A modern classic tracing the history, philosophy and aesthetics of tea drinking in Japan
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In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch (UK)
Hallucinatory 1940s coming of age tell set in upper middle class England between the wars
Review no 103: stories by Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), and My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty Gunn (New Zealand)
Exceptional, highly influential writing from New Zealand
Review no 38: Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75), The Snow Queen and other stories (Denmark)
EUROPE What better choice for Christmas Eve than a cold, seasonal fairy tale from that master of the form, Hans Christian Andersen? When I was very young, we used to visit my grandparents, and in the evening I would be put to bed with a selection of the few children’s books that my grandmother kept …
Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More 