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Hello, Litsy bookish people! This is my first post and it‘s about a brilliant novel imo that I finished last night: Radetzky March by Josep Roth, here shown in my Dutch translation copy. About the dying Habsburg empire, told through the eyes of a father and his son, a reluctant military man, the threat of oncoming war looming constantly. About loss of innocence, withholding emotions and the passage of time.

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I had hoped to finish The Pages today. I will admit that I find the multiple time frames and characters hard to follow. Much of the same complaints folks had about Cloud Cuckoo Land, which I loved. Audio May be a factor. Interesting this is the third book I‘ve read this year where the book itself is a major character/narrator/author. It‘s not the best of the three to use that approach. Loving both Dona Barbara on kindle, Clare in Print.

He has the elsewhere inside him: a different “here”

The Pages by Hugo Hamilton is narrated by the most unlikely of candidates—Rebellion by Joseph Roth, which escaped a Nazi book burning during World War II and is now in the hands of Lena in the present day US. From its place on the bookshelf to the inside of a shoulder bag, the book tells the story, but it has secrets of its own, including a hand drawn map among its pages. #NetGalley #ThePages

Bernheim!

The last history book of the year!

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