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Tag: Karel Capek

Books for the Lockdown – Dystopian and Depressing

On March 30, 2020March 24, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts5 Comments

Another week of the lockdown passed. I’m sure all of us are getting a bit antsy by now. Hopefully, all of you and your loved ones are healthy and safe. Last week we looked at happy and funny books. This week we’ll take another tack – going down the dystopian and apocalyptic route. If you …

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Best books of 2018 and plans for 2019

On January 1, 2019March 12, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts6 Comments

I know you all have been flooded by this type of posts in the last few days, but it's that time of the year. We all just have to bear it with dignity and write our own post on the best books and our plans 😉 As always I just could not decide on a …

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The Absolute at Large – Karel Capek

On June 6, 2018May 13, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews5 Comments

I bought this book during my trip to Toruń to see the exhibition of David Lynch, the museum's bookshop had a pretty decent fiction section and had several Czech books in translation, which is rare in Poland, so I grabbed this one to expand my shamefully small knowledge of Czech literature. This book is a …

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January round-up

On February 1, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

I'm happy that January is over, as now I only have one more month of darkness to survive! January went quite quickly and despite the lack of sun relatively painlessly (especially if you consider that it is traditionally one of the two worst months in a year for me). Reading-wise it was not a bad …

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