Some of the pieces in this book (Aurelia, Les Chimeres) are among the best things I’ve ever read. The rest is mostly pretty good.
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valeriesolanas rated In an antique land: 4 stars
In an antique land by Amitav Ghosh (Vintage departures)
Overview: Once upon a time an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out to find an Indian slave, name unknown, …
valeriesolanas rated Abyss and Song: 4 stars
valeriesolanas reviewed Aurelia & Other Writings by Gerar
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4 stars
Some of the pieces in this book (Aurelia, Les Chimeres) are among the best things I’ve ever read. The rest is mostly pretty good.
valeriesolanas rated Greek Myths: 4 stars
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valeriesolanas rated Selected Poems: 5 stars
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valeriesolanas rated Falling Back in Love with Being Human: 3 stars
Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom
“[An] intimate expression of self-acceptance and forgiveness, tenderly written to fellow trans women and others.”—The New York Times
“Required reading.”—Glennon …
valeriesolanas rated Princess Knight: 5 stars
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valeriesolanas rated In My Father's Court: 5 stars
In My Father's Court by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Like Isaac Bashevis Singer's fiction, this poignant memoir of his childhood in the household and rabbinical court of his father …