Hi, folks! It’s time to look back and wrap-up some of my 2019 year-long reading projects. * Back to the Classics Back to the Classics, hosted by…… Read more “Reading Projects Wrap-up | 2019”
Day: December 20, 2019
The alphabet of my childhood
Dear Hella, Running just beneath the nostalgic waters of The Black Lake (tr. Ina Rilke, 2012. Original: Oeroeg, 1948), there is a disturbing current of tainted innocence: at…… Read more “The alphabet of my childhood”
Hella Haasse
Hella Haasse (Hélène Serafia “Hella” Haasse, married name Hélène Serafia Lelyveld-Haasse; 2 February 1918 – 29 September 2011) was a Dutch writer. She was born in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta),…… Read more “Hella Haasse”