In his own words
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The Return of the Soldier
Review: Amazing book. Heart lifting and heart rending at the same time. What would you do if you lost all memory of the last 15 years? Could you recapture past love? Would you want to/ Life is a bitter draught but you have to drink it to be an adult. 5 stars. Overall rating: How…
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The Home and the World
Review: Sandip might be a metaphor for Gandhi. Tagore’s prose often reads like poetry. Sudden tragic ending. Had to look online to make sure it wasn’t missing pages in the Kindle. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Random Kindle choice Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Tord Gustuvsen in the rain. Ordered…
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The Devil’s Pool
Review: Bumpkins! Nice insight into the life and loves of 19th century French peasants. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Random Kindle choice Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Tord Gustuvsen in the rain. Ordered curry takeaway for the first time in years. Galub jamun! Check out author’s other books? Y Recommend…
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The Return of the Native
Review: Life on Egdon Heath. Learned about trades on the heath: You feel the moonlight, the desolation, the warmth of the firesides. The dialect is spot on. The life must have changed forever with steam power and machinery to reclaim arable land from the heath. Maybe someone wrote about that?? Very good read. Solid classic.…
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Review: Good. Proust always is. But it’s pretty clear that: Characters in this volume are fairly cut and paste: Maybe it’s the translation, but some of the phrasing is so, so convoluted I had to struggle to see what his meaning actually was. Great, but needed a good editor to cut out some stuff and…
