Mastodawn

Just finished this fascinating #novella from Cecilia Eudave #translated #bookintranslation #mexico this author holds nothing back in this novel of cruel moments. #horror #bookreview #reading #bookblog https://hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2026/06/book-review-summer-of-serpent-by.html?m=1

Book Review: The Summer of the Serpent By Cecilia Eudave

Indigo Sep 1, 2023

Prison Left Me Laughing: A Conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o By Remo Verdickt, Emiel Roothooft

"NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O is considered one of the leading writers on the African continent of the last 50 years. On December 31, 1977, he was arrested and spent a year in prison as an opponent of the Kenyatta dictatorship."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/prison-left-me-laughing-a-conversation-with-ngugi-wa-thiongo/

#NgugiWaThiongo #BlackMastodon #Writers #Literature #BlackTwitter #African #LARB #Academia #Teacher #BookInTranslation #Kenya #Book #Lit #Academicchatter

Los Angeles Review of Books

BethFishReads Jan 18, 2023

#book 4: STOLEN by Ann-Helen Laestadius (out this month from #Scribner

At its core, this is a story of how contemporary Sami people struggle to keep their traditions alive against a variety of issues, such as prejudice, lack of federal support, and climate change.

CWs: harming animals, depression, hate crimes

more thoughts (including #audiobook) at #GoodReads if you care to look

#fiction #BookInTranslation @bookstodon #Bookstodon #reading @audiobooks

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5275991469

Beth's review of Stolen

3/5: Really 3.5 The story of how a Sami woman struggles to find her place in contemporary Sweden. When she was just a little girl, Elsa was the soul witness to a young man killing one of her family's reindeer calves. In fear for her life, she refuses to tell anyone what she saw. This event and the man's continued poaching of Sami herds have a profound impact on Elsa's life. This novel holds Elsa's life experiences at its center, but it's really an exploration of how the Sami people struggle to keep their culture and traditions alive in the modern world. We see not only the clash between Euroc...