Kate can never decide whether she is a special case, and as such of little general relevance, or whether she is on the contrary an almost abnormally normal woman, a typical woman of our time, and as such of little particular interest. Sometimes she thinks one thing, sometimes the other. There is plenty of evidence […]

‘You is fine, Nadia?’ shouted Darban. Twenty metres further up, his black silhouette was cut out of the sky. The outline of a stiff kaftan, baggy pants and turban: the traditional dress of Kurdish freedom fighters turned profiteers. ‘I’m OK,’ I said. I looked down the valley at my burden. She rose through the gloom […]

Nyt on blogi niin jäljessä luettujen pinosta, että on aika ottaa apuun pikaluotsaus. Tällä kertaa teen pikakatsauksen kolmeen kirjaan, jotka kaikki luin Helmet-haastetta varten. Sekin on nimittäin kesken, vaikka tänä vuonna olen lukenut jo 135 kirjaa. Yleensä en etsi kirjoja varta vasten haastetta varten, vaan sijoitan muuten lukemiani kirjoja sopiviin haastekohtiin. Kaikkiin haastekohtiin tämä taktiikka […]

Dear Editor,I was interested to read your article ’Men No Longer Needed for Reproduction’ in last week’s paper. I have always believed my own daughter (now ten) to have been born without the involvement of any man. If you would like to know more information you may write to me at the above address. The […]