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The Alternative Hypothesis
I recently was at the launching of a book from one of my favourite authors: Eric-Emanuel Schmitt. The book that was being presented was “The alternative hypothesis” (In Romania appeared under the name…
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Ugly: The True Story of a Loveless Childhood
Author: Constance Briscoe Genre: Biography Publisher: Hodder Pages: 320 An unsentimental style sharpens the tale of a terrible childhood. Literary trends may come and go, but publishers never seem to tire of the tragic memoir. Everyone…
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde is an Irish writer born during the Victorian era and the most known aestheticized English writers. He was born in 1854 in Dublin as the son of an Irish…
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The International Day Of The Book
Statistics say that one out of five Romanians does not read at all, and only 2.8% of us read a book every month. It is discouraging how little to Romanians actually read.…
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The Swallow And The Hummingbird
When George Bolton returns home to Devon at the end of the war, Rita assumes that her childhood sweetheart will marry her and that their future will be a reassuring continuation of their…
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One Last Dance
Imagine an ancient country mansion, carved out of its landscape and perched on a blustery headland on the windswept coast of Devon… This is Rosindell, seat of the upper class Reddaway family…
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The Last Time I Saw You
When Olivia Berrington gets a call to tell her that her best friend from university has been killed in a car crash in New York, her life is turned upside down. Her relationship…
