The Cairo Trilogy
BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ, Everyman’s Library,
The sprawling saga of three generations of an Egyptian family living through the colonial period could have easily been set in India. It can be read as following in the grand old tradition of epic storytelling, of deception, oppression and conflict of breathtaking proportions. Or it could be read as a metaphor for the political turmoil destabilizing Egypt, then and now.
Zorba The Greek
BY NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS,
I identified with the author-narrator as he comes under the influence of Zorba, a larger-than-life character who ruminates about the big questions in life—war, religion, morality. It’s the great Greek tragedy given a modern twist.
Vernon God Little
BY D. B. C. PIERRE, Faber,
The death penalty, pedophilia, school shootings, and a corrupt justice system in the US make for a dark tale. But Pierre serves it with liberal lashings of satire delivered in a Texan drawl.
Barkskins
BY ANNIE PROULX, Scribner,
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STUDIO - Off Lamington Road by Gieve Patel
Oil on Canvas, 54 x 88 in
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FOODS THAT FIGHT DEMENTIA
TO HELL AND BACK
The Darvaza crater in Turkmenistan is known as the Gates of Hell. I stood on its edge - and lived to tell the tale
THE SNAKE CHARMERS
Invasive Burmese pythons are squeezing the life out of Florida's vast Everglades. An unlikely sisterhood is taking them on
Sisterhood to Last a Lifetime
These college pals teach a master class in how to maintain a friendship for 50-plus years
...TO DIE ON A HOCKEY RINK
ONE MINUTE I WAS PLAYING IN MY BEER LEAGUE, THE NEXT I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL
Just Sit Tight
Broken, battered and trapped in a ravine for days, I desperate driver wonders, \"Will anyone find me?\"
Allow Me to Mansplain...
If there's one thing we know, it's this: We're a nation of know-it-alls
THE BITTER TRUTH ABOUT SUGAR (AND SUGAR SUBSTITUTES!)
It's no secret that we have a serious addiction. Here's how to cut back on the sweet stuff, once and for all.