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‘On Chesil Beach’ by Ian McEwan
HB Squad Alert . gossip + snippets Yayy!!! Ian McEwan has a new novel out. It’s not yet available at our libraries yet – but watch this space for more details! A chapter was published by the New Yorker last year. Read a review by the Guardian here. And yeah, I found some covers of...
Desmond has read ‘Train Man’ by Nakano Hitori
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London : Robinson, 2006. Call No.: HIT Click here for item availability. Simply put, Train Man by Nakano Hitori (a pseudonym, which means “one of us”) is a fairy tale of the internet generation (and to think it is actually a true story!). I wouldn’t say it is inspirational,...
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L has read ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations New York : Pantheon Books, c2003. Call No.: 741.5944 SAT -[ART] Click here for item availability. Persepolis is the memoir of a girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life from ages six to fourteen,...
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Anthony Burgess and ‘The Malayan Trilogy’
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets A failed author called John Wilson slunk off to Malaya in 1954 to teach. By the time he left, he had enough material to kick off a brilliant literary career. Sholto Byrnes goes to Malaysia in pursuit of Anthony Burgess, to find out what his former pupils think...
rana has read “Turning Angel” by Greg Iles
London: Hodder & Stoughton, c2006 Call No.: English ILE-[TH] Click here for item availability. rana writes: Set in Natchez, Mississippi, Turning Angel is a whodunnit where a doctor is charged with the murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend. The affair shocks the local community where both the doctor and the girl — the high school valedictorian...
On The Record: Homegrown Bands from Then and Now
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events If your knowledge of Singapore’s popular music scene is limited to the bands of today (eg. Electrico, Serenaide, The Great Spy Experiment, etc etc), do check out the exhibition now on at the library@esplanade: “On The Record: Homegrown Bands from Then and Now”. See how Singapore’s English popular music scene...
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Tiffani has read ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ by Jhumpa Lahiri
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London : Flamingo, 1999. Call No.: LAH Click here and here for item availability. First published in 1999, this book has been awarded the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Jhumpa Lahiri is a powerful writer of short stories (granted that its her debut short story attempt). The beauty of...
Thomas is reading ‘Metamorphosis’ by Franz Kafka
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations [New York]: The Vanguard press, inc. [1946] Call No.: KAF Click here and here for item availability. [HBeditor: There are several translations available in the library - you can find all of them under this call no.: KAF.] Imagine one day you’re transformed to be a cockroach. What would...
Norlizah is reading ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ by Joan Didion
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London : Harper Perennial, 2006. Call No.: 813.54 DID Click here for item availability. I am a visual person and this pretty much dictates which book I pick up to read. I am mainly into all things white & beautiful – white handbag, white mobile phone, white electrical products...
goa yong is reading ‘Small Wonder’ by Barbara Kingsolver
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2002. Call No.: 814.54 KIN Click here for item availability. Written shortly after September 11, Small Wonder is a series of contemplative essays, wherein Kingsolver raised concerns on various world phenomenon in our world today. From global issues like terrorism, globalization, global warming, pollution...
Singapore Book Club on 16 March
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events [HBeditor: Got this in the High Browse Inbox. Click on the image below to get a clearer picture.] Have you participated in this event? Post your comments, or email to HBeditor@nlb.gov.sg
Heartlands Book Club will be discussing ‘Locked Out’ by Alison Lester
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events Singapore : Moonsoon, 2006. Call No.: 813.6 LES Click here for item availability. The two stories selected from Locked Out: ‘Being Japanese’ and ‘Singapore Sting’ will be an interesting counterpoint with regards to cultural settings and characterization. Author Alison has been living in Singapore for some time. Multi-talented as trainer,...
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