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Virginia Woolf: Night & Day
“’No. I haven’t written any poetry for years,’ he replied. ‘But all the same, I don’t agree with you. I think it’s the only thing…
Lue koko juttuSolvej Balle: On the Calculation of Volume II (engl. kääntänyt Barbara J. Haveland)
“I said I was sure that through careful listening you could solve any problem that might arise. If you really listened. The great questions of…
Lue koko juttuKuka pelkää Virginia Woolfia?
“So why were people so afraid of her then?” Caroline Zoob, joka on kirjoittanut teoksen Virginia Woolf’s Garden vuosistaan Virginia Woolfin maaseutukodin, Monk’s Housen, hoitajana,…
Lue koko juttuBernhard Schlink: The Granddaughter (engl. kääntänyt Charlotte Collins)
”’I don’t think there’s any point to the discussion if people don’t talk about why they mean what they say. What they hope to gain,…
Lue koko juttuPawtucket
En ollut koskaan kuullut Rhode Islandilla sijaitsevasta n. 75.000 asukkaan kaupungista nimeltä Pawtucket kunnes viime viikolla peräkkäin luetuissa kirjoissa molemmissa Pawtucket oli ihmisten elämien ohikulkupaikka.…
Lue koko juttuHaruki Murakami: Novelist as a Vocation
“It’s kind of a cliché to say it’s a lonely process, but writing a novel – especially a really long one – is exactly that:…
Lue koko juttuSimon Doonan: How to Be Yourself
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” Simone de Beauvoir Simon Doonan tuntuu olevan häpeämättömästi sellainen kuin on ja…
Lue koko juttuRichard Powers: Playground
”Without the ability to feel sad, a person could not be kind or thoughtful, because you wouldn’t care or know how anybody else feels. Without…
Lue koko juttuVirginia Woolf: The Voyage Out/Menomatka (suom. Ville-Juhani Sutinen)
”They were free of roads, free of mankind, and the same exhilaration at their freedom ran through them all.” The Voyage Out, Virginia Woolfin esikoinen…
Lue koko juttuNigel Nicolson: Virginia Woolf
”Nothing has really happened until it has been described. So you must write many letters to your family and friends, and keep a diary.” Virginia…
Lue koko juttuAli Smith: Gliff
“Is there a dictionary that will help us speak to a horse? I said. Most humans haven’t got clever enough to speak the languages of…
Lue koko juttuSally Rooney: Intermezzo (suom. Christina Sandu)
“Entä jos elämä onkin vain rypäs pohjimmiltaan irrallisia kokemuksia? Miksi yhden asian pitäisi johtaa mielekkäästi toiseen?” Luulen, että tämä on ensimmäinen kirja, jonka Sally Rooneylta…
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