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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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| | | | | Fiction - paperback; Penguin; 112 pages; 2018. Translated from the Italian by W.J. Strachan. The Beautiful Summer by Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) won Italy's most prestigious literary award, the Strega Prize for fiction, in 1950. (The author sadly died by suicide a couple of months later.) It's the story of a teenage girl whose friendship with... | |
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| | | | | In reading terms, I'm on track with 11 books read. A bit behind on the reviewing, only 5. So let's balance things up a little with a trio of quick reviews. One word provides the perfect summary of my response to Charlotte Bronte's Villette, and that is .... Hmmmm. A marmite novel if ever there... | |
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thecaptivereader.com
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| | | Ah, the 1980s. The era of big shoulder pads, big hair, and big soap-opera-esque books, perfect for lugging in a suitcase to the holiday destination of your choice. Shining Through by Susan Isaacs would have made an ideal vacation book when it came out in 1988, offering everything you could possibly want: a sassy heroine,... | ||
