Capital Rebel, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. In a recent interview Congolese author Alain Mabanckou explained that he ignored the rules of punctuation for his novel 'Broken Glass', because he wanted to be a rebel. … [Read more...]
Forethoughts: Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou
April 5, 2009 By 2 Comments
I seem to be on a bit of a roll lately when it comes to reading authors I’ve never read before, especially those in translation (Ammaniti's The Crossroads, Alvetegen’s Shadow, Prichard’s One Moonlit Night and Enquist’s a Leap to name but … [Read more...]
Daily BookShot: Broken Glass
April 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Alain Mabanckou's Broken Glass, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Friday 3rd April 2009
April 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Guardian’s audio interview with Alain Mabanckou - I’ve already been evangalising the next novel in my reading pile - Broken Glass, for its glorious cover, and now thanks to The Guardian we can all sit back and enjoy an interview with its … [Read more...]
Cover Love: Two recent acquisitions that make me go mmm…
March 19, 2009 By 5 Comments
There are a couple of books which I’ve received lately that have really taken my fancy as far as their cover designs go. I’m so enamoured by them that I thought I’d share the passion, and file them under a quick ‘Cover Love’ … [Read more...]