Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

I don’t think I have told you about David Mitchell’s The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet yet, have I? It’s an epic story of 1799 Japan and Dejima, the section that the foreigners are confined to stay in while trading with, or living in, Japan. A… Continue reading →

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The Mary Smokes Boys

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Now that I am not blogging for Readings anymore, I thought I would stop blogging. The pressure, the pressure, the constant pressure to think of new things to write each week was one of the drawbacks of committing to writing a non-marketing blog fo… Continue reading →

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