Probably the first Swiss-Tibetan ever, at least as a writer, actress, and activist, this granddaughter of a Buddhist nun who fled the Chi...

Tá mé ag léamh mír faoi An Eilvéis faoi láthair. Nach bhfuil mé ag léamh faoi Elvis as Gaeilge ( rud a rinne mé anseo ), mar sin féin. Is ...

This tragedy's all about showdowns. Dichotomies and conflicts, as Daniel Mendelsohn, emphasizes in his preface, create a character uni...

The pairing of these two accounts of mortality, Mary Beard explains in her introduction, reveals Tolstoy's interest in death during his ...

It appears the brave volunteers at Project Gutenberg have fixed their version. The one I downloaded to a new Kindle Touch works fine, tabl...

I've enjoyed two stark and harrowing novels about this same subject, the Jesuit-meets-Huron event in Canada in the early 17th century...

During one of the warmest modern winters ever, the balance tipped from what over centuries has been perfected within many-dappled forests ...

In books as in music and I reckon all my daily life, I favor the inevitably flawed rather than the perfect. While some of these picks betr...

This helpful compendium opens up for both specialists and generalists this "difficult" writer's works. It encourages us ...

Bím ag tráthanna na gcéist ag cur ar Aghaidh Leabhar le déanaí. Beidh mé ag dul a roinnt beagán anois libhsa. Tá cuid acu greannmhar ag...

Slavoj Žižek proves as quirky and unpredictable in his references and leaps between them as ever. I started this with caution, warmed up ...

As review #1200, I wanted to add my brief acclaim. What is amazing is that about 2/3 of the way in, six or so story lines unfold in a mann...

Shamans, heads, magic, a bridge, crossroads, dogs, pigs, flame: elemental and elusive, this powerful novel recapitulates the evolution of ...