by NRB | 29 Oct 2020 | Non-fiction |
The Golden Maze offers a broad sweep of Prague’s history and a clear warning against totalitarianism. Richard Fidler is a broadcaster and host of Conversations on ABC Radio. In an earlier life he was part of the comedy trio the Doug Anthony All Stars. In late...
by NRB | 15 Aug 2019 | Non-fiction |
These two memoirs of travel and dislocation present contrasting approaches to venturing into the unknown. Alice to Prague and In Love with the World are very different books with contrasting styles and perspectives and different stories to tell. Yet, fundamentally,...
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