2020 - The Best Books
The best books change the way you look at people & places. And answer questions like
What draws women to the ISIS regime ( the meticulously researched & beautifully written 'Guest House for Young Widows')
What repressive regimes can do to the human psyche (the gem of a novella Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress & the racy pacy memoir The Girl with 7 names at repressive regimes )
How extreme economic inequality can warp the world (physicist Hangfang's award winning short story Folding Beijing)
How human beings have a history of scientific discoveries gone wrong ( the very topical & fascinating Pandora's Box)
Why the tag of Difficult Women is a badge of honour .
How to become the President of the US - the nuts & bolts in beautifully wrought prose ( A Promised Land)
How to play with form & use a list to tell a story ( The Things They Carried )
How memory, cultural conflict & a sense of belonging create different versions of reality ( Ishiguro's brilliant When We Were Orphans)
Short stories, novellas, memoirs, novels & non fiction - these are my 2020 reads that have stayed most powerfully with me.
What draws women to the ISIS regime ( the meticulously researched & beautifully written 'Guest House for Young Widows')
What repressive regimes can do to the human psyche (the gem of a novella Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress & the racy pacy memoir The Girl with 7 names at repressive regimes )
How extreme economic inequality can warp the world (physicist Hangfang's award winning short story Folding Beijing)
How human beings have a history of scientific discoveries gone wrong ( the very topical & fascinating Pandora's Box)
Why the tag of Difficult Women is a badge of honour .
How to become the President of the US - the nuts & bolts in beautifully wrought prose ( A Promised Land)
How to play with form & use a list to tell a story ( The Things They Carried )
How memory, cultural conflict & a sense of belonging create different versions of reality ( Ishiguro's brilliant When We Were Orphans)
Short stories, novellas, memoirs, novels & non fiction - these are my 2020 reads that have stayed most powerfully with me.