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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
My introduction to Milan Kundera was ‘Slowness‘ and it was chosen entirely for pragmatic reasons – it was short. I wasn’t impressed, I have to say, and took my time to read his bestselling classic ‘The unbearable Lightness of Being’. My verdict? It’s definitely better than ‘Slowness’. I can see…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Bones of Grace by Tahmima Anam
I was long looking forward to Anam’s third book in this ‘trilogy’ but though I enjoyed the book from the beginning – she is a masterful storyteller, of that there is no doubt – I was, nonetheless, a little disappointed. Firstly, the book really didn’t seem to be part of…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
I’m late to Tennessee Williams. ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ has been on the bucket list to read (and watch, of course) for a long time. Having watched the lesser-known ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ last year, I felt it was time to kick this one into touch. I’ll be honest from the…
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Continue reading →: Sonali is now in paperback!
I said I wouldn’t do it. I almost wish I hadn’t. But I did. After bringing out Sonali as an E-book and getting some lovely reviews from purchasers, I was plagued by demands to bring it out as a physical paperback. In the end I relented. With my collection of short stories coming out…
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Continue reading →: Book review: ‘Notes from a Small Island’ by Bill Bryson
This book was the second of Bryson’s I read after first enjoying his short book on Shakespeare. That understated little classic told me Bryson was an informative author and makes anything fascinating, but it was this book which confirmed that his wit and incisive observations were my kind of thing.…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Slowness by Milan Kundera
This short ‘novelette’ was my introduction to an author whose works I’ve wanted to read for some time but never got around to it. I have three books of his after a recommendation from a friend and this was the shortest so…what could go wrong? I thought. The book promised…
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