Visitation – Jenny Erpenbeck
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…
Elif the Reader
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Elif the Reader 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…
I love reading novels about Vincent Van Gogh because he is my favourite painter of all time. I love impressionism the most; it gives me great pleasure looking…
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…
Oxford is one of my favourite cities in the UK, so I needed to list books set in Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires, Oxford, is home to…
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…
Fantasy books are more popular nowadays, with the TV adaptations creating great hype, we are discovering wonderful worlds and characters. Although I read and fell in love with…
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…