Australian Book Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Australian Book Review

'As with The Overstory, a novel to which Bewilderment is very much a companion, humankind is on trial. Even by the gruelling standards of Anthropocene literature, it makes for unsettling reading.' @JBurgmannMilner on Richard Powers | @HutchHeinemann https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/968-october-2021-no-436/8380-j-r-burgmann-reviews-bewilderment-by-richard-powers

Australian Book Review

'At this point I remembered what sort of writer Dominic Smith is: his style is an irresistible combination of sophisticated and engaging.' @AdelaideBook on 'Return to Valetto' by Dominic Smith | @AllenAndUnwin https://t.co/TFOjn15IYF

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"The Silk Road is not one place, nor is it a particular route for travel, trade, and cross-cultural exchange. It is an idea, and a powerful one at that …" Robert Wellington reviews ‘The Silk Road’ by Tim Winter | @OUPAcademic "https://t.co/munv8eVlFF

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'Zelensky’s core message is that Russian aggression is everyone’s problem, not just Ukraine’s' Nick Hordern reviews 'Zelensky' by Serhii Rudenko & 'A Message from Ukraine' by Volodymyr Zelensky | @politybooks @HutchHeinemann @PenguinBooksAus https://t.co/gFI68rA1d4

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'As pope (1939–58), Pius prioritised the institutional Church’s survival above all other considerations – even when that meant accommodating unspeakable evil' @Sisto_Sesto on 'The Pope at War' by @DavidKertzer | @OUPAustraliaNZ https://t.co/l4IgkNTkMG

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'The subtext of the novel is revealed: the greatest crime in America is theft of land, and Harlem’s disproportionate crime rate is a result of the systemic inequality that keeps the powerful in power.' @mindykaurgill on @colsonwhitehead | @FleetReads https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/968-october-2021-no-436/8378-mindy-gill-reviews-harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead

Australian Book Review

'Songs may be about things, but, like all music, they also are things. They are mechanisms with working parts, and Dylan is good at revealing these. ' @Fordwritesmusic on 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' by @bobdylan | @simonschuster https://t.co/pp5wlIedjm

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'This rejection of "Mom-assigned names" and an eagerness to reinvent personal identity might seem culturally alien.' Paul Giles reviews "Demon Copperhead' by Barbara Kingsolver | @AllenAndUnwin https://t.co/hGfySxwkV6

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'The great strength and weakness of A Christmas Carol, whether in its original form or, here, as an opera, is that it is a powerful appeal to our better selves...' @tregear reviews A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens | @VictorianOpera https://t.co/ExOPrIxHVu

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'While Gallipoli is often flagged as the "birth of the nation", Australia’s independent membership of the League was central to its emerging sense of nationhood.' @michellecstaff reviews 'The Australians at Geneva' by James Cotton | @MUPublishing https://t.co/1dCcqksrf3