Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

24 May 2026

27 December 2025

Six desired, one surprise

2326 pages literature at its finest.

18 December 2025

Laughing Lhursday* – Japanese simple

Describes the sound of splashing or spraying liquid,
 or fish jumping out of the water.

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

16 October 2025

Laughing Lhursday* – "Reading sucks!"**

"Books?
No, thanks!
 
Just no books!

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.
 

** I know a little boy who after all has started to love reading! ;-) 

21 September 2025

23 August 2025

Beers & Books (423) – Mercè Rodoreda: Short stories

La meva Cristina i altres contes
*
My Christina & Other Stories 
 

Mercè Rodoreda (10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983)

13 June 2025

What I see when I turn around

...

Update: 
The photo shows about ten per cent of my exquisite little library.

On the left shelf from top to bottom. 1+2: French literature; Irish literature below. 
Centre shelf: 1+2: Russian authors; 3-5 (up to the owls): Italian authors; 6: South American literature.
Right shelf: 1+2: African and Asian literature; 3: Icelandic and Scandinavian literature (Faroe Islands, Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, Danes; 3+4: Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish literature. 5. continuation of Latin American authors, plus (not in the image) Iranian authors.

07 June 2025

Coffeetime with architect of ruins

Coffeetime with 
The Architect of Ruins
and
Skaumo
 
Herbert Rosendorfer (19 February 1934 – 20 September 2012)

18 October 2024