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| Book of the week | I somehow missed one of the most inventive, marvelous books of the summer and now that I’ve finally read Tania James’ “Loot” I have to share it with you!
James transports us to 18th century India where a sultan has summoned a brilliant and impoverished teenager who knows how to carve and create wondrous toys.
The sultan orders his French clockmaker to collaborate with 17-year-old Abbas to whip up a mechanical tiger with its teeth clamped around the neck of an Englishman.
The toy really does exist! I’ve seen it at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London!
But the novel weaves an enchanting story of the sultan’s workshop, the remarkable sounds, scents and flavors of colonial India and the adventures that young Abbas will have.
The answer to last week's mystery character is: Lady Macbeth.
— Kerri Miller | MPR News. |
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| | Rethinking roads |
In his new book “Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet,” environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb illustrates how roads that are helpful for humans can be disastrous for wildlife. How can we design transportation that’s good for all? | |
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| | Minnesota novelist Brian Duren's new 'Gravity' |
In “The Gravity of Love” we meet David, a college professor from the Twin Cities who has spent years in France as a student and teacher. Now back in Minnesota, Duren said David is tormented by memories of his dead father, and questions about this man everyone loved — but who openly despised him. | |
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| | Safiya Sinclair liberates herself in 'How to Say Babylon' |
Last week on Big Books and Bold Ideas, Sinclair joined host Kerri Miller to talk about the perils of fundamentalism and patriarchy, in all its forms, and how she wrote a memoir about her childhood that both honors her family and her own truth. | |
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