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Brussels, Naked by Irina Papancheva: A guide to navigating the EU bubble and Brussels<\/p>\n
Brussels Naked is Papancheva\u2019s latest book. It tells the story of Iris, a young Bulgarian journalist who arrives in the Belgian capital as a trainee at the European Parliament.<\/p>\n
From naturist spas to lavish cocktail parties, the page-turner depicts Brussels in all its unpredictability: \u201cSome of my characters have very different experiences. They show how Brussels can be cruel, but also how it can be enchanting and magical,\u201d Papancheva explains.<\/p>\n
L\u00e1z\u00e1r: A Novel by Nelio Biedermann: Discovering Hungary\u2019s history<\/p>\n
Written by Nelio Biedermann (born in 2003), the book tells the story of a noble dynasty in Hungary throughout the 20th century.<\/p>\n
Family dynamics and history come together in the first book of the Swiss author of Hungarian origins.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s a fascinating story, and one wonders how a guy of 23 years old have that much reading experience that he can express himself the way. And it’s totally credible,\u201d Grobe said.<\/p>\n
The Enlargement by Robert Menasse: The future of the European idea<\/p>\n
Friendship, power games, politics and history intertwine in the novel by the Austrian author Menasse.<\/p>\n
\u201cMenasse is the master of Witteism, very funny, very ironic style,\u201d Grobe said.<\/p>\n
A novel that explores the deepest questions of European identity and politics, which, according to Grobe, is a \u201cmust-read\u201d for those who are part of the EU bubble.<\/p>\n
Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Cold War Prophet by Edward Luce: Understanding the United States<\/p>\n
Stepping away slightly from the European Union and turning to the United States, this book explores the life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser to US President Jimmy Carter.<\/p>\n
The Iran hostage crisis and the position of the United States in the world at the end of the Cold War raise questions and analyses that are all too easily comparable to the present.<\/p>\n
Listen to the podcast in the player above or where ever you get your podcasts and let us know what book you are reading by writing to us at brusselsmylove@euronews.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulgarian writer Irina Papancheva started journaling at the age of nine and is now the author of seven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,210,30829,30826,30830,30828,30827],"class_list":["post-55553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-belgium","tag-brussels","tag-experimental-novel","tag-irina-papancheva","tag-nelio-biedermann","tag-robert-menasse","tag-stefan-grobe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116351269958850234","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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