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| | | | | Translated from German by Basil Creighton The success of Grand Hotel (published 1929) enabled Vicki Baum, who saw what was coming to Europe, to move her family permanently to Hollywood in 1932. Thus she was free to roam the world, when even Hollywood became too claustrophobic. ("Fifty people were using my toothbrush", was how she... | |
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| | | | | The Strays of Paris by Jane Smiley For those who don't know their French animal noises (NB: I cheated and looked them up) above we have a neigh, woof, caw, quack and squeak. We can only hear ... | |
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| | | | | Oliver VII by Antal Szerb (1942) French title: Oliver VII Translated by Chantal Philippe. Oliver VII is my third Antal Szerb after Journey by Moonlight and The Pendragon Legend. We're in Alturia, a fictional country in Eastern Europe, a place that belongs to the former Austro-Hungarian empire. It's the kingdom of Oliver VII, a twenty-four-years... | |
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| | | Novellas in November is a good time to tackle some of the backlog of Aussie titles from the 20th century. The late Helen Hodgman (1945-2022) was a Tasmanian author of six highly regarded novels.Jack and Jill (1978) was her second novel (after Blue Skies, 1976, see my review) and it won the Somerset Maugham Award.... | ||
