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The Light at the End of the Day by Eleanor Wasserberg: Portrait of the artist as a young girl

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You might remember Eleanor Wasserberg’s debut, Foxlowe, which caught my attention on Twitter a few years back, although not enough for me to read it. Two things drew me to her second novel: first the art theme running through it, always a lure for me, and secondly its Krakow setting. The Light at the End […]

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Thirteen Days in Poland, Half a Day in Slovakia, Two Books and the Ghost of Another 

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H and I enjoyed our time in Poland last year so much that we decided to go back, this time combining a bit of gentle urban exploration with a few walks in the mountains. We started off in Gdansk whose beautiful old town reminded me of the Baltic States. All meticulously rebuilt, of course: like

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