Hoi!
It is that time of the year to revive the almost-annual Silklist tradition
of sharing our book recommendations. I would love to hear your
recommendations.
The books I loved reading in 2023 are:
1. Mofussil Junction by Ian Jack; What a delight to read. Jack paints the
sights, sounds and smel
Thaths,
As usual, your book recommendation emails evoke equal measure anticipation
and dread - my wallet feels so skinny afterwards but my soul so sated.
Thank you for these. I’ll definitely be reading the one on travel writing!
H.
On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 at 18:15, Thaths via Silklist <
silklist@li
> 3. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov: A fantasy novel about the
> devil and his henchmen visiting Moscow during the Stalinist years.
I've read many frame stories* but The Master and Margarita is fairly unique in
having a fantastical frame story surrounding a hard realpolitik story w
> On 19 Nov 2023, at 22:45, Thaths via Silklist
> wrote:
>
>
> Hoi!
>
> It is that time of the year to revive the almost-annual Silklist tradition of
> sharing our book recommendations. I would love to hear your recommendations.
>
> The books I loved reading in 2023 are:
>
> 1. Mofussil
n interesting manga
> series. Imagines a Tokugawa-era Japan where two thirds of men are dead from
> a mysterious illness and gender roles are flipped. The Shogunate passes
> down through Women and Men are kept as objects of desire and value.
>
> Thaths
> --
> Homer: Hey, wha
