In an undetermined time (carriages, candlelight mentioned) in an undetermined place, that could easily be our own time and place or some time in the past, lives an ex cleaning woman, now married to a wealthy man. A cleaning woman who enjoyed her workplace – the museum, enjoyed the paintings and later loved writing about …
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The Impossible Fairy Tale by Han Yujoo
This was quite a strange and unsettling read. I am not a sensitive reader, but this was about as much as I could take: a child killing a kitten, abusing and nearly killing a mentally challenged child, a child murdering another child. I was shocked, but at the same timeI had to disentangle the story …
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
This is a novel firstly about women. In the recent years we have been talking so much about what it means to be a woman, but we seem to be omitting the important parts, the hidden parts, the uncomfortable parts. The things not usually talked about – openly. About periods, breasts, bodies, sex, eggs (here …
My Favourite Books of 2020
Reading is easy, but choosing the best of the books you have read is hard. In this trying year my choice will entail not only the books I thought were the best, most quality books, but books that felt soothing and helpful in stressful times as well. Before I start, here are some honourable mentions: …
Luster by Raven Leilani
A book I was expecting to love, a book I started loving as I started reading it and a book I ended up very disappointed with. There isn’t a greater disappointment for a reader than a book that starts strongly and ends up leaving you indifferent. Luster, a very anticipated debut of 2020 that ended …
Fredrik Backman, Uznemireni ljudi / Anxious People
Scroll down for English Zašto nam je Backman neodoljiv? Zašto nas prisiljava da se ponovno zaljubimo u njegov stil nakon svake novo pročitane knjige? Baš zato što piše duhovite, tople, mile priče o običnim ljudima i svakodnevnom životu. Tjera nas da opet počnemo vjerovati u ono što smo vjerovali kao djeca, u ono što smo …
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Lana Bastašić, Uhvati zeca
Kroz perspektivu Sare, pripovjedačice ovog romana, spisateljice, vidimo prošlost i sadašnjost njenog života, vidimo njezino prijateljstvo s Le(j)lom, dječju zaljubljenost u Armina, rat, vjersku i nacionalnu netrpeljivost, bijeg iz Bosne u Irsku i njezin neočekivani nagli povratak. Slijedimo zeca koji skače naprijed i nazad kako bi i njoj i nama pokazao više o svemu, o …
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Real Life is an emotional, delicate story about real, ordinary life, about what real life makes of us, how life changes and influences people throughout their lives, how it makes them come to conclusions about life itself. It is a story about abuse, rape, cruelty, inequality, racism, (abusive) relationships, insecurities, religious fanaticism and primitivism, the …
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Isn’t it such a shame when a book starts off wonderfully: interesting, dynamic, original, just to continue and end in a completely different tone. By the end How Much of These Hills Is Gold lost all of its novelty and freshness. It turned into unskillfully written chapters filled with incredibility and tackiness. The main thread …
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If We Were Villains or How Shakespeare Can Ruin Your Life
“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.” There are books and there are books. Some books have perfect style, bring something new to literature or describe the current modern era. There are books that are fun, soothing or just a good choice for our mood at the moment. But there are also …
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A Literary Snob 