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Tag Archives: Far East South Asia and Australasia

Review no 140: The enormity of the everyday – the art of sculptor Ron Mueck (Australia)

Ron Mueck’s perception-challenging, hyper-realistic sculpture: anything but life-size

Posted byimogenglad2nd Mar 20215th Mar 2021Posted inartTags: art, art for lockdown, artist, australia, Far East South Asia and Australasia4 Comments on Review no 140: The enormity of the everyday – the art of sculptor Ron Mueck (Australia)

Review no 130: The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha (Indonesia)

a choose your own adventure book from Indonesia

Posted byimogenglad15th Jan 202126th Jan 2021Posted inbookTags: book review, books in translation, Far East South Asia and Australasia, fiction, Indonesia, womenintranslation, women_in_translation2 Comments on Review no 130: The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha (Indonesia)

Review no 120: Flames by Robbie Arnott (Australia)

An astoundingly original, technically ambitious, magical realist novel set in a sort of alternative Tasmania

Posted byimogenglad28th Nov 20204th Dec 2020Posted inbookTags: australasia, australia, Far East South Asia and Australasia, fiction, magical realism4 Comments on Review no 120: Flames by Robbie Arnott (Australia)

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

Posted byimogenglad7th Sep 20207th Sep 2020Posted inbookTags: classics, Far East South Asia and Australasia, female writers, memoir, modernism, new zealand, short storiesLeave a comment on Review no 103: stories by Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), and My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty Gunn (New Zealand)

Review no 99: Ai WeiWei (China) at the Royal Academy of Arts, London

A look at the work of contemporary Chinese conceptual artist Ai WeiWei

Posted byimogenglad15th Aug 202015th Aug 2020Posted inartTags: art exhibitions, artist, china, Far East South Asia and Australasia, lockdown, online exhibition2 Comments on Review no 99: Ai WeiWei (China) at the Royal Academy of Arts, London

Review no 92: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (Vietnam)

Poetic auto fiction from Ocean Vuong

Posted byimogenglad14th Jul 202015th Jul 2020Posted inbookTags: book review, conflict, Far East South Asia and Australasia, gay fiction, novella, poet, vietnam, war1 Comment on Review no 92: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (Vietnam)

Review no 87: Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana (Thailand)

An intriguing collection of short stories from one of Thailiand’s pre-eminent writers

Posted byimogenglad27th Jun 202027th Jun 2020Posted inbookTags: Far East South Asia and Australasia, female writers, thailand, women_in_translationLeave a comment on Review no 87: Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana (Thailand)

Review no 81: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Japan)

a quick and deceptively unchallenging read that reminded me of a Japanese Eleanor Oliphant

Posted byimogenglad4th Jun 20204th Jun 2020Posted inbookTags: 20 books of summer, Far East South Asia and Australasia, female writers, japan, light reads, women_in_translation1 Comment on Review no 81: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Japan)

Review no 66: Two Films – 3 Idiots and Like Stars on Earth (India)

My foray into Bollywood

Posted byimogenglad17th Apr 20207th Dec 2020Posted infilmTags: bollywood, Far East South Asia and Australasia, film, India, indian filmLeave a comment on Review no 66: Two Films – 3 Idiots and Like Stars on Earth (India)

Review no 60: Kiki’s Delivery Service, film by Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

Japan’s Studio Ghibli can be relied on for a visual treat for all ages.

Posted byimogenglad17th Mar 20204th Jun 2020Posted infilmTags: animation, Far East South Asia and Australasia, japan1 Comment on Review no 60: Kiki’s Delivery Service, film by Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

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