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June 2025

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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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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May 2025

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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April 2025

March 2025

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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