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A SHORT STORY TITLED ELIAS
Read this short story by Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse at your own peril for this Norwegian writer sucks you right in and doesn't let you go.
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BUILDING SOMETHING OF VALUE
A post from a reader makes my day and makes me ponder how sustained weekly reading has built something of value while teaching me a thing or two about…
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KANNADA STORIES BURN BRIGHT
A Booker winner from India gives me pause and makes me wonder about awards.
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COMPACTING BOOKS INSIDE A BRAIN
A late Czech writer moved me so much with his art and craft that I would love for my readers to look for his work. Too Loud A Solitude is yet another…
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THE MELANCHOLY OF A FRENCH CLASSIC
This 1954 French novel by Françoise Sagan caused a sensation around the world at the time of its publication.
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TAMIL IN SINGAPORE
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WE WILL NEVER FORGET
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THREE YEARS. FOUR MONTHS. NINE DAYS.
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THE YEAR OF THE TOOTH
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A NEW LIFE BEGINS
In what has been a stressful week, I needed to make ample space for our grandson while also stealing time to finish this German book by the late…
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WHAT ABOUT THE MISSING YEAR OF JUAN SALVATIERRA?
Pedro Mairal's fiction about the mystery of a missing year in the life of a painter is a gorgeous tribute to the arts.
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TRANSPORTED BY CELEBRATION
In Celebration, the evolution of a human being is traced with unusual powers of observation and sleight of hand by Croatian journalist Damir Karakaš.
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A JOURNEY WITH THE SAMURAI
First published in 1980, this Japanese novel by Shūsaku Endō tells a fictionalized story of a 17th-century diplomatic mission to "Nueva España," Mexico.
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AN ENGLISH PICK FROM MY TRAVELS
During a road trip through the southeastern states, I picked a book published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, a former slave girl.
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A BULLET OF A NOVELLA
This Natalia Ginzburg's novella is the quintessential novel about heartbreak and agency.
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AN INSINCERE FRIEND
From Clarice Lispector's collection, I picked a short story—called A Sincere Friendship— that makes us wonder about the qualities that make for a…
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A BENGALI STORY ABOUT TWO LOVERS
The late Sandipan Chattopadhyay nudges us into introspection over a heartbreaking love story that is set up to fail.
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UNFORESEEABLE
A short story in Japanese by Yoko Tawada places us in the middle of unrelenting chaos.
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LETTERS FROM EVERYWHERE
Every week I read a writer's work in translation and I share my thoughts.
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