A noir with a twist. This short novel by Pascal Garnier takes us on a mad trip to Agen (very invitingly called the capital of prune). We travel with Marc, in his sixties, and his daughter Anne in her thirties. It is weird, painful, dark, but also funny in a menacing and sinister way. Marc’s …
Continue reading A Long Way Off/ Daleko, dalej – Pascal Garnier
Sally Jay Gorce is a true personality. As we join her in Paris where she is hellbent on living her life to the full, there isn’t a boring second. Sally’s mix of tenacity and carelessness gets her in endless trouble. But she doesn’t let herself be broken, she gets up, deals with yet another hangover, …
A small and thoughtfully slow exploration of the big things in life. A few days ago I wrote about books in translation and this is the book that sparked the thought. I got it from my mum for Christmas, so yes, it is another in the long list of my gifts. It has a beautiful …
Continue reading How’s the Pain? / Jak się ma Twój Ból? – Pascal Garnier
Yet another one of the books I got in the lockdown parcel from my mum. As I'm still presenting in my aim to read my 20 books of summer alternating between English and Polish ones, I picked up this one as it was a Polish edition. At this rate, I'll soon run out to books …
'It's not easy writing about nothing' That's how Patti Smith starts her book. The words uttered by a cowpoke in her dream. A kind of challenge that she accepts. Before I proceed with the review bit, I need to make a small disclaimer. I have seen Patti Smith live on All Points East in 2018, …
I got this book from my mum for Christmas I think, or my birthday. In Polish edition, it has a beautiful cover, so I was tempted to read it, but at the same time deterred by its size. Finally roaming my shelves during lockdown in April I got to it. It is an odd choice …
Continue reading Wanderlust: A History of Walking – Rebecca Solnit
