Showing posts with label Holland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holland. Show all posts

Friday, 24 October 2014

Books I've actually finished lately: 55























With thanks to Tpr Newman, who gave me the paperback in Afghanistan in an attempt to reduce the weight of his home-bound luggage.

(I read it in Sri Lanka.)

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Bibliosophistry

Bibliophiles are not uncommon in Leiden, but bibliophiles made wise by reading are as rare there as anywhere.
- David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet