Book review: Foreign Bodies – Cynthia Ozick

Title: Foreign Bodies Author: Cynthia Ozick ISBN-13: 9781848877351 Release date: August 1st 2011 Publisher: Atlantic Books Genre: literary fiction, historical fiction Source: public library Challenges: Orange Prize Verdict: Summary When Beatrice Nightingale, a divorced English teacher, is called out on an errand to locate her nephew in post-war Paris and return him to the United [...]

Book review: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson

Title: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand Author: Helen Simonson ISBN-13: 9781408804254 Release date: March 2010 Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: contemporary fiction, romance Source: public library Verdict: Summary (back of the book blurb) Major Ernest Pettigrew (Ret’d) is not interested in the frivolity of the modern world. Since his wife’s death, he has tried to avoid the constant [...]

Book review: Cries in the Drizzle – Yu Hua

Original title: 在细雨中呼喊 (2003) Title: Cries in the Drizzle Author: Yu Hua Translator: Allan H. Barr ISBN-13: 9780307279996 Release date: November 26th 2008 Publisher: Anchor Genre: literary fiction, historical fiction Source: public library Verdict: Summary An adult Sun Guanglin reflects on his childhood in the Chinese countryside. He spent part of his youth in the [...]