FFB & #GermanLitMonth: My Father’s Keeper: The Children of Nazi Leaders – An Intimate History of Damage and Denial

Because sometimes there are stories -even in an atheistic world - that do not end with the passing of the protagonist. Hermann Goring, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Hess... I think all of us have heard of these names. Then there were others whom I encountered for the first time: Hans Frank, Baldur von Schirach, Martin Bormann, …

In Translation: Three Novels

This year, I read only three books in translation. THE DOGS AND THE WOLVES (LES CHIENS ET LES LOUPS) by IRENE NEMIROVSKY (1940) Ada Sinner, from the wrong side of the fence, has a glimpse of her wealthy cousin, Harry and falls in love with him. This is no childhood infatuation because even in her …

Review: The Blue Note

The Blue Note by Charlotte BinghamMy rating: 1 of 5 stars Did not enjoy.First Line: Afterwards they said there was never to be a time quite like it again.London: Bantam Books, 2000.First published: 2000Pages: 567Source: Bought it at DBF in Sept. last year. View all my reviews

To be a Wiccan: Beloved Witch by Ipsita Roy Chakraverti

Have you ever wondered why witches are shown as riding atop brooms? It is because a broom symbolises hearth and home to which a woman was tied by male domination. As she 'flew' away on it, it meant that she was breaking the bonds. It symbolized her freedom (263).This and more such interesting views are …