My sister is supplying fodder for my blog. Here is today’s offering (from Huffington Post), about the future of books. I’m not sure how I feel about this topic. I do not romanticize books, turn them over in my hands to treasure, rever and keep forever. When our youngeset kid started kindergarten the teacher came to visit…
The Custodian of Paradise is brilliantly written, very complex, and full of intricately woven themes. However, it is very heavy in spirit. I am not sure I’d recommend this book to everyone, but I intend to try another one of Wayne Johnston’s books. Looking for a review of the book, I found a defense of fiction as travel…
Yes, I know – this book was published in 2007 and was reviewed all over the place then. But I only read it last week. True story of an American hairdresser who opened a beauty school in Kabul, to teach Afghan women a skill they could use to better their lives. The book was mildly…
This is a book I didn’t know anything about when I picked it up at the library – it is worth reading. I’ve since learned that the author is one of China’s best and boldest novelists. I’ll have to look for some of his other books. The basic story is about village where many are dying…
Don’t bother with these two. Both have dramatic themes and plots, but the characters are too stereotypical and annoying.
I recently read the novel, The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide, which came to me with mildly good reviews. It is a 2007 novel by an Australian about a woman dying of cancer, who is writing a household help book on the subject of dying. Not usually a humourous topic, but the main character had…
Seeing Clarely 