Originally published in 1974 and reissued by NYRB Classics in 2020, Leonora Carrington’s The Hearing Trumpet had been languishing on my shelf for more than a year (I could say that for most of the …| Radhika's Reading Retreat
Here we are once more to support independent publishers by reading and reviewing their fantastic output. Trading conditions haven’t got any easier for Indy publishers since Lizzy and I launched Re…| Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
Sadie Stein, in her introduction to the novel, states: Among Comyns devotees, The Juniper Tree is divisive. Having read only one Comyns (The Vet’s Daughter) prior to The Juniper Tree, I can’t reall…| Radhika's Reading Retreat
Barbara Comyns has deservedly seen a revival of sorts in recent years; quite a few of her books have been reissued by Virago, NYRB Classics, Turnpike Books, and Daunt Books. And yet, there are a co…| Radhika's Reading Retreat
I read some wonderful books from NYRB Classics in September and because I am rather behind in my reviews, I decided to write about two of them – The Gate and Our Spoons Came from Woolworths –…| Radhika's Reading Retreat
