awards Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize (2017) for her novel Mirror, Shoulder, Signal. Books In English…… Read more “Dorthe Nors”

    30 de November de 201830 de November de 2018 by juliana

    The wild muse in me

    Five poems by German author Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, from the book The Wild Muse: The Poetry of Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff, edited and translated by Marion Tymms (2013) * Restlessness (Unruhe,…… Read more “The wild muse in me”

    28 de November de 201829 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

    Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (Anna Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria, Freiin/Baroness von Droste zu Hülshoff, 10 or 12 January 1797 – 24 May 1848), was a German writer and composer.…… Read more “Annette von Droste-Hülshoff”

    28 de November de 20181 de December de 2020 by juliana

    It is politic to tell our own story,

    Dear Sara, The Poets’ Daughters: Dora Wordsworth and Sara Coleridge, by Katie Waldegrave (2013) draws from letters, journals, memoirs, and other primary sources from your circle of acquaintances,…… Read more “It is politic to tell our own story,”

    27 de November de 20181 de December de 2018 by juliana

    Sara Coleridge

    Sara Coleridge (23 December 1802 – 3 May 1852) was an English writer, known primarily as the editor of the works of her father, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. During Sara’s childhood,…… Read more “Sara Coleridge”

    26 de November de 201827 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Library Loot: November 21 to 27 | 2018

    Hi, folks! We have had our first snow around here, the days are short and dark, and I am trying to comfort myself with a new stack…… Read more “Library Loot: November 21 to 27 | 2018”

    23 de November de 201826 de November de 2018 by juliana

    The force that drives the blind against the light

    Miserere Nobis – by Miguel Torga What a verse takes! At this time, how many poets, like me, are waiting! Winter is gone, spring came, the night…… Read more “The force that drives the blind against the light”

    22 de November de 201822 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Miguel Torga

    Miguel Torga (pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha, 1907 – 1995) was a Portuguese writer. He studied at a Catholic seminary. In 1920, he was sent to Brazil to work as an underpaid…… Read more “Miguel Torga”

    22 de November de 201822 de November de 2018 by juliana

    She was completely engrossed in a single thought

    Dear Sofia, Nihilist Girl, tr. Natasha Kolchevska and Mary Zirin (2001. Original: Нигилистка, 1884) reads like a tale with a void inside, wrapped-up in a blue-tinged layer of melancholy: at its…… Read more “She was completely engrossed in a single thought”

    21 de November de 201821 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Sofia Kovalevskaya

    Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (Со́фья Васи́льевна Ковале́вская, also known as Sophie Kowalevski; neé Sofia Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya, 15 January 1850 – 10 February 1891) was a Russian mathematician and author. She was educated at…… Read more “Sofia Kovalevskaya”

    21 de November de 201821 de November de 2018 by juliana

    I wished I could split my body in two,

    Dear Hanne, The Blue Room, tr. Deborah Dawkin (Original: Like sant som jeg er virkelig, 1999) is a novella about a girl who finds herself unable to…… Read more “I wished I could split my body in two,”

    20 de November de 201820 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Hanne Ørstavik

    Hanne Ørstavik (1969) is a Norwegian writer. She graduated in Psychology, French and Sociology at the University of Oslo. Awards Dobloug Prize (2002) for her literary achievements Brage Prize…… Read more “Hanne Ørstavik”

    20 de November de 20183 de December de 2020 by juliana

    The Classics Spin #19

    Hello, folks! It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! Participants post a list of 20 books on their Classics Club list. On Tuesday (November, 27th), a random number will…… Read more “The Classics Spin #19”

    19 de November de 2018 by juliana

    But white roses have grown

    Hi, folks, This song, written by Mickey 3D, was inspired by Sophie Scholl and the non-violent resistance movement The White Rose, mentioned in the previous post. Below, you can…… Read more “But white roses have grown”

    19 de November de 201810 de January de 2020 by juliana

    We took everything upon ourselves

    Dear Sophie, What I found most interesting in the book The White Rose (1952) were the leaflets you produced and distributed, together with your brother and a group…… Read more “We took everything upon ourselves”

    15 de November de 201815 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Sophie Scholl

    Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student, anti-Nazi dissident, and activist. When she was a teenager, she enlisted in the Hitler…… Read more “Sophie Scholl”

    15 de November de 201815 de November de 2018 by juliana

    I preferred us when my father was away

    Dear Birgit, The Mussel Feast, tr. Jamie Bulloch (2013. Original: Das Muschelessen, 1990) is a novella about the collapse of a man’s rule over his family during the course of an…… Read more “I preferred us when my father was away”

    13 de November de 2018 by juliana

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