#european literature

[girlboccaccio]

I started this at October 2022 and left to rot on a folder until now - but now I have photoshop that stopped functioning and I finished it with paint - the low effort is real.

Btw: italian literature authors matrix - from medieval to early modern || 20th century authors coming soon

edit: a little explanation for anyone who isn’t an expert of italian literature

bitch row: Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, Giambattista Marino, Vittorio Alfieri

thot row: Giovanni Boccaccio, Torquato Tasso, Ugo Foscolo, Pietro Aretino

bastard row: Pietro Bembo, Giovanni Verga, Giosuè Carducci, Carlo Goldoni

baby row: Francesco Petrarch, Giacomo Leopardi, Ludovico Ariosto, Angelo Poliziano

#italian lit #italian literature #in any case discuss #european literature #renaissance #baroque #Dante Alighieri #Petrarch #Giovanni Boccaccio #Giacomo Leopardi #Ludovico Ariosto #Torquato Tasso #Carlo Goldoni #Vittorio Alfieri #Pietro Aretino #literature

[mailmiocuoredipietratremaancora]

To study modern european literature is 90% surrendering (affectionate) to Kafka

#he's everywhere #obv bc he's a genius #franz kafka #literature #european literature #contemporary literature #modern literature #art #love #beauty #mailmiocuoredipietratremaancora

[bones-ivy-breath]

Psyche by Louis Couperus

#psyche #louis couperus #quote #typography #literature #dark academia #light academia #dead academia #classic academia #original post #fairy tales #dark things #dutch literature #dutch authors #european literature #fairy tale retelling

[useless-catalanfacts]

The British newspaper The Guardian has included When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà as one of the best books of 2022. (The book was originally published in the Catalan language in 2019, but the English translation was published now in 2022.)

The book was also selected as one of the best fiction new books for adults by the New York Public Library.

[You can read the full article by The Guardian here and download all 3 pages of recommendations by the NY library here.]

This is a great achievement, even more so taking into account that the English-language publishing industry is very closed in itself and books from other languages have a hard time getting attention in English-speaking countries.

The book (originally titled Canto jo i la muntanya balla) has also been translated to other languages including Spanish, Italian, French, Galician, Basque, Hungarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Danish, Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic, German, Greek, Korean, Polish, Romanian.

Enhorabona, Irene!

#canto jo i la muntanya balla #irene solà #literatura #arts #books #reading #book recommendations #bookblr #books and reading #library #translation #catalan #european literature #literature #pyrenees #best books of the year #best books of 2022 #2022

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Seamus Heaney, from Clearances, in memoriam M.H.K. 1911-1984

via apoemforireland

#seamus heaney #when all the others were away at mass #poetry #poem #poems #irish literature #irish poetry #irish author #literature quotes #literary quotes #lit quotes #20th century lit #20th century literature #20th century poetry #literature #quotes #irish lit #european literature #european lit #e

[miserable335]

October be going good then boom mid semester starts 🙂

#studyblr #desi tag #exam stress #literature #european literature #Dante

[pinocchio-weekly]

Ferenc Pinter (1931–2008) illustrations of an edition of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, for the publishing house Scarabeo.

This is the last collection of works of the Hungarian-Italian artist, which was publishied in 2011 after his death.

#ferenc pintér #illustration #italian edition #european literature #european lit #italian literature #italian lit #italian illustration #pinocchio #carlo collodi

[czgif]

Viktor Preiss in The Ashes (Popel) 1969, TV, dir. Václav Krška IMDB

#Czech #čumblr #Czech cinema #Czech film #The Ashes #Popel #Viktor Preiss #Václav Krška #Fráňa Šrámek #drama #romance #adaptation #Czech literature #European literature #1960s #black and white #actor #TV film #Czech TV #European TV #central Europe #Czech Republic #Czechia #Czech pop culture #gif #classicfilmedit

[toronea]

“Parting” (pre-execution note)

To my wife

Sometimes I'll visit in your sleep

as an unexpected and unwanted guest.

Don't leave me outside on the road -

don't bar the doors.

I will come in quietly. Slowly, I will sit down,

and I will gaze into the dark to see you.

Once I've looked at you for long enough -

I will kiss you, and then leave you.

– Nikola Vaptsarov, tr. by @toronea

#poetry #nikola vaptsarov #spilled ink #my heart sang of you #bulgaria #bulgarian literature #bulgarian poetry #poetry blog #poetry in translation #my translation #eastern europe #european literature #socialist poetry #(this is a love poem but the author is overall socialist #he's one of the greatest) #poets on tumblr #writeblr #20th century poetry #20th century literature #40s poetry #keeping the original punctuation again. have decided to do that when i translate #ngl this one was hard because of the nuanced verbs in the original... they just don't carry the same meaning and tragedy like in bulgarian #yall are barely starting to discover non-english poetry and im here to introduce bulgarian poetry! #1942 #никола вапцаров #прощално

[atopmountains]

Literary tastes change over time, but it always feels weird to think about authors who used to be widely read, but no longer are. Most prominently in my mind is Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, who won the Noble Prize in literature but who no one in Norway really reads anymore. His contemporary and rival, Henrik Ibsen, is still hugely popular - even internationally.

I think it's mostly to do with Bjørnson's emphasis on national romanticism, which isn't that popular anymore. If we are to compare him with Ibsen, he wasn't as socially transgressive as him, so there is not the same "ahead of his time" feeling with Bjørnson as there is with Ibsen. And I'm part of this too, I have not read a single full length work by Bjørnson! I did however, really enjoy a silent film based on his novel (or it might have been a play) Synnøve Solbakken, so I will definitely read that, and eventually his other works.

I didn't read any of his poetry in high school, and now that they've changed the curriculum to be more flexible in terms of what books teachers assign, there's not any chance he'll have a comeback soon. But, my opinion on that is a different matter entirely.

You can be instrumental in the formation of a national identity and recieve prestigious awards, but once people are comfortable with and understand their national identity, maybe they don't need it reinforced in this internal way. In Norway today, we are much more obsessed with how people from other countries view us.

#literature #european literature #norway

[bones-ivy-breath]

The Sonnets to Orpheus: First Series (Die Sonette an Orpheus: Erster Teil) by Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. A. Poulin, Jr.)

#sonnets to orpheus #quote #rainer maria rilke #literature #poetry #aesthetic #dark academia #light academia #dead academia #romantic academia #german poetry #german literature #original post #european literature #classic literature

[elysianightt]

Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.

Ruta Sepetys, in Between Shades of Gray. 

#in between shades of grey #european literature #world war ii #ruta sepetys #book excerpts #books #historical fiction #book quotes #books read in 2023

[fictionfromafar]

Deadly Autumn Harvest

By Tony Mott

Translated by Marina Sofia

Corylus Books

This is the long awaited English debut by Romanian crime fiction author Tony Mott. Set in her home city of Brașov is a city in the Transylvania region, ringed by the Carpathian mountains. I believe this may actually be the second book in a series featuring forensic pathologist Gigi Alexis, yet was presumably chosen as her English language debut as it was seen as a good introduction by the publisher, Corylus Books.

Accessible it certainly is. After a heart stopping and short opening sequence, the novel quickly introduces Alexis. Having just returned from holiday it takes no time to begin to discover elements of her personal life, her work environment and her dark sence of humour. Having established the basics, our new protagonist is quickly called to a crime scene where ominously the investigating officer warns Alexis that the murder victim shares a strong resemblance to her. This crime is perplexing as there is no obvious motive and due to the unique placing of the corpse. It isn't long before it becomes clear to the reader that this is a police division under the pressure of a new chief and secondly that the views and opinions of a female civilian are judged secondary to those of male police officers

As further events including subsequent mystifying murders unfold it appears that Brașov could be facing the almost unique predicament of having a serial killer at large where Alexa will require to channel all her wits and experience, as well as her powers of persuasion in order to attempt to make these crimes stop and find the perpetrator.

Readers will find that Deadly Autumn Harvest is an absorbing introduction to Romanian crime fiction, although it also complements well previous novels already available to English language readers from the same publisher. It offers a fascinating insight into murder investigations in the former communist country and also is a very revealing introduction to Brașov and it's surrounding area which will appeal to many existing readers of crime fiction. I strongly recommend it and look forward to reading more novels by Tony Mott in the future.

Deadly Autumn Harvest

A series of bizarre murders rocks the beautiful Carpathian town of Braşov. At first there’s nothing obvious that links what look like random killings.

With the police still smarting from the scandal of having failed to act in a previous case of a serial kidnapper and killer, they bring in forensic pathologist Gigi Alexa to figure out if several murderers are at work – or if they have another serial killer on their hands.

Ambitious, tough, and not one to suffer fools gladly, Gigi fights to be taken seriously in a society that maintains old-fashioned attitudes to the roles of women.

She and the police team struggle to establish a pattern, especially when resources are diverted to investigating a possible terrorist plot. With the clock ticking, Gigi stumbles across what looks to be a far-fetched theory – just as she realises that she could be on the murderer’s to-kill list.

Author bio:

Tony Mott was born and bred in Braşov, which often forms the backdrop for her novels. She has worked internationally as a coach and HR professional, but her real passion remains writing. In 2022 she received the Romanian Mystery&Thriller Award. Deadly Autumn Harvest is the first novel in the Gigi Alexa series to be translated into English.

Translator bio:

Marina Sofia is a translator, reviewer, writer and blogger, as well as a third culture kid who grew up trilingual in Romanian, German and English. Her previous translations for Corylus Books are Sword by Bogdan Teodorescu and Resilience by Bogdan Hrib. She has spent most of her winters in Braşov skiing, so is delighted to translate a book set in her favourite Romanian town.

ISBN 978-1-7392989-1-3

£9.99

Many thanks to Corylus Books for an advance copy of Deadly Autumn Harvest and to Ewa Sherman for inclusion on the blog tour. Please check out the other reviews of this book on the blog tour as shown below.

#crime fiction #crimeintranslation #european literature #novels in translation #crime fiction in translation #crimefiction

[words--words--words]

I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me: I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge. Oh, that I had forever remained in my native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst and heat!

Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock.

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein.

#literature #quotes #mary shelley #victor frankenstein #frankenstein #frankenstein's creature #19th century literature #gothic literature #english literature #european literature #classic literature #queue and me (but mostly me)

[pinocchio-weekly]

Attilio Mussino’s (Turin, 1878 - 1954) drawing for the Bemporad edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (1910-11), the first edition in colors of the novel.

#illustration #Attilio Mussino #pinocchio #pinocchio weekly #european literature #italian literature #italian lit #european lit #children literature #book illustration #italian art #ch: Pinocchio #ch: Fairy with Turquoise Hair #ch: Mangiafuoco #ch: Carabinieri

[literarygremlin]

Yes, you cute or whateva but are you currently going crazy because of the literature during the Middle Ages in Europe? No? Thought so...

#european literary history #european literature #renaissance #Renaissance literature #the Christian canon #linguistics #literary studies #literature #literature student #linguistics student