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I first started working on my website nearly twenty years ago, having taught myself HTML from a book and the then relatively few websites on the topic. When I discovered…
I first started working on my website nearly twenty years ago, having taught myself HTML from a book and the then relatively few websites on the topic. When I discovered…
The latest addition to my website is Kathryn Davis' The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf. This is a first-class novel about the nature of art (in this case music)…
The latest addition to my website is Mikheil Javakhishvili's კვაჭი კვაჭანტირაძე (Kvachi). This is a book I have long been wanting to read, even since I read about it in…
The latest addition to my website is Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's Kintu. This is a superb book about modern Uganda, though the story starts in 1750. Kintu Kidda is the governor…
The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah's Maps. This novel is somewhat different from many of his others, as it focuses on an earlier part of Somali history,…
The latest addition to my website is Enrique Vila-Matas' Kassel no invita a la lógica (The Illogic of Kassel). This is the most recent to date of his novels published…
The latest addition to my website is Enrique Vila-Matas' Aire de Dylan [Looks Like Dylan]. This book is somewhat different from many of his previous ones. Though it does start…
The latest addition to my website is Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz's Derborence (When the Mountain Fell). This novel is based on an actual historical event. In 1714 a large part of the…
The latest addition to my website is Sergio Galindo's Otilia Rauda (Otilia's Body). Despite the somewhat sensationalist (though not inaccurate) title, there is more to his book than sex, though…
The latest addition to my website is Sergio Galindo's Nudo [Knot]. This tells the story of a ménage à quatre (which later evolves into a ménage à cinq), though, despite…