Category: Book of the Week
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Book of the Week #5
Debuts are always interesting, especially when the work itself is also unique or daring in some way. An Yu’s debut novel Braised Pork seems to garner a lot of praise for its originality, which makes it naturally alluring to many readers (myself included). The story is set in Beijing and follows a Chinese writer as…
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Book of the Week #4
Having read and reviewed her three major works, it is apparent that I am fond of Mieko Kawakami, especially her novella Heaven. So I really should be picking up her shortest translated work, Ms Ice Sandwich. From what I can understand from the blurb, it is a short and funny novella about a young man’s…
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Book of the Week #3
The Handmaid’s Tale is really one of those must-read books, even I know that… which really begs the question ‘why haven’t I read it, despite owning it?’ Atwood’s novel is widely praised and acknowledged as a great dystopian read set within a second American Civil War. It has a clear focus on the role and…
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Book of the Week #2
As I have made clear in several other posts on this website, I am a large fan of Ishiguro’s work. It’s also no secret that I lean more towards shorter fiction. So, logically, Nocturnes should be on my radar as Ishiguro’s only short story collection. The collection itself not only sports a very pretty cover…
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Book of the Week #1
Welcome to a new Friday series of posts! The objective of this series is to shed light on books I may plan to read because they seem interesting, but haven’t yet gotten around to enjoying. The first book I want to cover is Tish Delaney’s Before My Actual Heart Breaks, which seems to be a…