When in Venice A far-reaching account of over three decades of the Biennale captures Bd gs AT uaint then, i conjures a los. worl now, yet still its ideas inform Gioni's concerns here: modern. stopias and dystopias; how cule. survives when we “suffer froma surfeit the thinking behind the world's oldest art festival. By Jackie Wullschliger of information and a deficit of mean hetide of change is sur…
Lostin Taiwan Rebecca F Kuang explores her Chinese-American identity in a somewhat insular novel, [finds Christian House ew books have captured the febrile publishing debate sur- rounding authenticity quite as dynamically as Rebecca F Kuang’s 2023 satirical novel Yellowface. In it, a white writer steals the manuscript of her friend, a Chinese- American author who has died in extraordinary circumst…
Can our children still prosper in the age of AI? Daniel Susskind offers a sobering yet nuanced picture of how the young can adapt, writes Camilla Cavendish he title of Daniel Susskind’s engaging book asks the question every parent is pondering. His answer is unsettling: “we cannot be sure the advice we gave our children last year still works for the next.” Thank- fully, he goes on to offer hope th…
Lostin Taiwan Rebecca F Kuang explores her Chinese-American identity in a somewhat insular novel, finds Christian House ew books have captured the febrile publishing debate sur- rounding authenticity quite as dynamically as Rebecca F Kuang’s 2023 satirical novel Yellowface. Init, a white writer steals the manuscript of her friend, a Chinese- American author who has died in extraordinary circumstan…
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اليستير سعيث بصفحة الباحث على فيسبوك الافتصاد الخفي للحكم دليد الديكتاتور إلى السلطة يتناول الكتاب، الصادر بترجمة عربية حديثا. آليات السلطة من خلال الحوافز التي تدضع الحكام إلى البفاء فيها، و طبيعة الدوائر التبي يعتمدوت عليها ياسر سلطان حين عُيَن روبرت ريزو مديراً لمدينة لسيا ي راي كلبيسب عام وظلت ميزانية المدينة متوازنة خلال سنوات طويلة من إدارته. لكن حين أجبر على الرحيل عام 2010، كان راتبه قد وص…
The tragic life of Puyi, Chinas last emperor A compelling biography explores the story of a child monarch whosaw the collapse of a dynasty and the disappearance ofthe world he was born to rule. By Charles Clover be life of China's last emperor embodies the country's extraordinary rupture with its imperial past. Puy, born in 1906, grewupinthe confines ofthe Forbidden City. He was worshipped as the …
A plea for peace Sebastian Faulks deftly mixes the trauma of war with his penchant for a murder mystery. By Philip Womack ebastian Faulks’ ambitious latest book, Farewell to Eden, is something of a hybrid. It con- cerns, on the one hand, faith, history and the harrowing aftermath of the second world war; on the other, there is an entertaining mur- dermystery folded into the plot. This is in keepin…
n a literary meet-cute of dreams, the now newly-weds Callum Turner and Dua Lipa first bonded over a book. Charting in Los Angeles, they realised they had both just finished the first chapter of Hernan Diaz's Trust (2022), a twisty puzzle-box novel that plays with the fiction of finance. “So we're on the same page,” Turner quipped. The anecdote was a sprinkling of stardust on a book already in the …
Books Battlefield realism and cosy espionage (SISSON DRT THRILLERS By Adam LeBor issiles have been much in the news lately. Even as Kyiv is bombarded, Ukraine's long-range attacks deep into the Rus- sian heartland have exacted a high price. Israels Iron Dome could not stop Iran from hitting Tel Aviv. But what hap- pens when the deadly projectiles disap- pear — and fall into the wrong hands? In Sim…
