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Lydia Millet: A Children's Bible

The Great House had been built by robber barons in the nineteenth century, a palatial retreat for the green months. Our parents, those so-called figures of authority, roamed its rooms in vague circuits beneath the broad beams, their objective murky. And of no general interest.They liked to drink: it was their hobby, or—said one of […]

Kirjaluotsi Dreamscape Media, Millet Lydia, Ulkomainen kaunokirjallisuus, Yhdysvallat 05/01/2021 0 kommenttia 4 min lukuaika Lue lisää
Shokoofeh Azar: The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

And so, with a slow sweep of the arm that remained forever etched in my memory, he took out a match, lit it, and tossed it onto the pile of books. With a quiet huff…ff…ff the flames rippled over the pages, catching first the old books with the brown paper whose smell I loved so […]

Kirjaluotsi Australia, Azar Shokoofeh, Dreamscape Media, Iran, Käännöskirjallisuus, Ulkomainen kaunokirjallisuus 18/12/2020 2 kommenttia 5 min lukuaika Lue lisää
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai: The Mountains Sing

With hope being my guiding light, I journeyed on. Sometimes when I allowed myself a good sleep, I’d go into a village and ask people to let us stay the night. I paid for it. There were plenty of thieves around, but many country people opened their doors to us. We slept on dirt floors, […]

Kirjaluotsi Dreamscape Media, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Ulkomainen kaunokirjallisuus, Vietnam 16/11/2020 4 kommenttia 7 min lukuaika Lue lisää
Douglas Stuart: Shuggie Bain

Her body hung off the side of the bed, and by the odd angle Shuggie could tell the drink had spun her all night like a Catherine wheel. He turned her head to the side to stop her choking on her rising boak. Then he placed the mop bucket near the bed and gently unzipped […]

Kirjaluotsi Dreamscape Media, Iso-Britannia, Stuart Douglas, Ulkomainen kaunokirjallisuus 28/08/2020 0 kommenttia 5 min lukuaika Lue lisää
Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice & Carol Shields: Jane Austen | Klassikkohaaste 9

‘His pride,’ said Miss Lucas, ‘does not offend me so much as pride often does, because there is an excuse for it. One cannot wonder that so very fine a young man, with family, fortune, everything in his favour, should think highly of himself. If I may so express it, he has a right to be proud.’ ‘That is […]

Kirjaluotsi Ajatus Kirjat, Austen Jane, Dreamscape Media, Elämäkerta, Iso-Britannia, Kanada, Shields Carol, Tietokirjallisuus, Ulkomainen kaunokirjallisuus 31/07/2019 6 kommenttia 10 min lukuaika Lue lisää

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