Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
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South American Literature Beyond the Classics: Discovering Overlooked Voices
Beyond Borges and García Márquez: exploring South America’s hidden literary gems from Bolivia to Paraguay
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas [Book Review]
A classic of Brazilian literature about a man obsessed with himself READ MORE
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Books on My Winter 2024-2025 To-Read List (TTT)
The titles I plan to burry myself into to escape the cold READ MORE
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Why I Decided to Start a Read the World Challenge
How the passion for data and some Instagram accounts re-ignited my desire to read READ MORE
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Weekly Opening Lines – Dec 14th
From Yellowface, from R. F. Kuang: “The night I watched Athena Liu die while celebrating her TV deal with Netflix…” READ MORE
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My Hiatus to Experience Double Grief
Yet another one of those special curve balls that my life has thrown at me READ MORE
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Book Review: Home Fire, or being Pakistani in the UK
Kamila Shamsie mesmerizes us with an astonishing ending in this story about two Pakistani families tangled with the post-9/11 world in Europe. READ MORE
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Weekly Opening Lines – Dec 7th
From Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee: “History has failed us, but no matter. At the turn of the century…” READ MORE
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Weekly Opening Lines – Nov 30th
From The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak: “Once upon a memory, at the far end of the Mediterranean Sea, there lay an island so beautiful…” READ MORE
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Weekly Opening Lines – Nov 23rd
From Malgudi Days, by R.K. Narayan: “Punctually at midday he opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment, which consisted…” READ MORE
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Weekly Opening Lines – Nov 16th
From The Mystery of Three Quarters, by Sophie Hannah: “Hercule Poirot smiled to himself as his driver…” READ MORE
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