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tinebeest

tinebeest@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years ago

Recovering academic, part-time artist, fulll-time explorer of the mind

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Katy Beebe: Brother Hugo and the bear (2014, Eerdmans Books)

After painstakingly crafting a new copy of a destroyed library book, a monk tries to …

Discovered this book on Twitter (in the good old days) and gave it as a present to mum, who’s a calligrapher. We both love medieval manuscripts and can assure you this book is not just for kids, and you can read it more than once 😁

The World of Yesterday: Memoires of a European (German title Die Welt von Gestern: Erinnerungen …

Incredibly good read, personal but thorough analysis of the times he lives in. A sense of recognition of those emotions and feelings echoes across the chasm of time (and WWII) separating us from Zweig. He is not an objective (or accurate?) reporter but he captures the mood.