Portnoy’s Complaint (1969) – Philip ROTH
I managed to pick this up cheap the other day, and after all the fuss about Roth winning the Man Booker International Prize earlier in the year, I was curious […]
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The General of the Dead Army (1963) – Ismail KADARE
And so my slight obsession with Albanian literature continues. Well, I say Albanian – I really mean Ismail Kadare. I don’t know what it is about him that I keep […]
Things Fall Apart (1958) – Chinua ACHEBE
Having read Achebe’s essay on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness last year, I felt that the time was right for me to explore some of his earlier fiction works. And […]
The Palace of Dreams (1981) – Ismail KADARE
A new year, a new list of books to read. What better way to start with another novel from an author I discovered only last year, and instantly loved. That’s […]
The Siege (1970) – Ismail KADARE
Now that I’m on holidays, I’m slowly working through the pile of books that I have accumulated throughout the year. This was last on the pile, and as such, first […]
