Monthly Archives: May 2013

Harrison, Jim. The Farmer’s Daughter. Anansi Toronto 2010. F; 4/11. Here we have three of Harrison’s novellas, bought to follow up discovery of his personal essays nominally focused on food. The content is much as expected having read the essays, … Continue reading →

Saramago, Jose. Blindness. Harcourt 1995 F;04/11. This Nobel Prize winner is translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontierro, who we are told died before he could finish the translation. It was completed (although we gather just the very end) by … Continue reading →

Sweet, Victoria. God’s Hotel. Riverhead New York 2012. NF;5/13 Another lovely book about medicine by a doctor. It veers occasionally into American medical olympianism and its associated overwrought spirituality, but it remains sincere and original. Original in its impressive ideas … Continue reading →