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by Marthe Bijman March 7, 2021

Megalomaniac Masters and Monarchs (3) – Undone by Mysteries

The Last Empress, by Anchee Min, is the second in a set of two novels about the Chinese Qing DynastyContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman April 19, 2019

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A howl from the guts – White Out by Martine Delvaux

Before you read White Out it is best that you know that this book is written somewhat in the styleContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman January 11, 2018

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Review in a 57-second video – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

Compact Crits #2: 57-second review of Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders.

by Marthe Bijman January 10, 2018

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A Triumph of Imagination – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

This is one review I composed carefully, as the novel is in a format I have never seen before, inContinue Reading

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