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Former adventurer. Citizen of two worlds but mostly the inner one.

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reviewed The labyrinth of the spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books)

Carlos Ruiz Zafón: The labyrinth of the spirits (2018)

In late 1950s Barcelona, Bea, the wife of Daniel Sempere, and his friend Fermín are …

Felt like a bad writer. Aged style.

It could have been fascinating but felt drawn-out, cliche-ridden. I'm a native upanishad speaker but lately I can't be bothered with writers other than Perez-Reverte.

Ross Gay: The Book of Delights (Hardcover, 2019, Algonquin Books)

Didn't engage me. I liked hearing Ross talk in podcasts but poetry is tricky like that. Maybe you end up cherishing one or two pages for life, but then most of the book fails to engage you. That's ok.