Java, Indonesia: “Beauty is a Wound” by Eka Kurniawan : Can a square become a circle? It’s the inverse of the classic geometric problem of squaring a circle. A visit to Borobudur on the Indonesian island of Java gave me Continue Reading →

Montevideo: “The Truce” by Mario Benedetti : One of the reasons I write this blog is that I like to read novels that describe the place I’m traveling to. For my recent stay in Montevideo, I chose Continue Reading →

Kanchanaburi, Thailand: « The Bridge over the River Kwai» by Pierre Boulle and « Kwaï » by Vincent Hein : Probably the most famous cadence whistles in cinema history. As I was spending a day exploring the Bangkok area, my Lonely Planet reminded me that the famous “Bridge over the Continue Reading →

Saint-Malo and Combourg, Britanny: « Mémoires d’Outre-Tombe » by François-René de Chateaubriand and « All the light we cannot see » by Anthony Doerr. : My first visit to Saint-Malo was when I was a Scout patrol leader. We began our three-day hike at Mont Saint-Michel. The leaders then set us an itinerary in Britanny Continue Reading →

Map

To make navigation easier on this site, here is a map allowing localizing the places mentioned and discussed in each of the blog’s posts. Click on the location markers to find the book reviewed and a link to the blog post.