Monthly Archives: December 2011

52 Titles: Jose Saramago’s “The Gospel According to Jesus Christ”

By caniceleung | Published: December 18, 2011
Jose Saramago is one of my favourite authors. I like that he isn’t afraid to spend 1,000 words cataloguing every step of a character’s thought process — especially when that person is Jesus Christ. Nuance isn’t always considered when people talk about the Bible and its tenets, so it’s nice to read something that contextualizes […]
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52 Titles: John Vaillant’s “The Tiger”

By caniceleung | Published: December 18, 2011
I bought John Vaillant’s first book, The Golden Spruce, because it was on one of my reading lists in fourth year. Stupidly, I never read it for class (sorry, Bill!). Part of why I decided to read a book a week this year was to finally catch up on all those books I’d bought and […]
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