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Say Her Name

3:30 pm in America, fiction, Recommended | No Comments

Say Her Name

Through this book, Goldman weaves a complex, rich narrative of his much younger dead wife, Aura Estrada, a PhD literature student at Columbia University; how he was dealing with his extreme loss, shuffles back and forth amongst mystery, biography, and his own meditation on grief in a very humane, very personal way. I think Virginia Woolf once [...]


Death and the Dervish

3:55 am in Eastern/Central Europe, fiction, Recommended, Selimović, Meša | No Comments

Death and the Dervish

by Meša Selimović (1966)

An account of a Muslim spiritual leader struggling to maintain his dignity and integrity in 18th century Sarajevo.


Garden, Ashes

4:36 am in biography & memoirs, Eastern/Central Europe, fiction, Kiš, Danilo, Recommended | No Comments

Garden, Ashes

by Danilo Kiš (1965)

An intensely detailed semi-autobiographical story about a child living in Hungary during the World War II.


The Encyclopedia of the Dead

4:03 am in Eastern/Central Europe, fiction, Kiš, Danilo, Recommended, Russia & USSR, short stories | No Comments

The Encyclopedia of the Dead

by Danilo Kiš (1983)

A collection of metaphysical short stories set in various times and places, luminously darkened with the themes of fate and death’s impenetrability.


A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

4:36 am in Eastern/Central Europe, fiction, Kiš, Danilo, Recommended, Russia & USSR, short stories | 4 Comments

A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

by Danilo Kiš (1976)

Seven different yet casually interlinked short stories about revolutionaries, mostly centering around the Russian Revolution


The White Castle

3:45 am in fiction, Middle East, Pamuk, Orhan, Recommended, Turkey | No Comments

The White Castle

by Orhan Pamuk (1979)

The story of a young Italian savant and his ambivalent relationship his Turkish double in 17th century, their intense struggle of knowledge and power domination


The Story of Film

3:32 am in art, Cousins, Mark, film, history, Recommended | 2 Comments

The Story of Film

by Mark Cousins (2004)

An accessible and engaging sweep of general film history


Iranian Cinema

3:14 am in art, film, history, Iran, Recommended, Sadr, Hamid Reza | 1 Comment

Iranian Cinema

A Political History
by Hamid Reza Sadr (2006)

A comprehensive, highly readable history of Iranian cinema with its embedded and reflected social, political, cultural and economic contexts.


My Name is Red

3:55 am in fiction, Middle East, Pamuk, Orhan, Recommended, Turkey | 1 Comment

My Name is Red

by Orhan Pamuk (1998)

A murder mystery in 16th century Istanbul within rich history, religion and aesthetic meditations.


The Total Library

3:21 am in Borges, Jorge Luis, essays & criticism, Latin America, Recommended | No Comments

The Total Library

Non-Fiction 1922-1986
by Jorge Luis Borges

A collection of more than 150 non-fiction pieces (critical essays, movie & book reviews, prologues, introductions).


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