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Ben Sharafski
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The Beach
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Returning to Carthage
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Mekong Longboat
The next morning we were all sitting in a longboat going down the Mekong on our way to visit an ancient hillside cave housing a small Buddhist temple. The boat sped down the river past well-tended vegetable plots and thickly-forested slopes. In the distance there were fantastically shaped hills, their curved contours resembling those of the mountains in old Chinese scroll paintings. I had assumed
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| A frustrating book. I loved Agnon's evocative description of Jerusalem under the British Mandate, his wry, forgiving eye for human foibles and his sharp satire of academia's publish-or-perish rat race (impressive, given he never graduated from univer ...more | |
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Métaphysique des Tubes (the English title is, for some obscure reason, The Character of Rain) is a short memoir chronicling the first three years of Amélie Nothomb's life, spent in Japan, where her father served as Belgian consul in Kansai. The book o ...more |
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"Sublime autobiographie qui nous transporte entièrement dans une enfance à la fois touchante et belle. Je fus très émue par le récit de cette écrivaine."
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| A little masterpiece. Set in a coastal town in Peru, this taut police procedural follows Civil Guard Lieutenant Silva and his assistant, Private Lituma, as they hunt down a merciless killer - or killers. The plot's twists are tightly woven, surprisin ...more | |
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An instant favourite—a short but incredibly engaging novel of fewer than 200 pages, with one of the most complex protagonists I have ever encountered. Beautifully written with witty, poetic prose, i" Read more of this review » |
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“Life is inherently uncertain; the only thing to anchor us is those we love.”
― Returning to Carthage
― Returning to Carthage
“when you want something desperately enough, the reality you need to fabricate in order to attain it becomes your truth.”
― Returning to Carthage
― Returning to Carthage
“She lived in a small flat in a long barracks-style block of an almost Soviet austerity. The claustrophobic living room’s walls were lined with books: bulky hard-cover volumes of the collected works of various Japanese novelists, encyclopaedias, a smattering of translated works — Shakespeare (“Hamuretto”), Dostoevsky, Balzac.”
― Returning to Carthage
― Returning to Carthage
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“Life is inherently uncertain; the only thing to anchor us is those we love.”
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Majenta wrote: "Hello, Ben! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and safe and ready for a great weekend after a successful week. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything els..."Majenta wrote: "Hello, Ben! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and safe and ready for a great weekend after a successful week. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything els..."
Thank you, Magenta!
Hello, Ben! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and safe and ready for a great weekend after a successful week. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings! Best wishes from Majenta
Thank you for the friendship!I look forward to reading more of your reviews.
Matthew wrote: "Thanks for the friend request"My pleasure, Matthew!
Joanna Chu (The ChuseyReader) wrote: "Thanks for the add Ben :). Its rare to find fellow Aussies here! :). Happy reading."Thank you, Joanna - it's an honour to be friends with such a chusey reader!
Thanks for the add Ben :). Its rare to find fellow Aussies here! :). Happy reading.
Sandra wrote: "Hi Ben,Thanks for the friend-invite! :)"
My pleasure, Sandra!
Kyle wrote: "Hi Ben,Thanks very much for the friend request!"
Happy to connect, Kyle. Looking forward to reading your reviews!
Hi Ben,Thanks very much for the friend request!