So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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The Tenth Parallel takes the reader on a trip to several African and Asian countries on or near the tenth parallel north of the equator that have both Islamic and Christian citizens. In most instances, the practitioners of these religions are in conflict - often violently - and Griswold courageously and sensitively interviews them and discusses their relationships. It's an amazing and insightful adventure, and provides insight into parts of the world many of us will never visit.
English Passengers is both sad and riotiously funny. It is sad because it recounts how the British exterminated the aboriginal inhabitants of Tasmania. It is funny because the passengers on the ship sailing from England to Tasmania in the 1850s are unique characters with bizarre ideas (such that the Garden of Eden was located on Tasmania).It is certainly one of the best novels of the last decade.
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The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam by Eliza Griswold
thestwood, January 1, 2011
The Tenth Parallel takes the reader on a trip to several African and Asian countries on or near the tenth parallel north of the equator that have both Islamic and Christian citizens. In most instances, the practitioners of these religions are in conflict - often violently - and Griswold courageously and sensitively interviews them and discusses their relationships. It's an amazing and insightful adventure, and provides insight into parts of the world many of us will never visit.English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
thestwood, January 1, 2010
English Passengers is both sad and riotiously funny. It is sad because it recounts how the British exterminated the aboriginal inhabitants of Tasmania. It is funny because the passengers on the ship sailing from England to Tasmania in the 1850s are unique characters with bizarre ideas (such that the Garden of Eden was located on Tasmania).It is certainly one of the best novels of the last decade.