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tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com
Shusaku Endo is one of our recent additions to the J-Lit Giants hall of fame, and a well deserved one. I've enjoyed several of his books, and I've had this novel, highly recommended, on the shelves for a long time. Fortunately, it didn't disappoint...*****Deep River (translated by Van C. Gessel, published by New Directions) is |
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lizzysiddal.wordpress.com
Today it's time for a virtual cruise down the Moselle, possibly my favourite river in Germany. The reason ... Our dear God did not wish / that fine wine should go to waste. / Thus he gave not just the vine / also the requisite sense of taste. (Purists won't like that translation, but I... |
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anzlitlovers.com
Inspired by Kim's 10 Books for Australian Music Month, I have trawled through my reviews and found ten fourteen Australian novels that feature music and musicians. Links on the titles go to my reviews. Facing the Music (1994) by Andrea Goldsmith. The title is a clever play on words, it's a novel about a composer... |
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readingmattersblog.com
Fiction - hardcover; Canongate Books; 272 pages; 2015. Review copy courtesy of the publisher. Kevin Barry's Beatlebone is my book of the year.It's a riotous romp full of the most unexpected surprises and captivated me from start to finish. It tells the story of a 37-year-old man named John, who is going through akind of... |
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