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November Reads

November 29, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Generally speaking, I read so little literature in translation! Just by chance, however, this month, I’ve read three books in translation. One was adapted from several Russian editions, one translated […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Andreas Steinhofel, Anja Tuckermann, books in translation, David Days Mona Nights, epistolary, Fredrik Backman, German, Gita Wolf, Hassan Zahreddine, Henning Koch, Leo Tolstoy, Little Girls Are Wiser Than Men, My Grandmother Sends Her Regards And Apologises, Picture Book, reading, review, Russian, Swedish, Tara Books

Burggarten, bitte

November 20, 2012 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

A lovely lady on the train to Vienna told us we must go see the Burggarten, a rose garden. In our attempt to put to use our practically non-existent German, […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: bitte, danke, German, language, Vienna