Hi, folks!

This is post number seven of #knowthyshelf, a meme/tag/ series of photos documenting my bookshelves.

1) Book from this shelf you would save in an emergency:

• Im Dunkeln Gehn, by Djuna Barnes, tr. Robin Cackett (2002, letters to Emily Coleman from 1934 – 1938)

2) Book that has been in this shelf for the longest time:

• Diego et Frida, by J. M. G. Le Clezio (1993)

3) Newest addition to this shelf:

• E a noite roda, by Alexandra Lucas Coelho (2012)

4) Book from this shelf you are most excited to read or reread:

• The pure and the impure, by Colette, tr. Herma Briffault (2000. Original: Le Pur et l’Impur: Ces plaisirs, 1932) 💘

5) Any poetry books?

• Book of Longing, by Leonard Cohen (2006)
• Book of Mercy, by Leonard Cohen (1984)
• Vermelho Rupestre, by Katyuscia Carvalho (2015)
• Pena Capital, by Mario Cesariny (1957)
• Collected poems, by Sara Coleridge, edited by Peter Swaab (2007)

6) Any nonfiction books?

• Critica e traducao, by Ana Cristina Cesar (1999)

7) Most read author in this shelf:

• Colette & Ivy Compton-Burnett

And now a question for you:
8) What does this shelf tell YOU about ME as a reader?

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Feel free to do this tag, too! As always, I’d love to peruse your bookshelves 🙂

Yours truly,

J.

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