The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: The Sundays of Jean Dezert by Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (1886 – 1914)Mirmont was killed at the age of 27 during the World War I. He was an author of a collection of poetry, short stories and a 1914…Jan 24, 2022Jan 24, 2022
The Exiled Soul LibraryIntroduction to Anna Langfus’s ProseI would like to share with you a lit bit about one of my favourite writers who is almost unknown these days to the anglophone audience. I…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri“𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri“Why do I write? To investigate the mystery of existence. (…) To get closer to everything that is outside of me. (…)Writing is my only way…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: The Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun“For a long time I searched for the black stone that cleanses the soul of death. When I say a long time, I think of a bottomless pit, a…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid“(…) but that is the way of things, for when we migrate, we murder from our lives those we leave behind”.Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: Returning to Remis by Didier Eribon‘Returning to Reims’ by Didier Eribon moved me profoundly. This book is about suffering, pain and shame related to one’s social background…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: An Unnecssary Woman by Rabih Alemaddine“I would be reading at my desk, something she deemed part and parcel of my job, and considerate as she was, she kept me company but left me…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
The Exiled Soul LibraryBook Review: Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali‘When we walked side by side, did I not feel his humanity most profoundly? Only now did I begin to understand why it was not always through…Dec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
