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psalva
Bells In Winter | Czes?aw Mi?osz
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I‘m only recently getting back into reading bits of poetry here and there. I picked this up and I‘m finding that I really need to take my time with Milosz‘s writing. I‘m finding it extremely melancholy and weighty, pondering meaning in life and nature. It‘s a lot. Has anyone read this collection or his other writing? I‘m curious what others take from his work. Thoughts?

#poetry #poets #nobelprizewinners

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Louise
Soul Mountain | Gao Xingjian
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I'm tarrying for quite a while in Asia on my #ReadingAroundTheWorld tour. So many amazing works to explore! Today I found this lovely gem from Gao Xingjian at a local indie bookstore called Grey Matter Books-- "used books for scholars and holy fools"! #China #NobelPrizeWinners

cajunsyd I read that book a few years ago and struggled with it quite a bit. The lack of proper names and other aspects made it difficult to follow at times. I should try it again though, it is meant to be a beautiful book. Can‘t wait to hear what you think. 6y
Melkyl @Louise @cajunsyd I found this to be a really tough book to read. I got through it, but it took a long time. I‘m also not sure I got a lot out of it. 6y
cajunsyd @Melwilk glad that I am not alone! I see that lots of Littens bailed! 6y
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Louise @cajunsyd @Melwilk It's so interesting to hear your perspectives. Flipping through it, I see that he experiments with the personal pronouns in his exploration of self and world. It's going to be an unusual read! Will post when I've finished it! 6y
cajunsyd @Louise 👍🏻 6y
Melkyl I look forward to hearing your thoughts. @Louise (edited) 6y
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TheBrockUEnglishMajor
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Canada Day Reads! Keep an eye out for my month of Canada tbr to celebrate the (controversial) 150th birthday of Oh Canada ❤️🇨🇦#Canada #Canadianauthors #july1st #wine #adultliterature #shortstorycollection #alicemunro #nobelprizewinners

LeahBergen Oh, good! I'll be following. 🇨🇦 7y
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BookishFeminist
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What a beautiful, frightening book. This is my first Herta Müller, & I'll be back for more. Translated from German, it follows a couple living under Ceausescu's dictatorship in Romania. One of them works for the secret police. In many ways it mirrors her own life of standing up to the secret police & fleeing Romania to live in Germany. It's a short but savory book with gorgeous & haunting prose about life under totalitarianism. Scary & timely. ?

Moray_Reads This isn't my favourite Müller but she's one of my favourite writers ❤ 7y
TheLondonBookworm Wow sounds amazing-stacked! 7y
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KVanRead The Hunger Angel blew me away. I will have to look for this one. 7y
Louise Lovely to discover a new author to read for German practice! 🤓 7y
Kitta I'd like to read more books set in Romania, do you have any suggestions? 7y
Notafraidofwords Have you seen the news? I believe there was a protest there recently ? 7y
Bookwormjillk So many stack adds tonight! 7y
MrBook Nice review! 7y
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