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Inseparable by Simone de Beauvoir, Translated by Sandra Smith

This is a candid and gorgeous portrait of an intimate relationship between two young women at the height of stepping … More

Awakening, Classic, coming of age, Drama, Expectations, Family, French, Girls, Men, NetGalley, Platonic Love, Post-WWI, Relationships, romantic, Sandra Smith, Simpone de Beauvoir, suicide, Translation

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Anthony Doerr’s newest novel is an adventure unparalleled in not only the rest of his work but in today’s canon … More

Ancient Greece, Anthony Doerr, Approachable Postmodernism, Art, Books, Constantinople, Diogenes, Drama, Future, Greek, History, Libraries, modernism, Oral History, Science Fiction, story, Storytelling, Translation, Turkey

Everything Like Before by Kjell Askildsen

Kjell Askildsen’s Everything Like Before is a collection that showcases the deep absence and loneliness that tiptoes under the surface … More

Characterization, collection, Kjell Askildsen, Loss, love, Memory, Micro Fiction, Norway, Norwegian, Relationships, Sean Kinsella, short stories, Translation

Mazel Tov by J.S.Margot

J.S.Margot’s Mazel Tov is a unique exploration into the world of the pre-9/11 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Antwerp through the eyes … More

Antwerp, Belgium, Dating, Denmark, Drama, Dutch, education, Family, Heritage, Jewish, Judaism, Memoir, Outsiders, Relationships, Translation

Difficult Light by Tomás González, Translated by Andrea Rosenberg

Tomás González’s Difficult Light is a heart-wrenching portrait of grief and the ripples that extend from tragic moments in a … More

accident, Andrea Rosenberg, Art, Chicago, Colombia, coping, Death, Family, injury, Loss, old age, pain, painting, sickness, spanish, suffering, suicide, Tomás González, Translation

#469 Come Drink With Me (Dà Zuì Xiá / 大醉俠) (1966)

How about a little Shaw Brothers and a little Shaw Scope for your eyes? Can’t handle it? Go find some … More

#469, Biao Yuen, Chan Hung-lit, Cheng Pei-pei, Chiang Hsing-lung, Chinese, Eddie H. Wang, Foreign, Foreign Language, Ho Lan-shan, Jackie Chan, King Hu, Kung Fu, Mandarin, Run Run Shaw, Shaw Brothers, Shaw Scope, Translation, Wire Fights, Ye Yang, Yi Cheung, Yueh Hua, Zhou Lan-ping

#468 Sedmikrásky (Daisies) (1966)

Věra Chytilová’s Sedmikrásky (Daisies) is a 1966 Czechoslovakian allegory that explores the need for a new postwar experience… but the story … More

Albert, Avant Garde, Brezinová, Cerhová, Cesková, Chytilová, Colors, Criterion Eclipse, Czech, Egg, Hora, Karbanová, Klusák, Konícek, Krumbachová, Kucera, Myskova, Political Allegory, Sisterhood, Slitr, Sust, Translation, Vomácka

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  • Bowie in 2023: #629 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976), THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Walter Tevis, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Dan Watters, LAZARUS by David Bowie and Edna Walsh, ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR by Lance Olsen, BOWIE’S BOOKSHELF by John O’Connell, and DAVID BOWIE: THE LAST INTERVIEW 
  • “Freedom in the Realms of Eccentricity” published at The Collidescope
  • The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi

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  • #549 Walkabout (1971)
  • Florida Man Fun with Dave Barry’s Swamp Story
  • Bowie in 2023: #629 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976), THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Walter Tevis, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Dan Watters, LAZARUS by David Bowie and Edna Walsh, ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR by Lance Olsen, BOWIE’S BOOKSHELF by John O’Connell, and DAVID BOWIE: THE LAST INTERVIEW 
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