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    Tag: Religion

    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”

    17 de January de 201917 de January de 2019 by juliana

    Sitting deep in the human heart

    Dear Selma, Your short-story collection Invisible Links, tr. Pauline Bancroft Flach (1899. Original: Osynliga länkar,1894) reads like a visit to one of those Scandinavian wooden churches, decorated with…… Read more “Sitting deep in the human heart”

    31 de August de 201831 de August de 2018 by juliana

    And do you know that no character is any good in this world unless that will has been broken completely?

    Dear Antonia, I dare to say your semi-biographical novel, which was  based on your experiences as a boarder at the Convent of the Sacred Heart between 1908…… Read more “And do you know that no character is any good in this world unless that will has been broken completely?”

    1 de August de 20161 de August de 2016 by juliana

    The force behind the movement of time is a mourning that will not be comforted

    Dear Marilynne, My book club held a heated discussion on your book Housekeeping (1980) in May. I confess we were all enraptured by this compelling story of two…… Read more “The force behind the movement of time is a mourning that will not be comforted”

    8 de June de 201621 de April de 2017 by juliana

    Let us learn about not knowing

    Querida Juana, The recent edition of your Selected Works (tr. Edith Grossman) has kept me company this month. As I found myself immersed in your ballads, redondillas,…… Read more “Let us learn about not knowing”

    31 de May de 20166 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Who can live with a volcano?

    Dear Esther, How can one read a volcano? Your semi-autobiographical novel Deborah (Der Shaidim Tantz, 1936, tr. Maurice Carr) can be subtly misleading: behind its veil of…… Read more “Who can live with a volcano?”

    4 de May de 201610 de August de 2016 by juliana

    Love was so vulnerable

    Dear Mary, In the midst of a very busy week for me, it was a delight to come home after a hectic day and be able to…… Read more “Love was so vulnerable”

    8 de April de 20161 de August de 2016 by juliana

    Things started to fall apart

    Dear Chimamanda, Your novel Purple Hibiscus (2003) won me over from the beginning – and the reason for this  lies heavily on your narrator’s tender but unremitting voice.…… Read more “Things started to fall apart”

    8 de March de 201311 de August de 2016 by juliana

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