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reader. writer. public transport enjoyer.
living in germany
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friedgreenpepper.bsky.social
saw people online talking about this book, hopefully i finish it before i have to fly back for uni!
a picture of a book with a cover that is a soft pastel gradient of white, pink, yellow, blue. the text almost disappears into the background: “Territory of Light, a novel, Yuko Tsushima, translated by Gearldine Harcourt”
December 28, 2024 at 8:13 PM
friedgreenpepper.bsky.social
have been pretty bad at keeping this thing up, but i finished this yesterday, very moving, very important.
December 24, 2024 at 5:14 PM
friedgreenpepper.bsky.social
oh yes.
December 19, 2024 at 12:16 AM
friedgreenpepper.bsky.social
Going to start keeping track of what books I’ve started here- CR Cold Nights Of Childhood! My first book in translation from Turkish! What a striking cover.
A picture of the book “Cold Nights of Childhood” by Tezer Özlü, tr. Maureen Freely
December 14, 2024 at 6:24 PM
friedgreenpepper.bsky.social
spent a study break reading natasha trethewey 🫶
MISCEGENATION In 1965 my parents broke two laws of Mississippi; they went to Ohio to marry, returned to Mississippi. They crossed the river into Cincinnati, a city whose name begins with a sound like sin, the sound of wrong — mis in Mississippi. A year later they moved to Canada, followed a route the same as slaves, the train slicing the white glaze of winter, leaving Mississippi. Faulkner's Joe Christmas was born in winter, like Jesus, given his name for the day he was left at the orphanage, his race unknown in Mississippi. My father was reading War and Peace when he gave me my name. I was born near Easter, 1966, in Mississippi. When I turned 33 my father said, It's your Jesus year — you're the same age he was when he died. It was spring, the hills green in Mississippi. I know more than Joe Christmas did. Natasha is a Russian name - though I'm not; it means Christmas child, even in Mississippi.
December 3, 2024 at 4:21 PM
friedgreenpepper.bsky.social
quite possibly the funniest thing about this whole FDP political scandal is the fact germans apparently cannot make good powerpoint presentations. this is exactly what nearly all of my university lectures look like. is this cultural? are germans allergic to serif fonts?
the FDP’s “d-day” pyramid
November 30, 2024 at 11:29 PM
friedgreenpepper.bsky.social
duck in the isar this afternoon 🦆
a duck in a river just before sunset, with the light and buildings reflecting on the water
November 29, 2024 at 4:46 PM