Thoughts on Papyrus

I have never before participated in the Classics Club spins, but as I have recently joined the Club with this list of 50 classic books, I thought it would be a great idea to start my challenge with a spin. The rules are: go to your blog; pick twenty books that you listed as “to …

Annabel at AnnaBookBel is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge this year, and I thought I would try to participate. This is the challenge to read 20, 15 or just 10 books from one’s TBR list in the summer months, and the good thing is that we can swap books at any time. So, I have …

Stranger to the Moon [1992] – ★★★★ “What’s important to me is that I can see without being seen” [Evelio Rosero, translated from the Spanish by Victor Meadowcroft & Anne McLean]. Evelio Rosero is an author from Colombia, and this is his completely surreal, nightmare-inducing novella which starts with a being emerging from a wardrobe. …

The Yellow Arrow [1993] – ★★★★1/2 “How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?”, Plato, The Allegory of the Cave This is a sci-fi gem from Russia that centres on Andrei, one of the passengers of the mysterious, seemingly endless, train The Yellow Arrow, that makes its …

River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana’s Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon [2011] – ★★★1/2 After the success of the Spanish conquests under Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, much thirst still remained for the New World and all energy was thrown to discovering one thing that still stirred the imagination, making men restless – …