A time and a place
Jhumpar Lahiri’s Whereabouts is an exquisite examination of one single woman’s life. The short chapters form a series of vignettes, dropping few clues about where this woman lives and what…
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15 August 2024A time and a place
Jhumpar Lahiri’s Whereabouts is an exquisite examination of one single woman’s life. The short chapters form a series of vignettes, droppi... -
2 March 2024Peripheries
How boys (blue) versus girls (red) used the space in a playground in Catalunya in Spain While men are mostly focusing on the path ahead, women are sca... -
16 April 2023How can I survive that kiss?
Parent-child relationships are complex and never more so than when the roles become reversed. Annie Ernaux presents the sparse truth in I Remain in Da... -
24 April 2022Love and power
Irreverent, funny story that reminded me of my own mother, who dabbled in astrology and tarot cards before becoming fanatically religious with a hotli... -
23 February 2022Truth is scattered into many kinds of du...
Written with devastating and biting honesty, the brevity and precision of this French ‘récit’, which is filled with moments of irony, far...
Peripheries
How boys (blue) versus girls (red) used the space in a playground in Catalunya in Spain While men are mostly focusing on the path ahead, women are scanning the peripheries…
How can I survive that kiss?
Parent-child relationships are complex and never more so than when the roles become reversed. Annie Ernaux presents the sparse truth in I Remain in Darkness. The thoughts she wrote down…
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