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Burning books is no worse
than not reading them

T
he English philosopher and physician John Locke (1632-1704) once wrote, Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. It's not the reading that makes us wise either; it's how we use knowledge to learn more about us and the world, and to better ourselves without fail, no matter what the cost. But first, we read...





The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Mutakami 1995

Book Review by Marciano Guerrero

Although The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is a flawed novel, it is quite entertaining, and it contains passages of moral value and redemption. It also offers — in translation — fluidity of language, rhythm, rhetorical techniques, as well as lyrical flashes.



Boy, Snow, Bird
Helen Oyeyemi 2014


The Burning Ground
Adam O'Riordan 2017


Leaving the Sea
Ben Marcus 2014








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