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Saturday 21st January 2017

1979

Pig Earth

Author : John Berger

Summary :
Tales of peasant life in French alps. ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 21 Jan 2017

Review of "Pig Earth"

Really enjoyed this. Very good way of illustrating the peasant mindset.


Friday 6th January 2017

2011

New Finnish Grammer

Author : Diego Marani

Summary :
Presumed sailor found on Trieste dockside during WWII with memory loss. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 06 Jan 2017

Review of "New Finnish Grammer"

An excellent mediation on the nature of self as defined by memory and language. Plus a commentary on how reality is an artificial construct as illustrated by the sections written by the doctor - the book is presented as the doctor's recovery of the sailor's journal of his time in Finnland.


Thursday 5th January 2017

2015

The Swordfish and the Star

Author : Gavin Knight

Summary :
Life in the fishing and artistic communities of far west Cornwall from 1970s to date. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 05 Jan 2017

Review of "The Swordfish and the Star"

Written in a disjointed tense which makes it hard to read at times (present immediate reported?) but a compelling picture emerges of interlocking hard lives and loves.


Sunday 1st January 2017

2010

Fleeing Vesuvius

Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Environmental Collapse

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Rated by rogeradmin, on 01 Jan 2017



Tuesday 13th December 2016

2016

The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote

Author : Dan Micklethwaite

Summary :
Young woman lives alone in a tower block flat furnished with fairy tales which she inhabits using ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 13 Dec 2016

Review of "The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote"

Really not very interesting. She is tedious. The new boyfriend who is arrives and fails to break through her armour is a bit 2 dimensional. Its all a bit unbelievable


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