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Our Icelandic tradition continues! We‘re cozied up by the fire with chocolates and our new books! I‘ve been dying to read this play, so I‘m thrilled. 😊

Tamra What? Capek wrote a gardening book??? I associate him with R.U.R., which is a fabulous short play so reflective of the era and relevant today with AI. 5mo

AvidReader25 @Tamra That‘s sounds amazing! I‘m looking it up now. My husband is the gardener in our house and I got him this little gem. 5mo

Tamra @AvidReader25 so thoughtful! 💚 RUR is in the public domain, so you should be able to find it for free online. It‘s super short. 5mo

AvidReader25 @Tamra Oh thank you! 5mo

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jack777

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary Edition | Milan Kundera

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Interesting intersection of philosophy and psychology and historical fiction. Also interestingly found out it's Ari's favorite book. Enjoyed the insights into each character's mind and worldview.

First book of quarantine.

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BookNAround

The Gardener's Year | Karel ?apek

This is a slender little book that I keep picking up when I walk by the piles of books on my table whenever I go to let the dog out. This last time I decided the universe was telling me to pick it up. Maybe I‘ll learn something because as of right now, I‘m a crap gardener.

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Bookwomble

In the Footsteps of the Abominable Snowman: Stories of Science and Fantasy | Josef Nesvadba

"Human beings are dangerously capricious apes whom only their own shameless arrogance has tried to make out the lords of creation."
- In the Footsteps of the Abominable Snowman, by Josef Nesvadba

BarbaraBB Interesting you are reading this. I am related to him and have never heard of anyone reading him! My mother‘s maiden name is Nesvadba 7mo

Bookwomble @BarbaraBB 🤯 How fantastic, Barbara! 😃 He has one story in the anthology collection I'm reading, and it's an interesting one. Only a few of his stories were translated into English, but there was a book of his short stories published in the '70s that I thought I might try to track down 😊 7mo

Dilara That's gone into my wishlist on LT! I hadn't heard of him before, and SFF authors in languages other than English is a pet project of mine... 7mo

Bookwomble @Dilara This is the only story by Nesvsdba I've read, and I liked it. CW for the instance of a racial slur that's not entirely unexpected for the time of writing and in keeping, actually, with the aristocratic character which uses it, but still jarring to see on the page. 7mo

Dilara @Bookwomble Thank you for the warning! 7mo

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shawnmooney

Mendelssohn is on the Roof | Ji?� Weil, Marie Winn

https://youtu.be/BhiPsquNRXc

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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

shawnmooney Leave My Bones In Saskatoon by Michael Afenfia

The Sex Life of My Aunt by Mavis Cheek

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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Leftcoastzen

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary Edition | Milan Kundera

Wanted to show off my hardcover Kunderas . I bought “Unbearable”new , I think I read The NY Times review. Probably one of the major indicators that I was falling in love with literary fiction. Found this copy of the Joke years ago, being how it was published in 1969 , I felt happy to find one in such good condition.

BarbaraBB Wow! 10mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 10mo

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BarbaraBB

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary Edition | Milan Kundera

I loved this book so much, it really was my companion while growing into adulthood.

I read most of his books after this one and loved many of them, but this one stood out for all those years.

RIP Milan Kundera.

Suet624 Your first paragraph - same for me. 10mo

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Cinfhen

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary Edition | Milan Kundera

How fitting a tribute as the author Milan Kundera just passed away yesterday at the age of 91. I‘m LOVING this book @TrishB it‘s perfect for dipping into when you have a few minutes 🥰

Gissy I like his writing style. I should re-read some of his books. 10mo

Cinfhen I‘ve only seen the film @Gissy 10mo

CoffeeAndABook Which book did you take the photo of? It looks interesting! So sad to hear M K passed away 😔🕯️ 10mo

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TrishB It‘s a lovely selection of essays! ♥️ 10mo

Cinfhen The book is wonderful @TrishB @CoffeeAndABook