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Noemi De Lisi – The date

To my grandmother, always. He opened his eyes wide, whining. He looked around in bewilderment and quietened once he had discerned his room’s shapes. He...

Obsession is elsewhere

  -But writing what? -Writing about obsession, death. -What obsession? What death? -Writing about obsession, writing about death. -I do not understand. -You cannot. You cannot if you do not...

Arnaldur Inðridason – Jar City

Reykiavík, Norðurmýri district. The dead body of an old man is discovered by his neighbours and an old picture of a little girl’s grave...

Roberto Cupo – Falling Stars

The truck pulled over in the dead of night and Riccardo got out, leaping over the cargo bed. He put the sole of the...

Per Olov Enquist – The Book about Blanche and Marie

  A near-perfect structure which contains traces of morbidity and which skilfully releases images that strike mind like sharp tannins strike the palate: this precious...

Black Sabbath – Paranoid

With their diseases and orgasm drugs and their sexless parasite life forms - Heavy Metal People of Uranus wrapped in cool blue mist of...

Erlend Loe – Naïve. Super

Identity crisis. These three words summarize the condition of a 25-year-old boy, the main character of this enlightening, although short, novel. Out of the blue...

Selma Lagerlöf – The Emperor of Portugallia

The Emperor of Portugallia is a little masterpiece by Selma Lagerlöf. Of course it could be said that, among the works by 1909 Nobel...