Thursday 26 December 2019

Who Among Us? Mario Benedetti

The premise of this is not so original; two teenage boys and one girl who are friends, the girl marries one of the boys but all three somehow feel she has married the wrong man. Written mainly from the point of view of the husband, but with a part from each of them, Benedetti skilfully unmasks true feelings, thereby revealing personalities, flaws and the tragedies in ordinary lives. 


Wednesday 25 December 2019

The Lagoon and other Stories, Joseph Conrad

Satisfying, mysterious or enigmatic short stories set in a romantic old-world. Full of ideas of travel or belonging and moods of places.