by bertbaby | Jun 16, 2014 | Book Reviews
When U.S.S.R forces arrive to build monuments on Angola’s beaches, the locals (including Dr. KnockKnock, a ghost, and a pet alligator) rush to save their grandmothers’ waterfront homes. Mononymous author Ondjaki delivers playful magical realism with...
by bertbaby | Jun 16, 2014 | Book Reviews
A novel narrated by Laura Bridgman, the first documented blind and deaf person to learn language, contains exceptionally lyrical prose from author Kimberly Elkins, and winning cameos from Bridgman’s true-life cohorts Charles Dickens and Helen Keller.
by bertbaby | Jun 16, 2014 | Book Reviews
Discover why Anthony Burgess called Olivia Manning’s expansive novel of a young ex-pat couple evading the Nazi Party “The finest fictional record of the war produced by a British writer.” A surprising – often poignantly joyful – look at...
by bertbaby | Jun 16, 2014 | Book Reviews
Great literary “cons and deceptions,” from the author of The Rise and Fall of Great Powers.
by bertbaby | Jun 16, 2014 | Book Reviews
Crossing the U.S.-Mexican border with a family living in the Land of Opportunity’s shadows.
by bertbaby | Jun 16, 2014 | Book Reviews
June 16: Today is Bloomsday, Dublin’s and the literary world’s most celebrated event, commemorating the day on which Ulysses takes place.
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