Saturday, September 21, 2024

valentino & sagittarius by natalia ginzburg (trans. avril bardoni)

these stories go really well together - recountings of quiet family tragedy that is so mundane yet so fascinating when told through these resigned, listless, but loving young women characters' point of view. perfect one-act drama.

the summer war by naomi novik

Aside from what I can tell of her Deadly Education series (#darkacademia) she really does write the same seasonal-magic romantic fantasy bil...