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Intro
Weekly Highlights
The Imaginary Lives Of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson
And Then He Sang a Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
Mendelssohn is on the Roof by Jiří Weil, Marie Winn (Translator)
No Bones by Anna Burns
pickDespite the clever title, this is NOT a fluffy book. It's a sharp-edged, uncomfortable, all-too-real window into the reality of the humans, good, evil, and indifferent, in WWII Prague. Altogether a book one ought to read, and enjoy. There are many stories of heroism and happy endings amid the horrors of WWII, but few that simply show the ordinariness of the evils of the Nazi regime. Weil is an excellent storyteller.
A 50¢ library sale find today, in brand new condition ? A historical satire about Nazi rule in Prague that's been floating on my TBR.
pickGorgeous novel. Begins as a clever, funny satire but develops enormous heart and sincerity as it continues. Really glad it was recommended to me and it would wrong of me not to recommend it again!
Finally had the time to get back to this and am somewhat falling in love with it
Recommended by a friend who read this after its mention in HHhH (another recommendation of his) not sure what it actually is but expecting something satirical which should be fun!
pickMendelssohn is still on the roof! ( he is the fourth statue on the right side of the Rudolfinium). This wonderful book talks about the absurdity of the Nazi occupation in Prague with a lot of dark humor. With the premises that the statue of Jewish composer Mendelssohn must be taken out, but misinformation leads the statue of German ultranationalist Wagner to be taken out, because that was the one with the biggest nose!
pickUn livre incroyable. Lu d'une traite. Un livre qui devrait rentrer dans les écoles pour expliquer cette douloureuse période
Mendelssohn is on the Roof | 
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Breast Stories by Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator)
Selected Short Stories of Liam O'Flaherty
The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg, Frances Frenaye (Translator)
The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy, Alan Brown (Translator)
A Decent World by Ellen Hawley
Loop Tracks by Sue Orr
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