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The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura (1863-1913, Japan – for Japanuary 2022)
A modern classic tracing the history, philosophy and aesthetics of tea drinking in Japan
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 …
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