Lindsey Hilsum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Lindsey Hilsum

Delighted to see my friend @BarbaraDemick on this list for Eat the Buddha, her great book on Tibetans https://t.co/Tw2RZ7PWUh

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@jowoodhouse_jo Mahmoud Darwish is probably the greatest - certainly the best known - Palestinian poet. Many of his poems about living under occupation have resonance in Ukraine today.

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Rwanda: The Dove's music united a nation torn by genocide. Why did he die in a cell? by @michelawrong⁩ whose ground-breaking new book "Do Not Disturb" investigates the murder of Patrick Karegeya, who also went from friend to enemy and paid the price. https://t.co/0So3qPsN2O

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I reviewed ‘The Fifth Act’ @elliotackerman’s brilliant account of his desperate attempts to organise the rescue of Afghans during the US military’s last chaotic week there. A Greek tragedy - and a reflection on US intervention. What was it all for? https://t.co/OEC9XK4788

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I reviewed Glory, NoViolet Bulawayo's satire on Zimbabwe's farcical tragic politics. Amidst the corruption and cruelty, the brilliant writing of a new generation of Zimbabwean writers shines through. She's one of the brightest. https://t.co/ZnNM8jbZ8F

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@BondHack And if you want to read more about @jonimitchell’s polio and other formative events in her life, read David Yaffe’s biography ‘Reckless Daughter’.

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As it’s @WorldBookDayUK my nomination for the book that has enlightened me most on Ukraine is ‘Red Famine’ by @anneapplebaum. It helped me understand the historical context for this war, and the complex relationship between Ukraine and Russia.

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My #poemoftheday: Children in Exile by James Fenton. “What I am is not important, whether I live or die - It is the same for me, the same for you. What we do is important. This is what I have learnt. It is not what we are but what we do,” https://t.co/IgbwVej1Z7 1/2

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@mattfrei Maybe he was reading ‘A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian’ by Marina Lewycka. The book might get a new boost bcs of the conjunction of news stories.

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The 5 Books That Mission-Driven Leaders Should Read In 2021 - amazing to find 'In Extremis', my biography of my friend and war correspondent Marie Colvin on this list - described as 'Meditations by Marcus Aurelius meets the diary of Anne Frank'! https://t.co/Ry0p3Z0GTG