The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen is one of those books it is hard to tell …
Category Archives: Slaves of Golconda
Wild Life
Wild Life by Molly Gloss takes readers to 1905 America in the Pacific Northwest when logging was tearing through forests …
The Golden Mean
The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon is narrated by Aristotle and tells the story of his time spent teaching Alexander …
Cakes and Ale
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? ~Sir Toby Belch to Malvolio …
The Transit of Venus
Oh my goodness, I almost completely forgot about today being the day of the Slaves discussion of Shirley Hazzard’s marvelous …
A Teaser
Has this been a long week for anyone else or is it just me? Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday, but …
The Summer Book
I had high hopes that Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book (translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal) would melt the …
The Small Room
When I first moved to Minnesota back in 1994 there was a bit of a May Sarton revival going on …
Manservant and Maidservant
I’m a little late on posting about Ivy Compton-Burnett’s Manservant and Maidservant for the Slaves of Golconda discussion. Friday was …
Bad Blood
For our discussion this time around the Slaves took a step away from the usual selection of a novel and …
