Shortly before departing for Brussels, I finished Susan Mann’s brilliant The Talented Women of the Zhang Family, and began Gail Hershatter’s …
December 15, 2011 – 3:14 pm
Reading: Susan Mann – Precious Records: Women in China’s Long Eighteenth Century
November 4, 2011 – 3:41 pm
Reading: (2nd time) Susan Mann — The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
In early 2008, before I moved to Berlin, I had a book-buying spree, and a couple of those books I …
October 19, 2011 – 10:00 pm
Reading … a 4th anniversary
Another year of books. Not as many as last year; I took a pause for some time, unable to find …
September 24, 2011 – 11:49 am
Reading: Liao Yiwu – God is Red
It was only in July this year, Liao Yiwu paid himself into the hands of smugglers on the border of …
April 6, 2011 – 4:26 pm
Reading: Paul Hockenos – Joschka Fischer and the Making of the Berlin Republic
paul hockenos – joschka fischer
January 25, 2011 – 12:08 am
Reading: Laurence Dreyfus: Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
Laurence Dreyfus: Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
November 3, 2009 – 12:58 pm
Reading… a 2nd anniversary
My reading the last year has not been of either the volume, nor the breadth of the previous, in no …
June 1, 2009 – 6:02 pm
Reading: Zhao Ziyang – Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
zhao ziyang – prisoner of the state
April 12, 2009 – 4:01 am
reading: jorge luis borges – collected fictions
jorge luis borges – collected fictions
January 18, 2009 – 10:58 pm
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
And so I discovered Annamarie Schwarzenbach, who to a certain kind of Berlinerin is probably quite famous, yet in English …
October 16, 2008 – 7:18 pm
Reading… an anniversary
A year ago in the briefest of lines, I began keeping a list of the books I’ve digested… burp. What …
June 6, 2008 – 10:46 am
Reading: Harriet Evans – The Subject of Gender: Daughters and Mothers in Urban China
harriet evans – the subject of gender
June 5, 2008 – 10:02 pm
Reading: Julian Burnside – Watching Brief: Reflections on Human Rights, Law and Justice
julian burnside – watching brief
May 14, 2008 – 12:24 pm
Reading: Liao Yiwu – The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up
Normally I say nothing about the books I’m reading, I have a superstition that to do so would cause me …
February 25, 2008 – 6:43 pm
Reading: Susan Mann – The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
susan mann – the talented women of the zhang family
February 25, 2008 – 10:25 am
Reading: Rosanne Klass – Land of the High Flags: Afghanistan When the Going Was Good
rosanne klass – land of the high flags
December 31, 2007 – 10:58 am
Reading: Jin Xing – Shanghai Tango (A Memoir)
jin xing – shanghai tango (a memoir)
December 9, 2007 – 1:40 pm
Reading: Norman Page – Auden and Isherwood – The Berlin Years
norman page – auden and isherwood – the berlin years
January 28, 2007 – 10:33 pm
what calliope did…
There is a stack of books next to my bed in Adelaide, mostly instilling disappointment in the novel as a …
February 24, 2006 – 6:35 pm
reading some books
Today was a minor holiday after my 15 hour binge yesterday in DVD Studio Pro and the joy of sorting …