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Travellers by Helon Habila
“Are you traveling in Europe?” he asked. I caught the odd phrasing. Of course I was traveling in Europe, but I understood he meant something else; he wanted to know the nature of my relationship to Europe, if I was passing through or if I had a more permanent and legal claim to Europe. A…
4 STARS, Adult, beautiful prose, Berlin, Black & Black heritage authors, bulgaria, Contemporary, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), england, family, Germany, GRIEF, Helon Habila, homelessness, interconnected stories, Italy, lgbtq+ side, LITERARY FICTION, literary references, male authors, MARRIAGE, migration/immigration, Nigeria, Nigerian author, philosophical, Poverty, published in 2019, read in 2020, refugees, social issues, tragedy, trans side characters, trauma, Travellers, unnamed narrator, zambia -
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova — book review
What could have been the perfect historical mystery for bibliophiles ended up being an unnecessarily long-winded and frequently dull novel. “Looking up from my work, I suddenly realized that someone had left a book whose spine I had never seen before among my own textbooks, which sat on a shelf above my desk. The spine…
15th century, 1950s, 1970s, 20th century, 3 STARS, Adult, adventure, AMERICAN AUTHOR, big books, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, books about books, bram stoker, bulgaria, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), dracula, drama, Elizabeth Kostova, epistolary, female authors, FOLKLORE, FRANCE, GOTHIC, historians, HISTORICAL FICTION, history, istanbul, librarians, libraries/bookshops, LITERARY FICTION, modern gothic, MYSTERY, Netherlands, philosophical, psychological, published in 2005, READ IN 2019, Religion, Romania, slow pacing, story within a story, SUPERNATURAL, SUSPENSE, the historian, travel, Turkey, unnamed narrator, VAMPIRES -
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
“Alexandra was trembling, because she had see the end and the beginning . And the sun had reached out and found her, stroked her, chosen her.” An encompassing tale that is slowly unraveled through the meanderings of Alexandra – an American and newcomer to Bulgaria – and Bobby, her taxi driver. After a mishap in…
1930S, 1940s, 20th century, 4.75 stars, Adult, AMERICAN AUTHOR, bulgaria, Contemporary, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), Elizabeth Kostova, family, FAMILY SAGA, female authors, HISTORICAL FICTION, lgbtq+, LITERARY FICTION, MEMORY, read in 2017, story within a story, survival, The Shadow Land, travel, war, WWII
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