“Grief is the Thing with Feathers” by Max Porter BOOK REVIEW
Year of Publication: 2016 Publisher: Faber & Faber Ltd ISBN: 9780571327232 Strong Point: It is quite short. Weak Point: Everything! For example, if I had not read the synopsis, I…
“Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie BOOK REVIEW
Year of Publication: 2013 Publisher: Fourth Estate ISBN: 9780007356348 Strong Point: How the author tells us the past stories of both protagonists Ifemelu and Obinze as well as their present…
“Motherland” by Paul Theroux BOOK REVIEW
Year of publication: 2017 Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780141048789 Strong Point: Theroux' prose is very well balance and his vocabulary is quite rich. His sense of humour is sometimes very…
“Another Country” by James Baldwin BOOK REVIEW
Year of Publication: 2001 (first published in 1962). Publisher: Penguin Classics ISBN: 9780141186375 Strong Point: The description of the 50s American underground music scene and of the different types who…
“What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” by Haruki Murakami BOOK REVIEW
Year of publication: 2011 (first published in 2007). Publisher: Tusquets ISBN: 9788483835937 Strong Point: The reader gets to know how and why Murakami started his career as a writer as well as his…
“The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin BOOK REVIEW
Year of publication: 2013 (first published in 1969). Publisher: Orbit Books ISBN: 9781857230741 Strong Point: The lyricism of the language and the way the author describes the relationship between the two main protagonists. …
“Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah BOOK REVIEW
Year of publication: 2016 Publisher: Spiegel & Grau International Edition ISBN: 978-0-525-50902-8 Strong Point: The sincerity with which Trevor is telling us about his life. He tells us the good events as well…
“The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton BOOK REVIEW
Year of publication: 2018 Publisher: Raven Books ISBN: 978-1-4088-8951-0 Strong Point: The book is brilliant regarding its complex structure. The many characters and their own idiosyncrasies as well as their…
George Orwell’s Birthday
George Orwell (born Eric Arthur Blair) was born on June 25, 1903 in Motihari, Bihar (India) during the time of the British colonial rule. His father, Richard Walmesley Blair, was…
Octavia Butler’s Birthday
Octavia Butler (born Octavia Estelle Butler) was born on June 22, 1947 in Pasadena, California (USA) in a poor family. Her father died when she was still a child so…