The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
A hugely influential novelist and critic, Solstad won the Norwegian Critics prize three times, and his work was translated by Haruki MurakamiDag Solstad, a towering figure of Norwegian letters admired by literary greats around the world, has died aged 83....
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
A surgeon (and TV host) encourages us to take a fresh look at our organs in a smart and forceful studyIn the first week of medical school, my cohort was divided into small groups, given big sheets of white paper and assigned the task of drawing organs on a human outline, ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The Australian writer’s decision to publish her diaries in her own lifetime – subjecting herself to scorching observations on self-doubt and unravelling marriages – makes for a wonderfully rich and rewarding readWhen I began reading Helen Garner’s How to End A S...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
A remarkable piece of oratory records without explicit comment the stark social divisions of an unequal worldThe Proletariat SpeaksI love beautiful things:
Great trees, bending green winged branches to a velvet la...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Moments of lyricism and literary flourishes help to leaven the grimness as the backstory of Haymitch Abernathy, eventual mentor to Katniss Everdeen, takes centre stageFrom the publication of the first volume in 2008, Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games series was an enormous h...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The Nobel laureate’s wonderful new novel connects a trio of east African teens as they come of age, moving from small-scale dramas to wide-ranging social panoramasThe receipt of a big award inevitably ramps up the pressure on whatever the winner publishes next, but there ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
A scientist’s chilling struggle for survival at the ends of the Earth, the search for a serial killer’s final victim, and murder on the mountains in DS Max Craigie’s latest caseThe days are lengthening and the temperature warming, so what better time to journey as far sou...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Yael van der Wouden, Seán Hewitt, Yasmin Zaher and Rebecca Watson also in running for Swansea University’s £20,000 writers’ award, with winner announced on 15 MayEley Williams, Yael van der Wouden and Ferdia Lennon are among the young writers shortlisted for this year’s S...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
London’s property market is the villain in this wry gothic novel for generation rentTo a certain extent, all rented properties are haunted. The spectres of previous tenants lurk in the bedside tables and slogan mugs they left behind; their fag smoke lingers in the carpets...
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