Category Archives: biography

Libra by Don DeLillo

Posted on January 7, 2023 by bookbii

Since I decided that I wasn’t going to buy any books for a year, my motivation to read from the backlog has fizzled out and instead I felt a kind of crazed urge to re-read something by DeLillo. I have … Continue reading →

Posted in biography, fiction, re-read | 4 Comments

Tove Jansson Work and Love by Tuula Karjalainen (translated by David McDuff)

Posted on August 3, 2016 by bookbii

You may have gathered by now that I have more than a healthy level of respect for the wonderful Tove Jansson. A recent BBC documentary, coupled with a re-reading of Fair Play and a convenient week’s holiday during which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, biography, non-fiction, translation | 10 Comments