Truth is scattered into many kinds of dust
Written with devastating and biting honesty, the brevity and precision of this French ‘récit’, which is filled with moments of irony, farce and anecdote against the backdrop of the Third…
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23 February 2022Truth is scattered into many kinds of du...
Written with devastating and biting honesty, the brevity and precision of this French ‘récit’, which is filled with moments of irony, far... -
16 September 2021The Inseparables
With unsurprising spoiler Censored in its day, the coming-of-age novella by France’s most significant 20th century feminist, Simone de Beauvoir, now... -
22 May 2021The Forgiven: not easily forgotten
The short subtitle to this novel could be, ‘Drunken British man kills Moroccan roadside thief’. That would not do justice to either the re... -
29 January 2021To say nothing of the dog
Three Men in a Boat is funny and self-deprecating. I’ve owned the book for decades but I was inspired to listen this time after hearing it quote... -
23 October 2020The importance of being slender
The importance of being ‘slender’ in 1940s Britain isn’t truly revealed until disaster strikes near the end of this novella, set bet...
The Inseparables
With unsurprising spoiler Censored in its day, the coming-of-age novella by France’s most significant 20th century feminist, Simone de Beauvoir, now has an introduction by the 21st century’s foremost feminist,…
The Forgiven: not easily forgotten
The short subtitle to this novel could be, ‘Drunken British man kills Moroccan roadside thief’. That would not do justice to either the readability or the complexity of this thought-provoking…
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