Review: The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan
The glimpse into the lives of a Jewish family in Iran in the early parts of the 20th century is captivating: fear, obsession, jealousy, loyalty, faith and viole...
Tag: Historical fiction
Review: The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan
The glimpse into the lives of a Jewish family in Iran in the early parts of the 20th century is captivating: fear, obsession, jealousy, loyalty, faith and viole...
The Officer's Prey by Armand Cabasson
Cabasson brings this brutal campaign from the pages of history into the reader's mind. He captures the sights and sounds of an army at war. The battle descripti...
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
There is a real poetic sense or feel to the writing. The early vignettes are beautiful sketches that take the reader back in time and allows them to picture thi...
An Evening with Steve Berry (Kinda)
I spent an hour or so on Friday evening listening to Steve Berry discuss his novel and answer questions. It was an interesting way to get a sense of an author's...
Troy by Adèle Geras (Miriam Margolyes, narrator)
Geras brings a feminist perspective to this classic story but the appeal is much broader than that. Not only does she bring the gods and myths of ancient Greece...