Blogs in September 2017

The Lustful Youth of Rodrigo Borgia 5th September 2017

A sort of prequel to the television series “The Borgias”, here Rodrigo Borgia is a man in his youthful prime looking back on what has shaped him and with an eye toward his future. The story opens on a...

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Dance by the Canal 7th August 2017

(East and West: Looking Both Ways) A tragicomic satire from the heart of East Germany Gabriela grows up in the East German town of Leibnitz. Her father is a famous surgeon, her mother a respected society hostess. The girl,...

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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer 18th July 2017

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to...

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The Dog Who Dared To Dream 2nd April 2017

This is the story of a dog named Scraggly. Born an outsider because of her distinctive appearance, she spends most of her days in the sun-filled yard of her owner’s house. Scraggly has dreams and aspirations just like the...

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The Library of Unrequited Love 23rd August 2016

One morning a librarian finds a reader who has been locked in overnight. She begins to talk to him, a one-way conversation full of sharp insight and quiet outrage. As she rails against snobbish senior colleagues, an ungrateful and...

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