Category Archives: Literary fiction

“Buddenbrooks”, Thomas Mann’s First Published Novel

One can easily find a summary and analysis of the book on the Internet, such as this from “BookRags.” I have a different, but not contrary, view of the book which I offer below. The edition I bought was published in … Continue reading

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“… a last glimpse of the land now being lost for ever”

Thus ends The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald This is one of the three books I present today. The others are: Thesiger by Michael Asher; and The Search for Sana by Richard Zimler, the latter having been recently discussed … Continue reading

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