The Light and the Dark – Mikhail Shishkin
The Light and the Dark was one of those books that I read just in time; it helped me and explained myself to me better than anyone else.…
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Elif the Reader The Light and the Dark was one of those books that I read just in time; it helped me and explained myself to me better than anyone else.…
Visitation is the first book by Jenny Erpenbeck I’ve read, and it will likely be her last as well. Despite realizing that I could not get along (with…
The House of Sleep is one of Jonathan Coe’s rather strange novels written in 1997. As a person who ponders a lot about sleep, the book’s subject caught…
When Strangers Meet is a lovely book about the little miracles that happen when you talk to people you don’t know. A simple good morning or hello can…
Islands of Abandonment was written by Scottish author Cal Flyn in 2021 and nominated for many awards, especially The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Award. I expected that…
Three Summers is the most famous novel by Greek author Margarita Liberaki. Since I miss the summer months, I wanted to read a story that would make me…
The Paper Palace is the first book by Miranda Cowley Heller and to be honest, it shows. My book club chose to read this otherwise it wouldn’t even…
Days in the Caucasus was one of the memoirs I wanted to read for a long time. When I finally read it, I understood why Banine was so…
The Men is a modern dystopia that deals with racism, social injustice, politics, feminism and more. I do think of the book as a feminist utopia, though. After…
A Bend in the River is the second book by V. S. Naipaul that I have read, after Miguel Street, and it will undoubtedly be the last. While…