“One book just leads to another.”
About Us
We are two English teachers who moved from the US to Uruguay in 2018 and have made a wonderful life here with our many cats – perhaps too numerous to name – and our dog, Luka. One thing we’ve missed about the US is having the availability of books in English, so we’ve decided to remedy the situation by opening our own shop here in Punta del Este.
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You you check out this place if you’re into English-language movies: https://www.maldonado.gub.uy/buscar?keys=Sala%20Raimondi&page=0 I’ve watched a few movies there–all over the map, from The Last Picture Show to Deliverance. Movies I’ve missed are Woody Allen’s Interiors and Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil. I can’t always make the mid-evening Friday or Saturday screenings, but the presence of…
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In a world full of two-bit podcasts, amid all the dreck, two stand head and shoulders above the rest, in my view. Both are created in the United Kingdom, and involve a fair bit of British humor, which they complement with vast erudition. Not dry academic erudition, mind you, but the colorful erudition of those…
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Lincoln in the Bardo represents a bit of a departure for George Saunders, who has written books of short stories sharply observant of the absurdities of life. Stories such as “Civilwarland in Bad Decline”, “Puppy”, and “Al Roosten” made me laugh. Lincoln in the Bardo, however, isa different type of story. Its novel form gives…
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