Danny Yee's Book Reviews

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Stonedial (George Konrád) - a multi-faceted novel wound around modern Hungarian history
The Prism of Grammar (Tom Roeper) How Child Language Illuminates Humanism
In Red (Magdalena Tulli) - love, commerce and war in an imaginary Polish town
A History of the Peoples of Siberia (James Forsyth) Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990 Siberia: A History of the People (Janet M. Hartley) - settlers and soldiers; exiles and explorers
Once Upon a Time (Marina Warner) A Short History of Fairy Tale
The Formation of Islam (Jonathan Berkey) Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800

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