The Sense of an Ending / Julian Barnes. Only 163 pages (novella?), but provocative and memorable. (Man Booker prizewinner) Tony Webster, London retiree, relates an account of his affairs and marriage. In particular, he recalls and ponders the history of his relationship with college girlfrien...
Edmund de Waal is, apparently, one of the most famous ceramic artists in the world; needless to say, I never heard of the man before. This book is his family's story, three generations back, and it came to happen because of the brilliantly gorgeous netsuke - miniature Japanese carvings, made to b...
ONCE UPON A TIME The children in the Palais Ephrussi have nurses and nannies. The nurses are Viennese and kind, and the nannies are English. Because the nannies are English, their breakfast is English and there is always porridge and toast. There is a large lunch with pudding, and then there is a...