Numerous books and articles have been written on Oscar Wilde, reflecting on his life and works. He was a celebrity in his own time and his influence on the world's literature can't be denied.  Oscar Wilde's dramatic portrayals of the human condition came during the Vict…

Isaac Asimov was one of the 20th century's most prolific writers, writing in many genres. He was mostly known for sci-fi works like "Foundation" and "I, Robot". But even being so famous, he still left a few unsolved mysteries about his life. Foe example: ask Googl…

Jack Kerouac was born Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac on March 12, 1922, the youngest of three children in a French-Canadian family in the factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. The family lived in French-Canadian neighborhoods in Lowell and spoke the French-Canadian dialect of joual in the…

On May 8th we had an amazing opportunity to talk before our monthly meeting to Gerard de Jong, current resident of the programme Other Words in the Basque Country. You might remember we had previously hosted Bart Kingma in November (https://donostiabookclub.blogspot.com.es/2016/11/meeting…