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“There are no secrets here. Everybody knows everything about everybody. Or they would like to think they do. Secrets have to be well guarded, and the price is high.”

Book:Astrid and Veronika

Work

Astrid and Veronika

Astrid and Veronika is a narrative that delves into the emotional and psychological dynamics of a friendship that transcends typical boundaries. The story follows the lives of its two main characters, who find solace and companionship in each other amidst the complexities of their personal lives. The novel is known for its introspective and poignant portrayal of human connections. more

Author

Linda Olsson

Linda Olsson, born in 1948, is a renowned author whose works span various literary genres. She is admired for her profound insights and unique narrative style. more

“إنه دائم الغياب منذ ما قبل رحيله فقد اعتاد القريبون منه على تقبل عزلته و اختفاءه عنهم منذ وقت بعيد وعلى اعتبار ذاك الغياب خصيصة جوهرية لوجوده ، لهذا وقد رحل الآن لن يكون صعبا على العالم استيعاب حقيقة غيابه الأبدي. لقد قامت طبيعة حياته بتهيئة العالم لموته فقد كانت نوعا من الموت الاستباقي ، و إذا ما جاء أحد على ذكره فسيتم ذلك بصورة باهتة وبصوت خافت لا أكثر”

Death Solitude

Book:The Invention of Solitude

Source: The Invention of Solitude

“But taking my meal outside by the burning juniper in the fireplace with more desert and mountain than I could explore in a lifetime open to view, I was invited to contemplate a far larger world, one which extends into a past and into a future without any limits known to human kind. By taking off my shoes and digging my toes into the sand I made contact with that larger world - an exhilarating feeling which leads to equanimity. Certainly I was still by myself, so to speak - there were no other people around and there still are none - but in the midst of such a grand tableau it was impossible to give full and serious consideration to Albuquerque. All that is human melted with the sky and faded out beyond the mountains and I felt, as I feel - is it a paradox? - that a man can never find or need better companionship than that of himself.”

Earth Solitude Desert Outside

Book:Desert Solitaire

Source: Desert Solitaire

“And to think that I might have become a poet like that if I had been allowed to settle somewhere, anywhere in the world, in one of the many shuttered-up houses in the country that no one looks after anymore. I would only have needed one room (the light room in the gable). I would have lived inside it with my old things, my family portraits, my books. And I would have had an armchair, and flowers and dogs, and a stout stick for rocky paths. And nothing else. Only a book bound in yellowing ivory-coloured leather with a flowery pattern for its endpapers: I would have written in it. I would have written a great deal, because I would have had many thoughts and memories of many things.”

Writing Poetry House Memories Books Solitude Countryside Room

Book:The notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

Source: The notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge