Most of my conversations and meetings these days are about COVID-19 and how we can stem the tide. But I’m also often asked about what I am reading and watching—either because people want to learn more about pandemics, or because they are looking for a distraction. I’m always happy to talk about great books and... Continue Reading →
A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister review – from blindfolds to bikes
Arousal, adultery and desire … an anecdote-rich chronicle that uncovers layer on layer of oppression This book contains, as the title promises, many delightful curiosities. There are people, for instance, who get aroused by the sun. “Actirasty”, it’s called, which sounds like a probiotic yoghurt drink but would of course be life-changing if you lived... Continue Reading →
The Best Books of 2020 So Far
From a smart satire about race to a memoir of a Scottish girlhood, and the finale of the Cromwell trilogy, BBC Culture picks some the must-read books to hunker down with. Weather by Jenny Offill A series of episodic vignettes, the widely acclaimed novel Weather is narrated by librarian Lizzie, who speaks with frankness about... Continue Reading →
The “10 Best Books of 2019” According to the Editors of “The Times Book Review”
Disappearing Earth By Julia Phillips Julia Phillips writes a novel of overlapping short stories about the women who have been affected not only emotionally and personally but culturally as well, by the disappearance of two young girls. Fiction | Alfred A. Knopf. $26.95. | Read the review | Listen: Julia Phillips on the podcast The Topeka School By Ben... Continue Reading →
«Κορίτσι στο Χιόνι», Ντάνια Κουκάφκα
Η Ντάνια Κουκάφκα, είναι απόφοιτος της Σχολής Gallatin Εξατομικευμένων Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου της Νέας Υόρκης, και κάνει το ντεμπούτο της με το μυθιστόρημα «Κορίτσι στο χιόνι» που μεταφράστηκε σε 15 γλώσσες και εκδίδεται στην Ελλάδα από τις εκδόσεις Ωκεανός . Το πώς εκλαμβάνεται η κάθε μορφή τέχνης είναι θέμα καθαρά υποκειμενικό. Έτσι και η δική... Continue Reading →
An Omani Novel Exposes Marriage and Its Miseries (By James Wood via newyorker.com)
In “Celestial Bodies,” a multi-generational narrative of women is sliced by the patriarchy’s violent edge. As societies change shape, novels change form. Because the novel is such a deeply mimetic and attentive host, it begins to sound like its guests. A hierarchical society that placed faith in marriage reproduced itself in stable novels that end... Continue Reading →
Patti Smith Reviews Haruki Murakami’s book
A recent discussion with a couple of my friends about Haruki Murakami's work, brought to mind a book review of the 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage' that I had read in The New York Times by Patti Smith. It is: "the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a... Continue Reading →
Λέο Μπουσκάλια, “Να ζείς, να αγαπάς και να μαθαίνεις”
Ήμουν στο πρώτο έτος του Πανεπιστημίου όταν ο κολλητός μου -ο Κωστής- μου μίλησε για αυτό το βιβλίο του Μπουσκάλια. «Πρέπει να το διαβάσεις οπωσδήποτε!» επέμεινε! Και είχε δίκιο. Αν και αρχικά ήμουν διστακτική με οποιοδήποτε βιβλίο βρισκόταν στην κατηγορία «προσωπική ανάπτυξη / αυτοβελτίωση», τελικά αποτέλεσε το βιβλίο με “τις περισσότερες φορές”: το έχω διαβάσει... Continue Reading →
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