in lieu of a field guide

Poison, Shadow and Farewell is the valedictory volume of Javier Marías's spy novel whose prose style represents a calcification of th...

This post is my wee participation to The Art of the Novella Reading Challenge , instigated by Frances of Nonsuch Book with the support ...

Kōno Taeko, 85 years old, must be the grand dame of Japanese letters. Her outputs were praised, most deservedly, by writers like Ōe Kenzabur...

A list of what I read in the second quarter of the year. This brings me to a total 25 books read since January - much less than the 38 books...

The story of Austerlitz is told in the voice of an unnamed narrator. Its setting constantly changes from one European country to the next....