Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Fungi are everywhere. They are in the air, in the soil, in our food and a part of our bodies. They can transform the humble grain into bread or beer, act as medicines that cure common ailments, and alter the way we think. Sheldrake lovingly writes about these amazing organisms that are neither plant nor animal. Part science, part memoir, this book is a must read for amateur mycologists and fans of science writing alike. Klara and the Sun will be available in bookstores March 2nd. A special live virtual event is planned for March 15th at 8pm, specifically for readers in Canada. Ishiguro will be discussing this new work with Souvankham Thammavongsa, author of How to Pronounce Knife . Tickets are available through Bookmark in Charlottetown. Access to the event is included with the purchase of the book from select Canadian independent bookstores.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Fans of Clarke’s previous book Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell had to wait sixteen years for her latest work. Piranesi is short, satisfying and utterly strange. The setting described in the first few pages is so unique, it is almost hard to grasp. A few pages later and you feel like you can walk through the endless marble statues and predict the cycle of the waves that roll through them as well as the narrator. Simply put, this is a fun book that will have you rooting for the title narrator while trying to guess the ending.
Nobel laureate and Booker Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro has written another powerful novel about love and belonging. Klara, an Artificial Friend, is a memorable narrator who navigates her world with poise and introspection. Sparse and subtle, with much left unwritten, this book will stay with you long after you finish reading it.
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
In the near future when most animals have suffered the fate of extinction, Franny Stone is determined to follow the last migration of the Arctic terns. The book begins in Greenland with Stone trying to gain passage on a small fishing boat – one of the last in existence. This cleverly written novel will keep you up past your bedtime trying to piece together the details of Franny’s life and how she ended up following the last of these birds on their enormous journey from pole to pole.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel The Fabric of Civilization is not just a history of textiles. Postrel shows us how the history of textiles is the history of civilization by explaining the connections between the textile inventions of the era and the way they shaped people. This beautiful book weaves together fibre, thread, cloth and dye with writing, commerce, art and science.
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