Category: Book Review

Reviewed by Michael Attard || Daughter of Fortune By Isabel Allende (Margaret Sayers Peden, Trans.) 416 pages, Harper Collins, 1999 (1st ed.) The romantic adventure spans ten years around the … Read More

Reviewed by Michael Attard || All Koreans, and anyone who visits Korea for any length of time, know about Jeju Island, situated off the south coast. The island encompasses more … Read More

Reviewed by Michael Attard || The story takes place in India, beginning in the years immediately prior to Indian independence from Britain in 1947 and ends in 1984, shortly after … Read More

Reviewed by Michael Attard || Han Kang began her writing career in the 1990s as a poet. In 2024, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is the first … Read More

Reviewed by Michael Attard From the beginning of time, humankind has understood that mortality is part of our nature. And for thousands of years, except for the last couple of … Read More

Reviewed by Michael Attard As of my writing of this review, Donna Leon has written thirty books about an Italian detective from the city of Venice, known as Commissario Guido … Read More

Reviewed by Michael Attard All Quiet on the Western FrontBy Erich Maria Remarque240 pages, Random House, 1996 (Originally 1929)ISBN-10: 0449911497; ISBN-13: 978-0449911495 On the dedication page, author Erich Maria Remarque … Read More