What did you read last month?

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March 2025

The Orchard Keeper (Cormac McCarthy / 1965 / USA / English / English) ♥
“Begleitbuch zu: Hanns Zischler liest Wilhelm Lehmann 'Der Provinzlärm'“ (Alpheus Verlag, Peter Nicolaisen [editor] / 2012 / Germany / German / German)
Die kleinen Leute gehen ins Kino (Morticia Zschiesche / 2021 / Germany / German / German)
Il palio delle contrade morte “Der Palio der toten Reiter“ [translated by Burkhart Kroeber] (Fruttero & Lucentini / 1983 / Italy / Italian / German)
Sueur de Sang (1870-1871) “Blutschweiß (1870–1871)“ [translated by Alexander Pschera] (Léon Bloy / 1893 / France / French / German) ♥
Paul et Virginie “Paul und Virginie“ [translated by Karl Eitner, Arno Kappler] (Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre / 1788 / France / French / German)
La montagne blanche “Der weiße Berg“ [translated by Eva Moldenhauer] (Jorge Semprún / 1986 / France / French / German) ♥
An das Fräulein von S..... (Richard Maurhut / 1916 / Germany / German / German) ♥
Gezeichnet Walt Disney? Donald, Micky und ihre Väter Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro und Walt Disney (Peter Reichelt, Harald Havas, Wolfgang J. Fuchs / 2012 / Germany / German / German)
Körkarlen “Der Fuhrmann des Todes“ [translated by Pauline Klaiber-Gottschau] (Selma Lagerlöf / 1912 / Sweden / Swedish / German)
Von drei Millionen drei (Leonhard Frank / 1932 / Germany / German / German)
Faber oder Die verlorenen Jahre (Jakob Wassermann / 1924 / Germany / German / German) ♥
Löwensköldska ringen “Der Ring des Generals“ [translated by Marie Franzos] (Selma Lagerlöf / 1925 / Sweden / Swedish / German)
The Lair of the White Worm (Bram Stoker / 1911 / UK / English / English)
Der Baldamus und seine Streiche (Oskar Wöhrle / 1913 / Germany / German / German)
The Lady of Lyons or Love and Pride (Edward Bulwer / 1838 / UK / English / English)
Das Marmorbild (Joseph von Eichendorff / 1818 / Kingdom of Prussia / German / German) ♥
Kapitanskaja dočka “Die Hauptmannstochter“ [translated by Arthur Luther] (Alexander Puschkin / 1836 / Russia / Russian / German)
Léon Bloy oder die Überwindung (Alexander Pschera / 2011 / Germany / German / German)

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march 2025
the corner that held them, sylvia townsend warner
the practice, the horizon & the chain, sofia samatar

[brian d]

february
blood on the forge (william attaway) ****
the currents of space (isaac asimov) **
war (stories by roald dahl) **
past and present (thomas carlyle) **
the compass rose (ursula k le guin) ***
possibilities (essays by david graeber) ****
the man in the high castle (philip k dick) *****
the poverty of philosophy (karl marx) **

march
the naturalist in nicaragua (thomas belt) ***
unquenchable fire (rachel pollack) ***
unto this last (john ruskin) ***
nothing but blackened teeth (cassandra khaw) **
the city and the city (china miéville) ****
pebble in the sky (isaac asimov) **
the tombs of atuan (ursula k le guin) [reread] *****
batman: the long halloween (jeph loeb) **

the corner that held them, sylvia townsend warner

curious what you thought about this one. i didn't enjoy it much, which was disappointing because i really loved lolly willowes.

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the corner that held them, sylvia townsend warner

curious what you thought about this one. i didn't enjoy it much, which was disappointing because i really loved lolly willowes.

i liked it a lot, but i'm at the buying letters collection stage of interest in warner; it reminded me, in the very compressed vignettes and a certain cruelty, of her late kingdoms of elfin stories, which i think are some of her best work.

but it's an odd book, it took me ages to actually read, and i'm not sure if the strange shape of the book is entirely to its benefit...