141 books
—
75 voters
World Literature
World literature is sometimes used to refer to the sum total of the world's national literatures, but usually it refers to the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. Often used in the past primarily for masterpieces of Western European literature, world literature today is increasingly seen in global context.
...more
Most Read This Week
“
Exhaustion
Salima sat in the fancy hotel room
In the evening time.
Here she is again in another foreign city,
Attending a conference discussing “human rights”.
Her eyes roamed the room.
She suddenly felt a severe chill in her body.
She suddenly realized that she is exhausted,
But her exhaustion is not that of one day,
It was one of a lifetime!
It fell upon her abruptly.
The thoughts of the bygone years
Nested in her head,
Were suddenly awoken.
One thought after another.
She realiz
...more
”
― أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]
― أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]
“
…The time machine quietly disintegrated with leprosy of unsaid hurts and accusations that peeled back skin, muscle, and bone, snapping off love’s digits, fingers, arms, and legs in agonizing screams …
”
― Mechanical Bull
― Mechanical Bull
A book club in which we will attempt to read a book from every single country in the world (and …more
6 members,
last active 3 years ago
The challenge: Read 12 books in 2018 from 12 different countries
11 members,
last active 7 years ago
A group for New Zealand book lovers (and authors) and lovers of New Zealand books (and books in …more
1,350 members,
last active 3 days ago
anti brain rot basically.
ranked reading.
competitive popcorn reading.
4 members,
last active 7 months ago
