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‘Book Bites’ for Monday 24th May 2010

May 24, 2010 By Rob 2 Comments

Bakewell 'bigs it up' for Montaigne (in parts) - Although you've yet to see a review on RobAroundBooks of Sarah Bakewell's awesomely stupendous (and lengthily titled) How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: Evangelising Joseph Mitchell

December 9, 2009 By Rob 1 Comment

Evangelising Joseph Mitchell, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Now anyone who knows me, or reads RobAroundBooks on a regular basis, would know I have absolute reverence for John Steinbeck (I even named my dog after him for God sakes :)). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Daily BookShot Tagged With: Daily BookShot, Joseph Mitchell, The New Yorker, Vintage Books

31 Shots of Shock: #31 – ‘The Fountain House’ by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

October 31, 2009 By Rob 4 Comments

*Title: The Fountain House by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya Date Read: 31 October 2009 Available Online?: YES (courtesy of The New Yorker) Briefly: Following an explosion on a bus, a mother and father are told that their fifteen-year old daughter, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 31 Shots of Shock, Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: 31 Shots of Short, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, short story review, The New Yorker