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Ο παπαγάλος του Φλωμπέρ – Julian Barnes
Ενώ δεν έχει μεγάλα ύψη και μεγάλα βάθη, καταλήγει να είναι ένα ιδιαίτερα συμπαθητικό έργο το οποίο προσφέρει και τόσο υλικό για να σχολιάσει κανείς. Ο Μπαρνς παίρνει τον Φλωμπέρ ως αφετηρία για να γράψει μια ιστορία κάπως παράξενη, παιγνιώδης και μελαγχολική. Αποδεικνύει κάτι γοητευτικά αχρείαστο, μιας και το αποδεικνύει κυρίως στους αναγνώστες του Φλωμπέρ… Continue reading
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A flâneuse who in the morning
drinks tea
In the night wine
Who lives with two kittens
and writes tiny book reviews
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Tea, urban gardening, sketching, wine, chocolate, suffering from migraines, strong believer of hot baths solving problems, smashing the patriarchy
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Literature soothes my 4:00 am existential angst.
“Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that – I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much – so very much to learn.”
— Sylvia Plath
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“What am I doing here in this endless winter?”
— Franz Kafka
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