This is the travelogue of a young man from Togo who determined at age 16 that he would go to Greenland, then spent the next 8 years working his way there. A quarter of the way through the book, he arrives, and spends the next 15 months traveling gradually further and further north, living with the I...
"Reading well means opening your ears to the presence behind the words and knowing which notes are true and which are false. It is as much an art as writing well and almost as hard to acquire."This is NOT a how-to book, but three essays exploring and thinking the subject through. What does an authen...
Togo. There's more of Greenland than of Togo, but Kpomassie's childhood and early adolescence provide the background for this tale. It's an adventure narrative, though not an impulsive one. Rather, it's a testament to a man who had a goal and slogged his way toward it over a number of years. Read wi...
This was a fun look into the lifestyles of professional poker players (my brother is one). Perhaps a bit dated if that is liable to bother you.
The book has engaging descriptions of dairy farming but left me want to shake a few of the characters and a sad ending.
I read this book at school and then again at university and conceived a profound dislike for it because of my impatience with Tess Durbeyfield as a character. In the past couple of weeks I've listened to an audiobook edition of the novel, which I've reviewed here. Thirty-five years on, my reaction t...
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