About the Author: Justin Marozzi read History at Cambridge. A former Financial Times foreign correspondent, he writes regularly for The Times, the Sunday Telegraph, the Financial Times and the Spectator […]
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad About the Author: Joseph Conrad, born in Poland, learned English in his 20s and became a British citizen. A sailor, he wrote about adventures […]
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami About the novel: The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and […]
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man by U R Ananthamurthy About theBook: “Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man” by UR Ananthamurthy has been hailed as a classic of […]
My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee About the book: My Year Abroad is an exuberant and provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure, and about […]
About the Book : Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. Then one day she is offered a life-changing opportunity—a proposal of marriage from the […]
“The Mountains Sing” by Nguyen Phan Que Mai About the Author: Born in Viet Nam in 1973, Nguyen Phan Que Mai grew up witnessing the war’s devastation on her country. […]
