Here is what we’ve read over the winter:
27 November: Mao´s Last Dancer by Li Cuxin – very interesting biography about one of the best ballet dancers in the world. The film based on the book is also to be recommended.
18 December Pan’s Labyrinth by Cornelia Funke – somewhat different story which takes places shortly after the Spanish civil war. It contains magical realism and is somewhat dark and violent. The film by Guillermo de Roro is a relatively faithful reproduction of the book
29 January The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams – fascinating insight into the making of the Oxford English Ditionary.
27 February The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan – as is common with Amy Tan, the book focuses on the difficult relationship between a Chinese woman and her American born daughter.
18 March And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie – a typical Christie, with a group of people in a remote place, being killed off one by one. Suspenseful until the end.
Upcoming books:
29 April The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan – her autobiography
27 May The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
17 June The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
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