Month: Jun 2023

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Fourteen Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings From Drawings Made on Orient Line Cruises (Orient Line, 1932)

In 1932, Robert Gibbings, founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers, wrote to the owners of the Orient Line with an offer: he would provide a series of engravings suitable for use in marketing materials in return for free passage to the West Indies. An agreement was reached and the result was the series of engravings gathered together in Fourteen Wood Engravings by Robert … Continue reading Fourteen Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings From Drawings Made on Orient Line Cruises (Orient Line, 1932)

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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Folio Society, 2007)

The Remains of the Day has been described as Kazuo Ishiguro‘s masterpiece and surely played no small part in his winning the Nobel Prize for literature. It’s a rich novel of many overlapping themes—service, a changing class structure, the search for purpose in life, British fascism, unrequited love—all woven into an elegant prose and wistful but well-paced narration with emotional impact. No wonder it’s held … Continue reading The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Folio Society, 2007)

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