What is the best book of 2021?
The best book of 2021, as far as I am concerned, is out. The storyteller, the human rights advocate, the feminist and, as she prefers to introduce herself, the citizen of humanity, Elif Shafak, created [...]
Artificial Intelligence – the end of us?
Klara and the Sun, a book launched in March 2021, is the first book Kazuo Ishiguro published after he got the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. It’s a book confirming that the Japanese-born British author [...]
Zemfira on the Borderline
Zemfira just released her first album after a sabbatical 8-year long silence. The album is a revelation, and, to me, it comes out as a heart-breaking acknowledgement that an artist can only write genuine [...]
UK-Romanian Literary Festival
Romanian and Moldovan authors who have made the UK their home and inspiration for many years – Ioana Baetica Morpurgo, Stela Brînzeanu, Vica Demici, Cristina Mureșan, Simona Nastac, Andreea Scridon and Anda Vahnovan – [...]
VARA ÎN CARE MAMA A AVUT OCHII VERZI
'Tu vei înțelege, eu sunt sigură că tu vei simți cartea mea', mi-a spus Tatiana. Așa că mi-am propus să n-o citesc pe apucate, în câteva seri. Am așteptat o duminică, în care tot [...]