Curious Companions

April 22, 2016 admin 0

“The planning and preparation for the trip was intentionally minimal and I set off at the end of December with myriad emotions competing for supremacy. […]

The Remains of the Day

July 30, 2015 admin 0

‘A dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and heart-rending study of personality, class and culture.’ […]

The man within my head

July 30, 2015 admin 0

Ever since he first discovered Graham Greene’s work, Pico Iyer has felt a haunting closeness with the English writer. In The Man Within My Head, […]

The Historian

July 30, 2015 admin 0

‘Quite extraordinary…Kostova is a natural storyteller…She has fashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner.’ (San Francisco Chronicle) Late one night, […]

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret

July 30, 2015 admin 0

The year was 1765. Eminent botanist Philibert  Commerson had just been appointed to a grand new expedition: the first French circumnavigation of the world. As […]

River of Smoke

July 30, 2015 admin 0

In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from […]

Once Upon A Life

July 30, 2015 admin 0

‘Temsula Ao’s memoir gently unfurls itself, much like some of her best short fiction. Her anecdotes are delightful and she has the knack of asking […]

Namesake

July 30, 2015 admin 0

‘Extraordinary…a book that spins gold out of the straw of ordinary lives.’ (The Times) Jhumpa Lahiri’s second offering, following her Pulitzer-winning collection of short stories, […]