The World of Books

Dead Souls is a wonderful book, clearly one of the best in world literature (Dead Souls is ranked #21 in Leserglede’s ranking of the best books of all time). Whatever and whereever the soul may or may not be, however, is not the concern of Gogol. His concern, as I read it, is with satire, [...]

We all know that Oprah Winfrey is an excellent talk show host. But her influence clearly extends  well beyond her shows. Lady Oprah now rules the American book market. Not as a writer, but as owner of one of America’s most popular book clubs. USA Today Online writes:
Oprah Winfrey’s continuing reign as patron saint of [...]

At first I was puzzled. Very puzzled. All of a sudden, out of the blue, a very old book jumped right up to the top spot on the New York Times bestseller list for trade fiction. The book is called “Love in the Time of Cholera”. This book was first published in Spanish in 1985. [...]