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The Bridge on the Drina: A Chronicle Etched in Stone and Time
Elegant, resilient, scarred by time and conflict, yet still standing.
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Down the Rabbit Hole
Reflections on BenjamÃn Labatut's 'When We Cease to Understand the World'
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In the Fog with Karen
Reflections on Memory, Identity, and the Mysteries We Carry
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Bearing Witness to a Poisoned Inheritance: Isabela Figueiredo's Notebook of Colonial Memories
A work of such unflinching honesty, such controlled fury, that reading it feels less like turning pages and more like bearing witness to an exorcism.
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Finding Eternal Connection: A Journey Through "Watching Over Her" by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
In the words that Jean-Baptiste Andrea has given us through Mimo and Viola, we find an invitation to examine how we watch over those we love, and how, in turn, we allow ourselves to be watched over—seen, protected, and celebrated despite our imperfections.
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Adrift in Barcelona: Unpacking Manuel Vázquez Montalbán's Southern Seas
It transcends genre conventions, using the framework of a detective investigation to offer what Montalbán aimed for across the series: a "moral chronicle" of Spain's tumultuous Transición, the period of transition from Franco's dictatorship to democracy in the late 1970s.
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🔴 Viewpoint: Tolkien's Legendarium - Lessons in Narrative, Lore, and Lifelong Re-reading
There exists a peculiar alchemy in the way certain literary worlds seize not just our attention, but our very soul—and Tolkien's Middle-earth has been, for me, such a transformative landscape.
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🔴 Viewpoint: Finding Meaning in the Muddle - Why Philosophical Fiction Speaks to Our Uncertain Times
There are moments, often arriving unbidden during times of collective unease or personal crossroads, when the stories we turn to feel less like escape and more like engagement.
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🔴 Viewpoint: 7 Sci-Fi Novels That Teach Us About Being Human in the Age of AI
Seven remarkable science fiction novels that have shaped my understanding of the complex dance between humans and artificial intelligence.
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Machinehood, by S.B. Divya
In the gripping 2021 sci-fi thriller 'Machinehood,' artificial intelligence and sentience blur the lines in a gig-driven future.
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Frankisstein, by Jeanette Winterson
"Frankissstein: A Love Story" by Jeanette Winterson is a novel that explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, gender identity, and the nature of humanity through two interwoven storylines.
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Solenoid, by Mircea Cărtărescu
"Solenoid," Mircea Cărtărescu's magnum opus, is a complex and challenging novel that transcends traditional genre boundaries.