Under Beijing
Underneath Beijing is a vast network of tunnels built during the Cold War to shelter three million people during a nuclear attack.
A quadrillion fish
The bristlemouth, a small ugly genus of fish found in the ocean twilight zone, is probably the most common vertebrate on the planet – estimates go as high as the quadrillions.
This artist’s signs and miniatures elevate the banal to something truly special
In The Guardian they have Salman Rushdie on Midnight's Children at 40: 'India is no longer the country of this novel'.
Some interesting background information about what remains a landmark novel.
See also the publicity pages from Random House and Vintage Classics, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
In the Sydney Morning Herald Melanie Kembrey profiles Peter Carey: ‘I don’t think we’re going to lose great literature because Philip Roth acted like an arsehole’.
Among other things:
While acknowledging his status as an “old white guy”, Carey said teaching at New York University’s Hunter College kept him “connected to a complex society” and he didn’t feel alienated from the concerns of his students.And while he doesn't reveal much about his work in progress: "Carey hinted that it is set “south of Indonesia”" .....
The New York Public Library is holding a World Literature Festival through the end of the month, with quite a few online events of interest.
Also on offer: features such as 25 essential translated titlesas well as the Top Checkouts in World Languages at the NYPL -- twenty-one of them.
See also the official press release about the festival.
5 Sites Like Rotten Tomatoes to Find Average Ratings and Reviews for Anything - Make Use Of: “Track reviews from top critics to find the best-reviewed books, music, gadgets, games, and cryptocurrencies. Rotten Tomatoes is great for movies, but what about the rest? These sites track reviews from top critics to find the best-reviewed books, music, gadgets, games, and cryptocurrencies. With so many newspapers, magazines, websites, and YouTube channels, there are reviews everywhere and about everything. Rotten Tomatoes solved the problem for films by aggregating all reviews for a movie and assigning it an average rating. You can now use the same system for a bunch of other fields, and in turn, discover what you should try next…”
This Ancient Salt Mine In Poland Has Carved Chapels And Chandeliers
