My review of this book over at The Itinerant Librarian. Check it out.
My review of Book by Book by Michael Dirda over on my blog.
First, I want to be clear: this 3 star rating is for the audiobook only. I have a print copy of Browsings, but in an effort to pack more reading in, I borrowed the audiobook from my library to listen while driving to and from work. The narrator, John Lescault, is not great. He breathes very litt...
IntroductionBibliographical NoteSelect BibliographyChronology--Foundation--Foundation and Empire--Second Foundation
Last January, I read The Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin and was horrified by the rapid emotional cycling of the main character. The same man who, in the morning, could commit rapes and beatings and executions would be the same man who wept at the beauty of an opera. What I didn't know at t...