April 30, 2019 The Kindness of Strangers by Salka Viertel Reviewed by Lizzy Siddal There are times when an autobiography by someone you’ve never heard of just slots into your current reading stream. Such…
December 5, 2017 The Guesthouse at the Sign of the Teetering Globe by Franziska zu Reventlow Translated by James J. Conway Reviewed by Lizzy Siddal Countess Franziska zu Reventlow was born into the German nobility, and lived in the castle at…
October 10, 2014 The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante Translated by Ann Goldstein Review by Lizzie Siddal Every recent piece about Elena Ferrante seems to begin with the question, who is she? I’m…
July 15, 2014 A trio of Maigret novels by Georges Simenon Reviewed by Lizzy Siddal Let me start this article with a confession. In my pre-blog years, I once read a Maigret novel. I didn’t…
July 8, 2014 An Island Odyssey by Hamish Haswell-Smith Reviewed by Lizzy Siddal It is a piece of weakness and folly merely to value things because of the distance from the place where…
