Jul 1, 2024
I must confess that I never quite got settled into Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf. The peculiar structure of the book, with no distinct demarcation into chapters, the chaotic ebb and flow of the myriad of characters, and the old fashioned style of prose, did not...
Nov 14, 2021
“Peace to our neighbours. But anathema to the French name. Hatred eternal to France. This is our cry.” – from the Haitian proclamation of independence from France. The Black Jacobins is an enlightening and thought-provoking tome which is a must-read...
Apr 2, 2020
The Buried Giant is a masterful work of fiction by British-Japanese writer Ishiguro. From start to finish I found The Buried Giant entertaining and gripping, with many unexpected plot twists and turns. I could hardly put this book down. In particular, I enjoyed how...
