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    Tag: Memoir

    What if mothers refused to deny their womanhood

    Dear Sibilla, A Woman, tr. Rosalind Delmar (1980. Original: Una donna, 1906) is a disturbing novella where rape, depression, suicide, adultery, and domestic violence are packed in…… Read more “What if mothers refused to deny their womanhood”

    23 de August de 2019 by juliana

    We were overcome with a kind of reverse vertigo,

    Dear Annie, Reading The Years. tr. Alison L. Strayer (2017. Original: Les Années, 2008) feels very much like leafing through an old photo album, opening the contents of…… Read more “We were overcome with a kind of reverse vertigo,”

    20 de May de 201920 de May de 2019 by juliana

    My name, here, is the name of my fracture

    Dear Albertine, Astragal (1965) opens with a leap into the sky, from one kind of prison to another – but our protagonist doesn’t know it yet. The…… Read more “My name, here, is the name of my fracture”

    29 de April de 2019 by juliana

    It takes one word,

    Dear Natalia, In Family Lexicon, tr. Jenny McPhee (2017. Original: Lessico famigliare, 1963), we have the impression of having been accepted as guests at your family’s dinner table: as we…… Read more “It takes one word,”

    11 de March de 2019 by juliana

    My Year in Nonfiction 2018 | Essay collections & Memoirs

    Hi, folks, Continuing with the discussion started a couple of posts back, about nonfiction trends in my reading this year,  I’ve also noticed that I read a good amount of…… Read more “My Year in Nonfiction 2018 | Essay collections & Memoirs”

    7 de December de 20187 de December de 2018 by juliana

    The old brag of my heart

    Dear Maggie, I Am, I Am, I Am (2017) reads like a reliquary of the string of moments your bragging heart, in a way or another, snatched…… Read more “The old brag of my heart”

    3 de December de 20183 de December de 2018 by juliana

    It was a family of women buccaneers

    Dear Gladys, The Matriarch (1924) is a family saga told in a fragmented way, weaving together vignettes, sketches and anecdotes that read like a series of family…… Read more “It was a family of women buccaneers”

    24 de August de 201824 de August de 2018 by juliana

    The girl is a peasant warrior

    Dear Xiaolu, Your book Nine Continents (2017, also published in the UK with the title Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up) is…… Read more “The girl is a peasant warrior”

    14 de September de 2017 by juliana

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