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Contemplating troubled pasts in the City of Literature
Travelling to places with a rich history is the perfect backdrop for exploring books that might have an enlightening cultural connection
“What would you have done?”
German lawyer Bernhard Schlink’s international bestseller The Reader asks this question of a post-war nation healing from guilt and trauma.
Debut novel challenges traditions of the Arab world
Saleem Haddad’s first novel Guapa follows a day in the life of a gay man in an Arab city, questioning deep-set societal expectations.
Strong contenders for 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize for poetry
Books Editor Jingjie Cheng looks at this year’s T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist, whose winner is announced on Monday
The story of one life, and another, and another, and another
Paul Auster’s Booker-nominated 4321 is an audacious work of metafiction, which revels in its multiple timelines.
Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, is master of words and the heart
Last Thursday, British writer Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017. Books editor Jingjie Cheng writes about her experience with the writer and his works.
Literature should not just be about ‘dead white men’
Following a Cambridge University English student’s call to ‘decolonise’ the English Literature syllabus to include more BAME writers, Books Editor Jingjie Cheng gives her take on the issue.
2017 roundup: the best books of the year
Felix Books writers choose their favourite reads released this year
‘Tis the season to be reading
Felix Books’ editors Jingjie Cheng and Alice Peberdy give you stocking-filler ideas (that last longer than chocolate, promise)
Seeing the world through literature – so many books, so little time
Reading goes hand in hand with travelling, introducing you to local novels, new ideas, and amazing bookshops
Decolonising the canon: Felix recommends
Following on from calls in Cambridge to include more BAME authors in its curriculum, Felix makes some suggestions.