ralucaneagu07Mar 10, 20214 min read‘Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage’ – Alice Munro: The Spectacular WomanFirst of all, I confess that I was never attracted to short stories, not even when it belong to writers whose novels I devoured from the...
ralucaneagu07Mar 2, 20214 min read’My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry’ By Fredrik Backman: A story is never just a storyI met Fredrik Backman through ’A Man Named Ove’ and the meeting was so frothy, so funny despite the sadness, so deep despite the...
ralucaneagu07Mar 1, 20213 min read’Fever Dream’ By Samanta Schweblin: Walking Blind Through A Dark WorldLately, I have paid special attention to the debut novels of contemporary writers belonging to different cultures, novels that bring into...
ralucaneagu07Mar 1, 20212 min read'Birdsong' By Sebastian Faulks: Saved By LoveI discovered Sebastian Faulks, the contemporary British novelist and journalist thanks to Humanitas Caravan, last autumn, with his jewel...
ralucaneagu07Mar 1, 20215 min read'The Journal Of A German Doctor During WWII' By Raluca Modreanu: Choices And DestinyBrowsing through the latest recommendations regarding literary delights through my beloved literary groups, a book really got my...
ralucaneagu07Mar 1, 20215 min read‘My Children’ By Guzel Yakhina: A Consuming, Winding Book Like The Volga RiverAfter I finished reading the first book signed by Guzel Yakhina (“Zuleikha”), I exclaimed: what a magnificent literary debut! A maturity...
ralucaneagu07Mar 1, 20213 min read'The Sand Child' By Tahar Ben Jelloun: What If You Wouldn’t Know Who You Are?I must confess that I have a great passion for literature that addresses the status of women in different cultures and throughout...
ralucaneagu07Feb 20, 20212 min read'Days Of Abandonment' By Elena Ferrante: A Journey To The Inner SelfFor me, Elena Ferrante was the revelation of 2020, her Neapolitan tetralogy enchanting my pandemic days and nights. When I said...