the historian

I have just finished reading a book and I would like to write about it. Curiously, this book has two titles, depending on its translation. The original title in English is "The historian" which does not specify the gender of the historian.
In Catalan the translator chose the masculine form and wrote it as "L'historiador", but in Spanish, the translator chose the feminine form "La historiadora". In my opinion the best choice is the Catalan, because the plot is about a daughter who tells her father story and he was an historian. The plot is about Dracula, too. The action takes place during the Cold War. Even though I know Dracula is a legend, after reading the book I am not so sure about it.
It is the first book by Elizabeth Kosova and it took her ten years of research to write it, and when the book was published it won a prize.
The book describes several countries including Bulgary, Hungary and cities like Istambul and Budapest in a way that makes you feel as if you were there.
I recommende this book to you, it was a long time since I had read a book so interesting and different.

mini-saga

I had always thought that my mother in law, who lived with us, hated me. So it was a surprise when on my birthday she gave me a bird as a present. I like birds very much. But I undestood it when I knew that she had bought a cat.