G.B. Edwards, The Book Of Ebenezer Le Page
Posthumously published, sole completed novel by lifetime civil servant once hoped to be “a new D. H. Lawrence”. Colloquial diary of a brooding man who never left the Isle of Guernsey, Le Page nevertheless sees the world from his small corner of his small island. As 17th century life is dragged into modernity, contempt is heaped upon the arrival of technology, Nazis, and tourists. The latter worries him most.
Elif Batuman, The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books And The People Who Read Them
Part journalism, part essay, part lit crit, part memoir, and all you need to know is that this Turkish-American woman can write most journalists/essayists/critics/ memoirists under the table. And funny – you may not think Isaac Babel conferences promise comedy gold, but you probably never attended one with Elif. Discovering Old Uzbek had 100 different words for crying, she rethinks her summer vacation in Samarkand.
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