Not exactly an easy read, but mostly because Revaz manages to find the voice, the internal voice, of a Swiss farmer living with his wife Vulve in the high mountains. This is not an easy life, with farm labour taking a toll on the whole family. Paul, the rough farmer, decides to employ a Portuguese […]
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Review of Rapport aux Bêtes by Noëlle Revaz
Posted in The List, tagged Coeur Animal, Noëlle Revaz, Rapport aux Bêtes, Review, Séverine Cornamusaz on February 11, 2011 | Comments Off on Review of Rapport aux Bêtes by Noëlle Revaz
Review of Travnicka hronika / UK ed: Chronicles of Travnik
Posted in The List, tagged Andric, Chronicles of Travnik, Danny Review, Review on January 29, 2011 | Comments Off on Review of Travnicka hronika / UK ed: Chronicles of Travnik
Members of our little group are keen reviewers, and of course book lovers. For those of you who don’t know his work, one of our star reviewers is Danny Yee and his Book Review site. I will highlight some of the reviews on his site for the various Novels on our List. The first of […]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Posted in The List, tagged Mark Haddon, Review, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, World Book Night on January 28, 2011 | Comments Off on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Great read. Far too many reviews on the Web. The best one is this link which explains all the mathematical puzzles in this book. Mathematical Association review.
Review of La théorie des nuages by Stéphane Audeguy
Posted in The List, tagged La théorie des nuages, Review, Stéphane Audeguy on January 22, 2011 | Comments Off on Review of La théorie des nuages by Stéphane Audeguy
C’est une histoire de culs, or it is a new way to make meteorology sexy. This first novel from Audeguy takes you on several historical journey’s all related one way or another with the way science has perceived clouds. The entire story is held together by the library of a Paris based Japanese fashion designer […]
Vote Results for the Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
Posted in The List, tagged Harmony Silk Factory, Results, Tash Aw on January 22, 2011 | Comments Off on Vote Results for the Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
Votes are now finalised – Thanks to all our voters. We have the results on the proposal to add either one of the Harmony Silk Factory; To Live; or An Insular Possession to the List of Novels you might want to read in your life-time if you get half the chance: Six voted for The […]
World Book Night Poll
Posted in The List, tagged A Fine Balance, All Quiet on the Western Front, Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, Erich Maria Remarque, Fingersmith, Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, Life of Pi, Love in the Time of Cholera, Mark Haddon, Muriel Spark, Northern Lights, Philip Pullman, Rohinton Mistry, Sarah Waters, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Vote, World Book Night, Yann Martel on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off on World Book Night Poll
World Book Night is due to kick-off on 5 March 2011 when a million books will be given away. The Twenty Five books chosen by a committee of judges can be found if you follow the link below. Check out the reviews if you don’t know these works : World Book Night Titles. I have […]
Review of Vies Minuscules by Pierre Michon
Posted in The List, tagged Pierre Michon, Review, Vies Minuscules on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off on Review of Vies Minuscules by Pierre Michon
My second Michon book devoured in one month. A completely different style to his biographical work, possibly because this Novel, made out of a series of vignettes on the small and insignificant lives of past acquaintances, was stranded together through autobiographical details on the authors love life and his encounters with drink and barbiturates. Some […]
Review of L’Enfant Chat by Béatrix Beck
Posted in The List, tagged Béatrix Beck, L'Enfant Chat, Lost in no-translation, Review on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off on Review of L’Enfant Chat by Béatrix Beck
Through-out the year, I will add on this blog a number of reviews of the Novels you can find on the list. We will start with Beck, an author born in Belgium, who lived in France and Switzerland. She was Gide’s secretary for a while and has a very simple – but engaging writing style. […]
Review of Riders in the Chariot by Patrick White
Posted in The List, tagged Patrick White, Review, Riders in the Chariot on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off on Review of Riders in the Chariot by Patrick White
Post-war Australia was a land of internecine wars of religion, between catholics and protestants, jews and anglicans, along with native Australians left on the side-lines to loose themselves in drink on the margins of the city. A long forgotten time in Australia’s history. In Patrick White’s tale, all main characters are outsiders, slowly decaying, as […]
Review of Magnus by Sylvie Germain
Posted in The List, tagged Magnus, Review, Sylvie Germain on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off on Review of Magnus by Sylvie Germain
Difficult to slot this book into a category, it is a story, even a Novel, made up of fragments. Just as the main character’s personality is made up of fragments remembered from his childhood during WWII in a Germany under Allied bombing, or from his time seeking refuge in Mexico, with a mother who turns […]