Ekun Miqautadze Miqautadze itibaren Kemla, Rajasthan 322220, Hindistan itibaren Kemla, Rajasthan 322220, Hindistan

I picked this up on a whim when returning a DVD to the library. This title is part of a series of contemporary retellings of ancient myths from various cultures. ("The Myth Series From Canongate.") Each one is done by a well-known, accomplished author that’s culturally appropriate: so McCall Smith, who is a Scotsman, gets Dream Angus. The chapters alternate: a scene from the Dream Angus stories, then a contemporary story. It’s a nice idea, but the problem is that you’re constantly left hanging. Interesting characters surface and are never heard again. One tale is dark and twisted, another as light as meringue. Threads of a story begin, but there is no resolution. So by the end of the slim book, I wasn’t very interested in whatever was coming next, since there was no promise that I’d get an actual story in its fullness. I’d still be interested in the other titles in the series, particularly Margaret Atwood’s and AS Byatt’s.

Great Great Book! Funny and informative (though most of it is made up) Plus you get to see the supreme court justices nakes! Seriously though, I highly recommend this one - good coffee table book.

Small but not spare - Jacob John Weber focuses in on a summer where things change and goes over and over it. He has the observational powers that come when you spend a lot of time in your interior and when you live with a father who rules the mood and actions of the whole house and family. Good thing because with this observation he manages to find beautiful moments in a largely ugly world.