Wallace D. Wattles – A new Christ
This times I’ve decided to talk about a great book, yet still widely unknown: A New Christ.
To those readers who may discard the book because it has “Christ” in the title, I want to...
Stig Dagerman – Dikter, noveller, prosafragment
Dikter, noveller, prosafragment is a collection of short stories, essays and poems published between 1947 and 1955 in Stockholm.
This is not a homogeneous collection, the events are not connected one to each other. They...
Gianrico Carofiglio – A Fine Line
You may wonder: what does a legal thriller do in such a column? Wasn’t it a “spiritual” column? Your question and concern are fair, but the answer is: no, this is not a spirituality...
Marion Zimmer Bradley – The Forests of Avalon
What’s behind the background of the legendary kingdom of Arthur, the once and future King, who’s always represented the kind of warrior and leader that everybody would want to run their government or company? What circumstances favoured...
Fifteen Million Merits (Black Mirror S01E02): with no happy ending
Black Mirror is a tv series created by Charlie Brooker, the first two seasons broadcasted by Channel 4 from 2011 to 2014.
Each episode is self-contained, yet linked to the others with the same concept,...
Gunnar Staalesen – The woman in the fridge
This is a title of a book series starring Varg Veum, name that traces an ancient Nordic expression, vargr i véum, "wolf in the sanctuary", whose figuratively meaning is "persona non grata".
Veum is, of...
The man in the high castle: whatever the cost
The man in the high castle is a novel by Philip Dick, first published in 1963, which after became a TV series created by Frank Spotnitz, produced by Amazon Studios. This article is about...
Nina George – The Little Paris Bookshop
" it was a common misconception that booksellers looked after books. They look after people.” One day, I felt an urge to buy The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George, even if the book...
Red Sorghum
In the North-East zone of Gaomi, the farmers' life rolls along to the rhythm of the sorghum that sways in the fields. Sorghum is food, wine, a lover’s hiding place and even a grave....
Seth Godin – The Icarus Deception
Seth Godin is certainly one of the most inspiring authors in the current publishing arena, as it stands out when you read The Icarus Deception, a lucid analysis of art, not just seen as...