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Hi, folks! This is the first of a series of posts documenting my bookshelves. I thought it would be interesting to create a meme/tag for it, so…… Read more “Know Thy Shelf | 01”
Author: juliana brina
Poeira de água sobre água. Water dust over water.
Otherwise let this mad world crush us now
Dear Elizabeth, The Morgesons (1862) is that rare thing: a 19th-century novel with a sceptical, areligious, and probably amoral heroine. It reads like a modernist fiction avant…… Read more “Otherwise let this mad world crush us now”
Eve actually ate an apple
“It is best for us to continue in the belief that Eve actually ate an apple, and immediately ruined Adam in consequence! I like this belief, too,…… Read more “Eve actually ate an apple”
Elizabeth Drew Stoddard
Elizabeth Drew Stoddard (née Barstow, May 6, 1823 – August 1, 1902) was an American writer. She studied at Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Massachusetts. In 1852, she got married to the critic…… Read more “Elizabeth Drew Stoddard”
Reading Ireland Month | 2019
Hello, lovely readers, As in the previous years, for our delight, Cathy and Niall are hosting Reading Ireland Month, in March, to celebrate all things Irish! Here are some of my possible…… Read more “Reading Ireland Month | 2019”
Sucked into the soft, light-filled sky
Tsushima-san, In Territory of Light, tr. Geraldine Harcourt (2018. Original: 光の領分, Hikari no ryōbun, 1979), you throw your protagonist in a room flooded from all corners with a harsh, shifting…… Read more “Sucked into the soft, light-filled sky”
Yūko Tsushima
Yūko Tsushima (pen name of Satoko Tsushima, 30 March 1947 – 18 February 2016) was a Japanese writer. Her father, the writer Osamu Dazai, committed suicide together with his lover,…… Read more “Yūko Tsushima”
This lonely spot was not without its pilgrims
Dear Sarah, Much like its characters, who seem to inhabit the limbo between past and present, life and death, The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) lies…… Read more “This lonely spot was not without its pilgrims”
Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett (born Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett, September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American writer. She studied at Berwick Academy, Maine, and started her writing…… Read more “Sarah Orne Jewett”
Take her away and I’m half of whatever we are
Dear Dorothy, Cassandra at the Wedding (1962) is a nuanced, finely observed character study and comedy of manners, full of a dark, twisted sense of humour, which can…… Read more “Take her away and I’m half of whatever we are”
Dorothy Baker
Dorothy Baker (born Dorothy Alice Dodds; April 21, 1907– June 17, 1968) was an American writer. Baker attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduation in 1929,…… Read more “Dorothy Baker “
Library Loot: January 30 to February 5
Hi, folks! Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading, encouraging bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the…… Read more “Library Loot: January 30 to February 5”
And it seemed right, I mean rite, to me
The indie book blog is dead: to begin with. 1.1 It’s January 2019, and the topic seems to have resurfaced at Vulture – of all places –…… Read more “And it seemed right, I mean rite, to me”
Kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths
Dear Henry, The Heart of the Matter (1948) is a book about a man caught in the vortex of a moral crisis – and, ultimately, torn apart and…… Read more “Kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths”
Graham Greene
Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer. He studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. After graduation, in 1925, Greene worked…… Read more “Graham Greene”
New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2018 | Top Ten Tuesday
Hi, folks, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and currently hosted by Jana at That Artsy Girl. This week’s topic is New-to-Me Authors…… Read more “New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2018 | Top Ten Tuesday”
Japanese Literature Challenge | 2019
Hi, folks, The Japanese Literature Challenge is hosted by Meredith at Dolce Bellezza since 2006. This year, the event will run from January to March, and there is only…… Read more “Japanese Literature Challenge | 2019”
Notes heard by no one reverberating against nothing
Dear Robert, Intimate Ties, tr. Peter Wortsman (2019. Original: Vereinigungen, 1911) comprises two novellas centred on repressed sexuality, taboo, and female desire. Both content and narrative style…… Read more “Notes heard by no one reverberating against nothing”
