THE BIG BALD BOOK CLUB EPISODE FOUR – Under The Hawthorn Tree
a conversation about some heinous historical wrongs
Tag: genocide
The Destruction of Palestine is The Destruction of the Earth by Andreas Malm
some very serious stuff, for once
Playing for Time by Arthur Miller
some life updates, some political commentary and a reflection on an unsubtle Arthur Miller play…
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
a serious novel that reminds us, again, of the cost of our silences
The Bureau of Past Management by Iris Hanika
on blogging, on genocide, on the dangers of forgiveness
‘Exterminate All The Brutes’ by Sven Lindqvist
a harrowing, unputdownable, essential book on the history of genocide
Reunion by Fred Uhlman
a tiny novella with a lot going on
Nuclear War in the UK by Taras Young
the history of an apocalypse that never happened (yet)
A Ripple From The Storm AND Landlocked by Doris Lessing (Children of violence #3 AND #4)
double-teaming more excellent doris lessing
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali
read a great book about a very bad person and a very bad place
Old Sci-Fi (Keyes, Wells, Pohl, Aldiss) & Mass Graves
they keep finding mass graves of children
The Broken Spears by Miguel León-Portilla (ed.)
historical documents on colonisation of Mexico translated from Nahuatl
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas
very early protest against colonialism
The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie
impressive, purposeful, children’s fiction
Triumph Of The Now 