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Little fires everywhere – Celeste Ng (2020)
In the prosperous American town of Shaker Heights, where an ideal society is pursued, 17-year-old student Izzy set fire to her family’s home. The house burned down, only the walls remained. According to her siblings, this wasn’t surprising because Izzy…
The Driver’s Seat – Muriel Spark
A short and surprising novel. According to the text on the cover of my book “a shocker”. The book has characteristics of a crime novel. In the second chapter the reader gets to know that Lise, the main character will…
Total reset
Last week we made one of the shortest bicycle trips we regularly make. Up the street, along a few speed bumps, past a busy crossing, and we are in the wood. It’s just a short distance from buildings to wood,…
Cold enough for snow – Jessica Au
The sentence: “It was strange at once to be so familiar yet so separated.” sums up this novel venry well.
A novel about family, art and language. A meditative novel without much of a story. The narrator alternates thoughts about the nature of life with memories, sparse conversations with her mother and phonecalls with her sister.
Read moreTokyo Ueno Station – Yu Miri
A beautiful, unassuming book. The narrator Kazu lives in a camp for the homeless near Ueno station. He tells the story of his life. Born in the same year as emperor Hirohito he lived a humble life paralel to that of the emperor.
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