Month: December 2013

by M. Bijman December 20, 2013

Best Wishes for the Season – In the words of Breyten Breytenbach

The best way to express my best wishes to my family, friends, followers and fellow book lovers for the newContinue Reading

by M. Bijman December 9, 2013

Children’s Literature Discussion of genre Review of Children’s Literature Review of film

Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers’ Hard-Hearted Nanny, the topic of new film

Update on this post: Here is an excellent analysis in the New Yorker of P.L. Travers’ youth, development as anContinue Reading

by M. Bijman December 1, 2013

Art Art-themed Fiction Award-winning novel Discussion of current events Modern fiction Review of modern fiction Review of new novel

The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt

Update The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Amazon selected the novel as the 2013 Best Book ofContinue Reading

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