- Charles Burns, Final Cut. Appreciate it. Leaves you with fleeting emotion. Cinema and meta pretty nice.
- Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart. Things really do go rather badly for Okonkwo.
- Javier Marias, Todas las Almas. Gave up 1/2 way through. Just going nowhere.
- James Hilton, Lost Horizon. So male-oriented it’s kind of funny. But the framing story writing is great. The philosophy is so undergraduate though.
- H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness. Started skimming at some point. A lot- a lot!- of description. Great pairing with Lost Horizon.
- Gene Wolfe, Soldier of the Mist. Greek soldier has amnesia every morning on waking, and sees some of the gods. Lots of stories. A peculiar style. Very akin to Ishiguro’s (later) Buried Giant. If you like your fiction obtuse (in the sense of indirect)… by design… this is a master class.
- Adam Johnson, The Wayfinder. Have read about 500 pages… tremendous. But all of a sudden, I don’t want to read the last 200 pages and ending. I’d rather have the story continue in my head.
- Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway. So enjoyable to read and discuss with friends.
- Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire. So enjoyable to read and discuss with friends.
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Tiempos Recios. The story of the 1951 coup in Guatemala. Gripping story, straightforward read.
Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Visite du Centre de Lecture et d’Études de Béréba par le coordonnateur de ABVBF
- Animation d’une séance de lect ure à la bibliothèque de Bougounam
- Annual report for 2025 of partner organization in Burkina Faso ABVBF
- Actions récents de l’animateur de ABVBF, Burkina Faso
- Animation d’u e séance de discussion à la bibliothèque de Niankorodugou
- Rencontre d’une équipe de Amis des Bibliothèques de Villages du Burkina Faso (ABVBF) avec le DPEPPNF du Tuy
- Rapport de mission de l’équipe de ABVBF au CEG de Dossi
- Rapport de sortie à la bibliothèque de Dimikuy, Burkina Faso
- Rapport de sortie à la bibliothèque de Dohoun
- Préparation d’un don de livres CMH aux élèves du CEG de Dossi
Michael Kevane 