Nils Tregenza 📚
@nilstregenza.bsky.social
Lover of world literature, music and art. Will give weekly recommendations here. Melbourne. Occasionally posts my art #booksky
‘A Jest of God’ by Margaret Laurence (1966)
A moving story about a woman in a Manitoba town. Though she teaches at the school she once attended, her alienation runs deeper than others realise. When a man from her childhood becomes an unexpected lover, her inner life is released #booksky
A moving story about a woman in a Manitoba town. Though she teaches at the school she once attended, her alienation runs deeper than others realise. When a man from her childhood becomes an unexpected lover, her inner life is released #booksky
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
‘A Jest of God’ by Margaret Laurence (1966)
A moving story about a woman in a Manitoba town. Though she teaches at the school she once attended, her alienation runs deeper than others realise. When a man from her childhood becomes an unexpected lover, her inner life is released #booksky
A moving story about a woman in a Manitoba town. Though she teaches at the school she once attended, her alienation runs deeper than others realise. When a man from her childhood becomes an unexpected lover, her inner life is released #booksky
‘A Jest of God’ by Margaret Laurence (1966)
A moving engagement with a woman’s life in a Manitoba town. Though she teaches at the school she once attended, her alienation runs deeper than others realise. When a man from her childhood becomes an unexpected lover, her inner life is released
A moving engagement with a woman’s life in a Manitoba town. Though she teaches at the school she once attended, her alienation runs deeper than others realise. When a man from her childhood becomes an unexpected lover, her inner life is released
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
‘A Jest of God’ by Margaret Laurence (1966)
A moving engagement with a woman’s life in a Manitoba town. Though she teaches at the school she once attended, her alienation runs deeper than others realise. When a man from her childhood becomes an unexpected lover, her inner life is released
A moving engagement with a woman’s life in a Manitoba town. Though she teaches at the school she once attended, her alienation runs deeper than others realise. When a man from her childhood becomes an unexpected lover, her inner life is released
‘Marketa Lazarová’ by Vladislav Vančura (1931)
At the murky birth of Northern Europe, a showdown between Bohemian brigands draws in German troops. The prose is incredibly vivid, but keeps the spirit of a folktale. The forest warps with the characters once the frost begins to thaw
At the murky birth of Northern Europe, a showdown between Bohemian brigands draws in German troops. The prose is incredibly vivid, but keeps the spirit of a folktale. The forest warps with the characters once the frost begins to thaw
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
‘Marketa Lazarová’ by Vladislav Vančura (1931)
At the murky birth of Northern Europe, a showdown between Bohemian brigands draws in German troops. The prose is incredibly vivid, but keeps the spirit of a folktale. The forest warps with the characters once the frost begins to thaw
At the murky birth of Northern Europe, a showdown between Bohemian brigands draws in German troops. The prose is incredibly vivid, but keeps the spirit of a folktale. The forest warps with the characters once the frost begins to thaw
‘The Family Mashber’ by Pinchus Kahanovich (1948)
A surreal homage to what was once the centre of the Jewish world. A wealthy family spirals out of control after one of them joins the mystics at the edge of society, and a loan takes on a life of its own #ukraine
A surreal homage to what was once the centre of the Jewish world. A wealthy family spirals out of control after one of them joins the mystics at the edge of society, and a loan takes on a life of its own #ukraine
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
‘The Family Mashber’ by Pinchus Kahanovich (1948)
A surreal homage to what was once the centre of the Jewish world. A wealthy family spirals out of control after one of them joins the mystics at the edge of society, and a loan takes on a life of its own #ukraine
A surreal homage to what was once the centre of the Jewish world. A wealthy family spirals out of control after one of them joins the mystics at the edge of society, and a loan takes on a life of its own #ukraine
The translator (@wrongsreversed.bsky.social) also provided a playlist of Korean and Japanese songs referenced in the novel #music #worldmusic
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The translator (@wrongsreversed.bsky.social) also provided a playlist of Korean and Japanese songs referenced in the novel #music #worldmusic
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Recommended: ‘The End of August’ by Yū Miri (2004)
An incredible and unsparing novel of Japanese-occupied Korea, told through the author’s ancestors. Their lives are framed by the rhythms of revolutionary folk songs, and of athletes forced to compete under the colonial flag #booksky
An incredible and unsparing novel of Japanese-occupied Korea, told through the author’s ancestors. Their lives are framed by the rhythms of revolutionary folk songs, and of athletes forced to compete under the colonial flag #booksky
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Recommended: ‘The End of August’ by Yū Miri (2004)
An incredible and unsparing novel of Japanese-occupied Korea, told through the author’s ancestors. Their lives are framed by the rhythms of revolutionary folk songs, and of athletes forced to compete under the colonial flag #booksky
An incredible and unsparing novel of Japanese-occupied Korea, told through the author’s ancestors. Their lives are framed by the rhythms of revolutionary folk songs, and of athletes forced to compete under the colonial flag #booksky
Recommended: ‘Samskara’ by U.R. Ananthamurthy (1965)
A classic novel against caste. In his last act against tradition, a man dies in the temple of a brahmin village, bringing life to a standstill. We are shown the spiritual side of entering into the world rather than retreating from it #booksky
A classic novel against caste. In his last act against tradition, a man dies in the temple of a brahmin village, bringing life to a standstill. We are shown the spiritual side of entering into the world rather than retreating from it #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Recommended: ‘Samskara’ by U.R. Ananthamurthy (1965)
A classic novel against caste. In his last act against tradition, a man dies in the temple of a brahmin village, bringing life to a standstill. We are shown the spiritual side of entering into the world rather than retreating from it #booksky
A classic novel against caste. In his last act against tradition, a man dies in the temple of a brahmin village, bringing life to a standstill. We are shown the spiritual side of entering into the world rather than retreating from it #booksky
Haunting sculptures by Bernhard Hoetger. He claimed to be channeling the German soul, but his art was so strange that the Nazis denounced it as foreign #art #blueskyart
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Haunting sculptures by Bernhard Hoetger. He claimed to be channeling the German soul, but his art was so strange that the Nazis denounced it as foreign #art #blueskyart
‘Fortress Besieged’ by Qian Zhongshu (1947)
China’s wartime as seen through a petty protagonist. Fleeing Shanghai for the interior, he falls into a job and marriage, allowing his small world of resentments and misunderstandings to be explored with remarkable vibrancy and an eye for satire #booksky
China’s wartime as seen through a petty protagonist. Fleeing Shanghai for the interior, he falls into a job and marriage, allowing his small world of resentments and misunderstandings to be explored with remarkable vibrancy and an eye for satire #booksky
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
‘Fortress Besieged’ by Qian Zhongshu (1947)
China’s wartime as seen through a petty protagonist. Fleeing Shanghai for the interior, he falls into a job and marriage, allowing his small world of resentments and misunderstandings to be explored with remarkable vibrancy and an eye for satire #booksky
China’s wartime as seen through a petty protagonist. Fleeing Shanghai for the interior, he falls into a job and marriage, allowing his small world of resentments and misunderstandings to be explored with remarkable vibrancy and an eye for satire #booksky
‘Fortress Besieged’ by Qian Zhongshu (1947)
China’s wartime as seen through a petty protagonist. Fleeing Shanghai for the interior, he falls into a job and marriage, allowing his small world of resentments and misunderstandings to be explored with remarkable vibrancy and an eye for satire
China’s wartime as seen through a petty protagonist. Fleeing Shanghai for the interior, he falls into a job and marriage, allowing his small world of resentments and misunderstandings to be explored with remarkable vibrancy and an eye for satire
November 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
‘Fortress Besieged’ by Qian Zhongshu (1947)
China’s wartime as seen through a petty protagonist. Fleeing Shanghai for the interior, he falls into a job and marriage, allowing his small world of resentments and misunderstandings to be explored with remarkable vibrancy and an eye for satire
China’s wartime as seen through a petty protagonist. Fleeing Shanghai for the interior, he falls into a job and marriage, allowing his small world of resentments and misunderstandings to be explored with remarkable vibrancy and an eye for satire
‘The House of Ulloa’ by Emilia Pardo Bazán (1886)
A classic Spanish novel, giving a darkly comic view of aristocratic decline, with a gentle-natured priest who seems unprepared to alleviate it. It pairs this with an attentiveness to beauty, and to the outrages of women’s lives at the time #booksky
A classic Spanish novel, giving a darkly comic view of aristocratic decline, with a gentle-natured priest who seems unprepared to alleviate it. It pairs this with an attentiveness to beauty, and to the outrages of women’s lives at the time #booksky
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
‘The House of Ulloa’ by Emilia Pardo Bazán (1886)
A classic Spanish novel, giving a darkly comic view of aristocratic decline, with a gentle-natured priest who seems unprepared to alleviate it. It pairs this with an attentiveness to beauty, and to the outrages of women’s lives at the time #booksky
A classic Spanish novel, giving a darkly comic view of aristocratic decline, with a gentle-natured priest who seems unprepared to alleviate it. It pairs this with an attentiveness to beauty, and to the outrages of women’s lives at the time #booksky
‘The House of Ulloa’ by Emilia Pardo Bazán (1886)
A classic Spanish novel, giving a darkly comic view of aristocratic decline, with a gentle-natured priest who seems unprepared to alleviate it. It pairs this with an attentiveness to beauty, and to the outrages of women’s lives at the time
A classic Spanish novel, giving a darkly comic view of aristocratic decline, with a gentle-natured priest who seems unprepared to alleviate it. It pairs this with an attentiveness to beauty, and to the outrages of women’s lives at the time
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
‘The House of Ulloa’ by Emilia Pardo Bazán (1886)
A classic Spanish novel, giving a darkly comic view of aristocratic decline, with a gentle-natured priest who seems unprepared to alleviate it. It pairs this with an attentiveness to beauty, and to the outrages of women’s lives at the time
A classic Spanish novel, giving a darkly comic view of aristocratic decline, with a gentle-natured priest who seems unprepared to alleviate it. It pairs this with an attentiveness to beauty, and to the outrages of women’s lives at the time
Julius Eastman was one of the great overlooked American composers, who incorporated his experiences of blackness and queerness into the New York experimental scene
#music #classical #queer
editionsblume.bandcamp.com/album/the-ni...
#music #classical #queer
editionsblume.bandcamp.com/album/the-ni...
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Julius Eastman was one of the great overlooked American composers, who incorporated his experiences of blackness and queerness into the New York experimental scene
#music #classical #queer
editionsblume.bandcamp.com/album/the-ni...
#music #classical #queer
editionsblume.bandcamp.com/album/the-ni...
‘The Little Town Where Time Stood Still’ by Bohumil Hrabal (1974)
About a wonderfully eccentric family in a Czechoslovak town, who are joined by an uncle that comes for a brief visit and never leaves. It proves to be a powerful testimony of a loved one in the final years of their life #booksky
About a wonderfully eccentric family in a Czechoslovak town, who are joined by an uncle that comes for a brief visit and never leaves. It proves to be a powerful testimony of a loved one in the final years of their life #booksky
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
‘The Little Town Where Time Stood Still’ by Bohumil Hrabal (1974)
About a wonderfully eccentric family in a Czechoslovak town, who are joined by an uncle that comes for a brief visit and never leaves. It proves to be a powerful testimony of a loved one in the final years of their life #booksky
About a wonderfully eccentric family in a Czechoslovak town, who are joined by an uncle that comes for a brief visit and never leaves. It proves to be a powerful testimony of a loved one in the final years of their life #booksky
‘The Little Town Where Time Stood Still’ by Bohumil Hrabal (1974)
About a wonderfully eccentric family in a Czechoslovak town, who are joined by an uncle that comes for a brief visit and never leaves. It proves to be a powerful testimony of a loved one in the final years of their life.
About a wonderfully eccentric family in a Czechoslovak town, who are joined by an uncle that comes for a brief visit and never leaves. It proves to be a powerful testimony of a loved one in the final years of their life.
October 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘The Little Town Where Time Stood Still’ by Bohumil Hrabal (1974)
About a wonderfully eccentric family in a Czechoslovak town, who are joined by an uncle that comes for a brief visit and never leaves. It proves to be a powerful testimony of a loved one in the final years of their life.
About a wonderfully eccentric family in a Czechoslovak town, who are joined by an uncle that comes for a brief visit and never leaves. It proves to be a powerful testimony of a loved one in the final years of their life.
‘Toddler-Hunting and other stories’ by Taeko Kōno (1969)
Stories of female desire with a macabre flair. Set in postwar Japan, scenes of marriage and motherhood are subverted by the inner lives of their protagonists. The stories catch us off guard, or allow a sense of unease to simmer #booksky
Stories of female desire with a macabre flair. Set in postwar Japan, scenes of marriage and motherhood are subverted by the inner lives of their protagonists. The stories catch us off guard, or allow a sense of unease to simmer #booksky
October 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
‘Toddler-Hunting and other stories’ by Taeko Kōno (1969)
Stories of female desire with a macabre flair. Set in postwar Japan, scenes of marriage and motherhood are subverted by the inner lives of their protagonists. The stories catch us off guard, or allow a sense of unease to simmer #booksky
Stories of female desire with a macabre flair. Set in postwar Japan, scenes of marriage and motherhood are subverted by the inner lives of their protagonists. The stories catch us off guard, or allow a sense of unease to simmer #booksky
‘Toddler Hunting and other stories’ by Taeko Kōno (1969)
Stories of female desire with a macabre flair. Set in postwar Japan, scenes of marriage and motherhood are subverted by the inner lives of their protagonists. The stories catch us off guard, or allow a sense of unease to simmer.
Stories of female desire with a macabre flair. Set in postwar Japan, scenes of marriage and motherhood are subverted by the inner lives of their protagonists. The stories catch us off guard, or allow a sense of unease to simmer.
October 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
‘Toddler Hunting and other stories’ by Taeko Kōno (1969)
Stories of female desire with a macabre flair. Set in postwar Japan, scenes of marriage and motherhood are subverted by the inner lives of their protagonists. The stories catch us off guard, or allow a sense of unease to simmer.
Stories of female desire with a macabre flair. Set in postwar Japan, scenes of marriage and motherhood are subverted by the inner lives of their protagonists. The stories catch us off guard, or allow a sense of unease to simmer.
Tall Shadows of the Wind (Bahman Farmanara, 1979)
When an Iranian villager marks a scarecrow, the community comes to worship it by day, and live in fear of it by night. Is this simply collective madness? The implications meant it was banned before and after the revolution #moviesky #filmsky #horror
When an Iranian villager marks a scarecrow, the community comes to worship it by day, and live in fear of it by night. Is this simply collective madness? The implications meant it was banned before and after the revolution #moviesky #filmsky #horror
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM