It was the beginning of October. Autumn came early in the Hokuriku region, but it would still be some time before the leaves began to turn. From the prefectural capital of T—, fresh snow could be seen on the highest peaks of the Tateyama mountain range, which separated the province of Etchū from that of … Continue reading Suspicion | Seichō Matsumoto| This Reading Life
Thanks to a couple of posts by Karen @Kaggsy’s Book Ramblings over the past year or so about Clarice Lispector, I have been rather curious to read some of her stories myself, so when I spotted that Penguin had a collection of her short stories in their Penguin Archive series I thought it was the … Continue reading The Burned Sinner and the Harmonious Angels and other stories | Clarice Lispector| This Reading Life
I hadn’t heard of Norwegian author Torborg Nedreaas until Penguin published a rather enticing edition of her novel Nothing Grows by Moonlight this year and I decided to make it my first book …| Radhika's Reading Retreat
Sybille Bedford was a German-born English writer of non-fiction and semi-autobiographical fiction, particularly well-known for her books A Legacy and Jigsaw. When a recent Backlisted episode focuse…| Radhika's Reading Retreat
It’s hard to believe this photo was taken a few days before the wretched incident. The three of them looked really happy, at ease with one another, as if there was a bond of mutual trust amon…| This Reading Life
The Spainish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Spanish Republican Government and Nationalist rebels. The Republicans included socialists, communists, anarchists and Catalan and Bas…| This Reading Life
