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Creative Writing Critique (Satis Shroff): Fire in the Blood

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Creative Writing Critique (Satis Shroff): FIRE IN THE BLOOD Review: Irene Nemirovsky Fire in the Blood, Vintage Books, London 2008, 153 pages, 7,99 Sterling Pounds (ISBN: 978-0-099-51609-5) Denise Epstein was 13 when her mother Irene Nemirovsky was deported to Auschwitz, where she eventually died in 1942. The daughter is now an octogenarian and was instrumental [...]

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Review by Satis Shroff, Freiburg:YAKS & YETIS

Posted in Bhutan, Darjeeling, Himalayan literature, Kalimpong, Ladakh, Man-of-Letters, Nepalese literature, Sikkim, translations, Uncategorized, yaks, yetis, Zanskar on May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Grünfelder, Alice (Editor), Himalaya: Menschen und Mythen, Zürich Unionsverlag, 314 pages, EURO 19, 80 (ISBN 3-293-00298-6). Alice Grünfelder has studied Sinology and German literature, lived two years in China and works in the publishing branch in Berlin. This book is comparable to a bouquet of the choicest Himalayan flowers picked by the editor in a [...]

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