Peter Mayle
Rating: 8 / 10 •
Finished: 2020.02.11
A lovely, slightly caricaturised, lightly humoured recollection of an Englishman’s year in Provence. Includes food, Provençal customs, wine, Provençal driving, normalmente, food, wine, English visitors, and a lot more.
I also enjoyed pronouncing and learning all the French words used, handy while I’m attempting to learn some French.
Alec Russell
Rating: 9 / 10 •
Finished: 2019.05.15
A really good assessment of South Africa during years of Mbeki’s presidency (starts with transition from Mandela, ends with rise of Zuma). Uses a wealth of interviews, anecdotes, and historical perspective to cover all key areas of the society - the party, the violence, failure to deliver, Afrikaners, AIDS, BEE, Zimbabwe and more.
It had its slow moments, specially in the beginning, and a tiny bit of (Western?) proselytising, but they are rare.
Neel Mukherjee
Rating: 6 / 10 •
Finished: 2019.03.06
Vivek Shanbhag
Rating: 7 / 10 •
Finished: 2019.02.28
Marjane Satrapi
Rating: 10 / 10 •
Finished: 2019.01.07
Slavenka Drakulić
Rating: 8 / 10 •
Finished: 2019.01.06