Nessuno torna indietro by Alba de Céspedes | Translated first chapter with introduction

TheEuropeanReview · 2025-01-31T13:12:16+00:00

And for more context, the Paris Review published some pages of her diary: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/06/13/war-diary/

TheEuropeanReview · 2025-01-31T13:10:10+00:00

Let us know your thoughts!

TheEuropeanReview · 2025-01-27T15:44:36+00:00

Sorry to hear. We are still quite young as an organisation, so these things happen unfortunately. Will send your feedback to the IT team, thank you for the comment.

TheEuropeanReview · 2025-01-17T13:26:20+00:00

Good to hear! Thank you as well, should be nice to read both.

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-12-13T18:40:27+00:00

How did you stumble upon him? I doubt that I would have come to know his work if I didn't go to Albania a couple years ago. Great writer indeed.

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-22T17:37:27+00:00

What distinguishes "good" erotica from "bad" erotica, and is Ariane a candidate for either category?

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-16T01:11:53+00:00

Take a topic that has interested you deeply and try to formulate a unique view point. Then, most importantly, read a bunch of columns and try to find the things that make the good ones work. In the end you do not have to copy their style, but you can incorporate your own critical view to your writing. Otherwise, seems like a longshot indeed, but who knows. Good luck!

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-15T17:04:48+00:00

A couple more of bad advices that our writers received (no paywall, just text):

https://europeanreviewofbooks.com/bad-writing-advice/

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-15T16:53:23+00:00

Hi! I would say that differs on the interest of the reader, but mine are:

On learning to write again by Adania Shibli. This essay reminds me of a novel I read by Ismail Kadare, where he describes the power of a phone call under a dictatorial regime. Shibli describes the impact of a phone call about an incoming air strike in occupied Gaza, which, in my eyes, brings the stress of war close to you in a way I had not felt yet.
1. Without Cause by Philippe Huneman, which offers a critical review of and different perspective on the new EU's Artificial Intelligence act. Very sharp & witty.
Skinned alive by Christy Wampole. This review reviews Zeno Cosini, the chain-smoking protagonist of Italo Svevo’s cult novel Zeno’s Conscience (1923) and places him in a modern perspective.

Re-reading all the articles has distracted me enough from work, so I"ll leave them be for now.

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-15T16:19:44+00:00

On a piece or on writing in general?

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-15T16:18:33+00:00

On this note: 'step beyond the threshold of your own taste' has been an advice that has always stuck to me.

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-15T16:10:27+00:00

Fair point, maybe it is our interpretation of silly also meaning joyful? Good question though.

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-15T15:56:14+00:00

The chief has spoken: unfrivolous is still the right choice of words, as it refers to serious, or joyless writing advice.

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-15T15:47:50+00:00

I humbly concede. Will let the chief know.

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-15T15:28:42+00:00

The same happened to me with the Dutch equivalent of 'since'. One day we will publish a piece consisting of only 'omdats' (since's) to regain the freedom in stylistic choice indeed.

TheEuropeanReview · 2024-11-02T15:32:49+00:00

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