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Invisible Light

Cover of 'The Other Name, Septology I-II' by Jon Fosse
29 January 202329 January 2023
Chris Taylor
Jon Fosse's sea-slow, tidal hymn of 'mystical realism', the presence of the sacred in the quiet moments of everyday life. READ MORE
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The Warm and Consuming Flicker

Cover of 'Terminal Boredom' by Izumi Suzuki
15 May 202216 May 2022
Chris Taylor
Terminal Boredom Izumi Suzuki 2021 in English translation Suzuki’s sci-fi is not hard. It has little interest in the ... READ MORE
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The Last of The Wine

Cover of The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault
17 November 202121 January 2023
Chris Taylor
The Last of the Wine Mary Renault 1956 A very heaven, or perhaps Olympus, for Classics nerds, this story is set in late fifth ... READ MORE
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A Book Washed Up on a Wave of Death

6 September 202023 November 2020
Chris Taylor
There are characters in this book. There is narrative of sorts. Above all there are murders of women. READ MORE
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Cellini: A Certain Amount of Pride

5 April 202014 August 2022
Chris Taylor
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini 1558 1956 in translation by George Bull ‘…I noticed someone riding along ... READ MORE
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A Mushroom Manifesto

1 March 202022 January 2023
Chris Taylor
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 Humanity as a ... READ MORE
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Hrafnkel's Unheroism

5 January 20205 January 2020
Chris Taylor
Hrafnkel’s Saga and Other Stories Unknown authors Circa 13th Century 1971 in translation by Hermann Pálsson   ... READ MORE
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Moominile Delinquents

Cover of The Invisible Child and The Fir Tree by Tove Jansson
21 December 201921 December 2019
Chris Taylor
The Invisible Child and The Fir Tree: Two Moomin Stories Tove Jansson 2017   As everyone knows, the Moomin is a ... READ MORE
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Bruno Bettelheim: Hustling out of t...

1 December 201923 March 2020
Chris Taylor
Surviving the Holocaust Bruno Bettelheim 1986   Bruno Bettelheim survived Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps. ... READ MORE
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A Romance of the Mean Streets

9 November 20195 January 2020
Chris Taylor
The Lady in the Lake Raymond Chandler 1944   Philip Marlowe may be as well known as his author. He’s the ... READ MORE
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