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Behind the Lines: Bugulma and Other Tales by Jaroslav Hašek Translation by Mark Corner Afterword by Robert B. Pynsent, Illustrations by Jiři Grus Published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press ISBN 978-80-246-2013-8Jaroslav Hašek is best known for the satirical novel The Good Soldier Švejk but he also wrote close to 1,500 short stories. Fourteen […]
I’m glad to see other bloggers are reading/have read Fortunata and Jacinta and that others have expressed interest in tackling the book. I wanted to include a list of additional posts on the novel tied (however loosely) to the read-along. Scott G. F. Bailey’s old blog and Amateur Reader’s Wuthering Expectations had many posts on the […]
Cervantes Street by Jaime Manrique Akashic Books, 320 pages (paperback) ISBN 978-1617751264After reading this review by Lawrence Norfolk about Cervantes Street I was sure I wanted to read the book. The structure of Cervantes Street alternates chapters between the memoirs of Miguel and his rich college friend Luis Lara (with the final chapter told by […]
What a long strange year in reading it has been. I hadn’t planned on reading Fortunata and Jacinta again or delving into more Galdós but I’m glad I did. I plan on reading a few more of his books that have been translated into English over the next few months, so you will be hearing […]
I found several (what I call) unasked questions in the novel but I believe there was one that Galdós wanted the reader to consider—what is in store for little Juan (Juan Evaristo Segismundo)? The novel ends on a melancholy buoyant note, which is the best Galdós could do given the body count and other damage […]