Book Review

Book Review

The Midnight Library. Photo: Collected

The Midnight Library: To live is to suffer

“Regrets ignore chronology. They float around. The sequence of these lists changes all the time.”

Mojaffor Hossain’s ‘Manusher Mangsher Restora’: A magical synopsis of our existential crudity

Mojaffor Hossain’s ‘Manusher Mangsher Restora’: A magical synopsis of our existential crudity

The office of historical corrections. Photo: Collected

The office of historical corrections: Why we hate

Book cover of The Death of Vivek Oji and picture of author Awaeke Emezi. Photo: Collected

The Death of Vivek Oji: A heart-wrenching tale of empathy, loss and despair

Azadi by Arundhati Roy: Reimagining fascism and freedom

Azadi by Arundhati Roy: Reimagining fascism and freedom

Original Book Author: Fang Fang, Translation: Michael Berry

Wuhan Diary (武汉日记): Dispatches from a Quarantined City 

A Promised Land” is the first book of a two-part memoir by Barack Obama. Photo: Reuters

The worldview of a barrier-breaking politician

Books about Covid-19 to weather the pandemic

Books about Covid-19 to weather the pandemic

The Blood Telegram unapologetically criticises global leaders while giving praise wherever it is due. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh’s painful experience with ‘great power politics' and its relevance today

Why Nations Fail: A book that explains the reasons behind success and failures of nations

Why Nations Fail: A book that explains the reasons behind success and failures of nations

Enemy of all mankind: A true story of piracy, power, and history’s first global manhunt

Enemy of all mankind: A true story of piracy, power, and history’s first global manhunt

The invisible fork of food

The invisible fork of food

A puzzling Japanese howcatchem

A puzzling Japanese howcatchem