Some SF, fantasy, and obscure LGBT, mixed with travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
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Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora’s best voices in speculative fiction. Speculative fiction …
It's not just that the title of this anthology is genius, these are stories of ghosts, encounters, lost lands, resistance and connexion, and they are heartbreaking in a million ways.
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America is a 2018 book by Timothy Snyder. In …
Must read to understand what happened in Russia since 2000 and what's happening in Ukraine right now.
Chroniques du Pays des Mères est un roman de science-fiction en langue française d'Élisabeth Vonarburg. …
Interesting dystopia, where the author plays with language itself and gives words a different meaning. The storyline of past events and the religious aspects are somewhat confusing at times, but it all makes sense in the end.
"J’imagine que l’une des raisons pour lesquelles les gens s’accrochent de manière si tenace à leurs haines, c’est qu’ils sentent bien que, une fois la haine disparue, ils se retrouveront confrontés à la douleur."
Wonderful writing and a haunting story that grips you from the first chapter -- but is it really the first chapter?