Anne Enright’s The Forgotten Waltz
I have some tidying up today, given that I try to stack books I’ve finished to the left of my computer until I’ve at least mentioned them here, before I put them away. Pile’s getting…
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More Sebald . . . and some thoughts on sharing books. . .
I’ve mentioned here before what a fabulous library we’ve had access to in the house we rent in Bordeaux. French, English, poetry, travel memoir, autobiography, history, political analysis. . . it’s all here. So many…
View PostRichard C. Morais’ The Hundred-Foot Journey
A quick summer reading update: I suspect that many of you would enjoy Richard C. Morais’ The Hundred-Foot Journey which follows a young boy from bustling Mumbai to rural France (with a short stop in London)…
View PostEva Hornung’s Dog Boy
I’ve been holding out on you, but that’s because I’ve been travelling and having a tough enough time keeping up with one blog, never mind two. I do have some recommendations for great reading, though,…
View PostReading Sebald in Bordeaux
St George slays the dragon on the front façade of Eglise St. Croix here in Bordeaux. I was pleased to come across the sculpture just after I began reading W.G Sebald’s remarkable long prose poem,…
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