Laurent Binet, Civilisations
‘Civilisations’ is a counterfactual historical novel that attempts to extrapolate the future course of history after changing …
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I was twenty one at the time…
“I was twenty-one at the time, about to turn twenty-two. No prospect of graduating soon, and yet no reason to quit school. Caught in …
Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Last year I started to write a review of Italo Calvino’s “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller”. I read it while we …
Richard Powers, Orfeo
“The mind may give up its desire to improve on creation and function as a faithful receiver of experience.” John Cage
Strategy one
I decided to create my own deck of creativity cards. I was sick of all the adverts for similar products on Instagram. You know the kind. …
George Saunders, Lincoln In The Bardo
I read this book on holiday in Belgium last year. Having forgotten to pack a novel I scoured almost every book in the Waterstones at St. …
Richard Powers, The Overstory
“The Overstory” by Richard Powers piqued my interest among the novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize. And once again the book …
Richard Beard, Acts of the Assassins
Acts of the Assassins is an interesting novel by Richard Beard that retells the story of the apostles and their deaths. It uses a modern …
J. G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company
I last wrote about a JG Ballard novel nearly three years ago. That one - “High-Rise” - has since been made into a film. The …
Ned Beauman, Glow
Glow is about a guy called Raf, a Londoner whose life is going nowhere in particular; a state of affairs not helped by “Non-24 Hour …
Clarice Lispector, Hour of the Star
Hour of the Star is a short novel by Clarice Lispector, a Ukrainian-born Brazilian author with an interesting life story. This is her last …
Why I Love On The Road
I was fifteen when I first read “On The Road” by Jack Kerouac and recently, after twice as much lifetime lived, I was able to …