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Dec 27 2024

Wrapping Up

  • By Doug Merrill in Alternate History, Auf Deutsch, Doreen, Doug, Eastern Europe, Fabulous Ones, Fantasy, History, Literature, Music, Mythology, Novella, Russia, Short Takes, Urban Fantasy
  • December 27, 2024

Time for some short takes to clear the desk for the coming year. In Urs Widmer’s Der Geliebte der Mutter (My Mother’s Lover) the first-person narrator tells the story of his mother’s life, beginning with the death of her lover, many years after her own death. Erwin died as he lived best, leaning over a …

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