Zadie Smith’s “NW” – book review
Zadie Smith’s NW is a novel about three people who grew up in Willesden, North-West London. Continue reading Zadie Smith’s “NW” – book review
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Joseph Conrad “Typhoon and Other Tales” – book review
Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon and Other Tales – a book review This short Oxford University Press edition includes four short stories by Joseph Conrad: Typhoon, Falk, Amy Foster and The Secret Sharer, and a very useful introduction. I loved it. I do not typically read shorter fiction, but these stories were incredibly satisfying in their sense of completeness and wholenesss as works of art. Nabokov once said in his Lectures … Continue reading Joseph Conrad “Typhoon and Other Tales” – book review
“The Essex Serpent” by Sarah Perry – book review
There’s been a lot of publicity surrounding Sarah Perry’s “The Essex Serpent “… Continue reading “The Essex Serpent” by Sarah Perry – book review
John Steinbeck “The Grapes of Wrath”- book review
I did not expect to enjoy this book half as much as I did. Continue reading John Steinbeck “The Grapes of Wrath”- book review
Bill Bryson “Made in America” – book review
It’s partially an etymology, partially a history, and mostly a collection of witty anecdotes. Continue reading Bill Bryson “Made in America” – book review
Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch” and the meaning of life
When I first reached for Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch”, I was unaware that it was surrounded by any critical controversy…. Continue reading Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch” and the meaning of life
David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” – a book review
It probably tells you something about me that I’ve managed to procrastinate reading a self-help book that talks about stopping procrastination.
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Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” – a book review
I loved this book so much!!! I don’t know how I had not heard this book mentioned before – it is simply exquisite. A Moveable Feast is Hemingway’s memoir of the time he spent in the Paris in the 1920s. Hemingway had just given his job as a journalist to pursue a career in writing fiction. He was young, recently married and ambitious. This memoir … Continue reading Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” – a book review
Reni Eddo- Lodge “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race” – book review
I finished reading Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race, only to hear a few days later that it has been nominated for the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction. It’s very exciting to hear it – as the book deserves to benefit from the extra publicity. The book‘s title, Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About … Continue reading Reni Eddo- Lodge “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race” – book review
Hermione Lee’s “A Very Short Introduction to Biography” – book review
Hermione Lee’s “A Very Short Introduction to Biography” is definitely one of the better short introductions out there. Continue reading Hermione Lee’s “A Very Short Introduction to Biography” – book review
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