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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Tag: Literary Fiction (Books)
By Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese born writer resident in UK. His book The Remains of the Day made his reputation. From that moment, he could…
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By Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway is an American writer who made his name in Europe. He lived life to the fullest. Here are 4 books. Name 2 countries…
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An abridgement — The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
This 2018 new translation is by Martin Palmer a visiting professor in Religion, history and nature at University of Winchester, UK, assisted by 3 other…
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By Mo Yan
Mo Yan is his nom de plume. He won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature. Here are 3 of his more famous works. Shifu is…
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By Tan Twan Eng
Tash Aw may be more famous. But Tan Twan Eng’s oeuvre of two books has garnered accolades far beyond all Malaysians authors. His first book…
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A prose translation – The Odyssey
This is a review of Naxos audio book poetry unabridged of Homer the Odyssey. Read by Anton Lesser based on a new translation by Ian…
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Interesting history – Shanghai: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City 1842-1949
This book would be interesting for a reader looking for a rollicking and layman history of Shanghai from 1842 (the year when Shanghai was forced…
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Excellent novel – And the Rain My Drink
This is a classic novel of the Malayan Emergency seen through the eyes of a Chinese girl Suyin who fell in love with a British…
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Exquisite – The Tale of Genji(Roughcut)
There are four famous English translations. The earlier ones are by Arthur Waley and Edward Seidensticker. Here is a review of the two recent English…
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