This was a seminal book when it first came out in 1979. More so, as its author is the well-known intellectual Edward W. Said. In…
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Tag: Author Biographies
Kenya and out of Africa
In 2017 we couldn’t see the pink flamingos nesting at Lake Nakuro, Kenya. This time today, 6 Aug 2024 we saw many at the private…
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The Poetry of Du Fu and Li Bai
Tu Fu / Du Fu and Li Bai/ Li Po/ Li Bo are two famous late Tang poets. Li Po (701-762 AD) is what he…
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Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is a modern classic written by Ernest Hemingway. He started the book in Cuba in the autumn of 1957 and finished it…
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The English Patient
The English Patient is a wonderfully crafted novel of love. The English Patient is a famous novel that won the Booker Prize for Michael Ondaatje.…
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Agatha Christie: A Biography
Readers looking for information on where Agatha Christie wrote her most famous mysteries Death on The Nile, Murder on her Orient Express and Appointment with…
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Traveling with the Innocents Abroad
Mark Twain was a roving reporter for a few American newspapers when the Innocents from the New World went on a cruise to the Old…
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An autobiography — JG Ballard: Miracles of Life
JG Ballard is known to most readers as the writer of the semi-autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, which was made into a successful movie…
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Out of Africa
If you like the movie Out of Africa and like to know more of the writer of the book upon which the movie was based,…
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Chinese New Year reading
These books were recently acquired for my Chinese New Year 2020 reading. All four books are highly recommended and worthy of a place in my…
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