Feb 20, 2009 Posted by booktiger

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers – YiYun Li

In 21st Century Britain, how much do we really know about what life is like in China? How much of our knowledge is framed by the media, rumour and ignorance. I hold my hand up – like most people, I know very little about modern China. I feel anger when I hear about censorship and human rights abuses. I feel confusion when I hear about poverty. But China feels like such an alien place that reading A... read more

Jun 5, 2008 Posted by Nancy Williams

Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote

I am a book aficionado, and therefore I tend to avoid seeing movies which are based on books. Actually, as you probably already know I tend not to watch TV much at all, and I don’t like having my own imagination curbed by what is shown on the screen. I tend not to like books which have a picture from the film as a cover, although Breakfast At Tiffany’s strangely didn’t trouble me – partly because... read more