Book of the month Book of the month: "Voltaire Almighty" In which I praise Roger Pearson's most readable Voltaire biography.
Books Through a "River of Ink" "River of Ink", the debut novel of Brit Paul M.M. Cooper, is a marvel. I'd not heard of the man until he did his Reddit AMA a few months back,
Charlotte Roche Wetlands I finished reading Charlotte Roche’s “Feuchtgebiete” last weekend, a book that has not only sold a whopping 700,000 copies, but has also attracted attention worldwide and sold translation-rights to a whole
literature We all tell stories WeTellStories is just fantastic, and warrants an entry here (as opposed to my tumblelog, where stray links usually end up). I’m now quoting liberally from a quote at BoinBoing, whence I got
newspapers I don't read newspapers the right way A few days ago, as I was standing in one of the numerous trams of Vienna’s public transport, waiting for it to take me to the main university building, I noticed someone