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piibald
Posted 2016-08-01 2:20 PM (#14117 - in reply to #14115)
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I thought that this challenge will be more... well, challenging, but as it usually goes, reading about others reading good books, makes me want to read these same stories, too.
I almost took "Elephant vanishes" from the library today, unknown Lucius Shepard sounds intriguing, known but yet unread Cixin Liu the same.
The collection I did read - "Jagannath" by Karin Tidbeck - was wonderful. All my favourite stories - "Some letters for Ove Lindstrm", "Reindeer Mountain", "Pyret" - are about Swedish/Nordic folklore, but also about the non-mythological life in Swedish countryside which is all so recognizably Northern Europe-y and like home. She just has to say: "It was June" and I already know all the smells and sounds and white nights. It's nice to read about the fantastic in our own part of the world - makes the everyday surroundings a bit more special.
Also, she's a really good writer (and translator of her own work).

Edited by piibald 2016-08-01 2:22 PM

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